Thursday, August 11, 2011

Audi German manufacturer of a range of luxury

Audi AG (Xetra: NSU) is a German manufacturer of a range of luxury automobiles, from supermini to crossover SUVs in various body styles and price ranges that are marketed under the Audi brand (German pronunciation: [ˈaʊdi]), positioned as the premium brand within the Volkswagen Group.
The company is headquartered in Ingolstadt, Germany, and has been a wholly owned (99.55%[4]) subsidiary of Volkswagen AG since 1966, following a phased purchase of its predecessor, Auto Union, from its former owner, Daimler-Benz. Volkswagen relaunched the Audi brand with the 1965 introduction of the Audi F103 series.
The company name is based on the surname of the founder August Horch, his surname meaning listen in German—which, when translated into Latin, becomes Audi.
Contents
* 1 Within Volkswagen Group
* 2 History
o 2.1 Birth of the company and its name
o 2.2 Auto Union era
o 2.3 Post–World War II
o 2.4 New Auto Union
o 2.5 Modern era
o 2.6 Unintended Acceleration
o 2.7 Audi AG today
* 3 Technology
o 3.1 Bodyshells
o 3.2 Drive layout
o 3.3 Space frame
o 3.4 Audi A2
o 3.5 Audi A4
o 3.6 Direct-Shift Gearbox
o 3.7 Fuel Stratified Injection
o 3.8 Electric technology
o 3.9 LED daytime running lights
o 3.10 Multi Media Interface
* 4 Engines
o 4.1 Current model range engines
* 5 Current model range
o 5.1 S (Sport) models
o 5.2 RS (Racing Sport) models
* 6 Discontinued models
* 7 Concept models
* 8 Le Mans Prototype Models
* 9 Motorsports
o 9.1 Rallying
o 9.2 In the USA
o 9.3 Touring cars
o 9.4 Sports car racing
* 10 Marketing
o 10.1 Logos
o 10.2 Slogans
o 10.3 Sponsorships
o 10.4 Multitronic campaign
o 10.5 Typography
o 10.6 In video games
o 10.7 Audi TDI
o 10.8 Audi e-tron
* 11 References
* 12 External links
Within Volkswagen Group
The largest shareholder of Audi AG is Volkswagen AG, which holds over 99 percent of the share capital. Volkswagen AG includes the consolidated accounts of Audi AG in its own financial statements. In recent years, the possibility of Audi being spun off or otherwise divested by Volkswagen has been mooted
From 2002 up to 2007, Audi headed the Audi Brand Group, the Volkswagen Group's automotive sub-division, consisted of Audi together with SEAT and Lamborghini, that was focused on more sporty values, with the marques' product vehicles and performance being under the higher responsibility of the Audi brand.
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