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encouraged the development and production of special vehicles for military purposes in the 1930s. Auto Union became an important supplier of vehicles to
Germany's armed forces. Following the outbreak of war, civilian production was interrupted in May 1940. After this, the company produced exclusively
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Volkswagen Group and proposed a merger of the two companies. In August 2009, Volkswagen AG's supervisory board signed the agreement to create an integrated Auto group with Porsche led by Volkswagen. Volkswagen will initially take a 42% stake in Porsche
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still in the early stages of rebuilding its economy after the war, the demand for cheap transport meant that only the DKW brand would survive into the postwar era. The luxury focused Audi and Horch brands were placed into dormancy, whilst
Wanderer had been the property of its original parent firm.
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Zwickau, Mitteldeutsche Motorenwerke and Siegmar/Wanderer plant at Siegmar-Schönau) were heavily bombed and severely damaged. The U.S. Army occupied Zwickau on 17 April 1945 near the end of WWII. After withdrawal of the U.S. Army
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was located in the centre of the car, directly behind the driver (who would be placed well towards the front), so the car's front-rear weight distribution would remain unchanged as fuel was used – exactly the same location used in modern open-wheel racing cars, and for the same reason. The chassis
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Germany, and as West German products gained valuable currency through export to the rest of Europe and North America, Daimler became increasingly worried that Auto Union's only market for its two-stroke products, without massive investment, would be
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in 1956 which through 1964 was the only distributor in the United States. Because of SPC's large network of dealers, the Auto Union and
Mercedes-Benz brands were able to expand much faster in the US markets. Many dealers today can trace their origin back to being Studebaker-Packard dealerships.
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Ingolstadt and the trademark rights of Auto Union, with the exception of the dormant Horch brand which Daimler-Benz retained. A programme that Daimler had initiated at Auto Union created a range of cars that would subsequently provide the basis for
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and Auto Union) dominated not only GP car racing from 1934 onwards but set records that would take decades to beat, such as the fastest speed ever attained on a public road (at 432.7 km/h (268.9 mph), a record lasting until 2017. After being reduced to near ruin in the aftermath of
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was launched at the
Frankfurt Motor Show. This car proved exceptionally successful in motorsport and was built in Düsseldorf. The F91 version was soon superseded by the F93 in 1955, and soon joined by the four door F94 and station wagon Universal F94U in 1956 and 1957 respectively.
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immediately after the war, and faced with the prospect of trying to salvage what was left of the company, Auto Union's executives had no option but to flee and re-establish the company on the
Western side of a now partitioned Germany. Thus a new Auto Union company was launched in
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were returned to Moscow for reverse engineering. Following this, Auto Union AG assets were liquidated without compensation. On 17 August 1948, Auto Union AG of
Chemnitz was deleted from the commercial register. The remains of Horch and Audi plants of Zwickau became the
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40,000 for the country's best racing car of 1934, as well as an annual stipend of 250,000 ℛ︁ℳ︁ (£20,000) each for Mercedes and Auto Union. (In time, this would climb to £250,000.) This highly annoyed Mercedes, who had already developed their
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was launched on 3 September 1949. The Ingolstadt facility had been run purely as a spare parts operation since 1945, but eventually the directors found the funding to restart production – initially in a converted granary building in the town. With
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AG by the end of 2009, and see the family shareholders selling the automotive trading business of Porsche Holding Salsburg to Volkswagen. Rumors began to appear in the press the name Auto Union would be revived for the new group holding company.
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was a space-age car, well ahead of its time in technical details such as aerodynamics, light weight, and safety but teething problems with the rotary engines put an end to the independence of NSU. The mid-sized car NSU had been working on, the
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had met Hitler before he became Chancellor, and not being able to gain a seat at Mercedes, accepted the invitation of Rosenberger to join him, von Oertzen, and Porsche in approaching the Chancellor. In a meeting in the
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and were similar to the new West German DKW versions. In time, a lawsuit compelled the East Germans to cease using the DKW brand. The site became the home of
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in 1985, ending both the Auto Union and NSU brands. The company's headquarters returned to Ingolstadt; at the same time Audi formed the new companies
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tubes were initially used as water carriers from the radiator to the engine, but this was eventually abandoned after they often sprung small leaks.
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as wholly owned subsidiaries whose function was to own and protect the historical trademarks and intellectual property of both Auto Union and NSU.
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light four-wheel drive military vehicles could be produced, mostly for the German and other militaries.
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in a closed-cockpit streamliner. Lessons learned from this streamlining were later applied to the
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1955:"Porsche Designs: From Racetrack to Battlefield"
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1981:HORCH – Types * Technics * Models
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2372:"Audi's Typographic Stylings"
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1380:Leitmeritz concentration camp
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2500:Wood, Jonathan, ed. (1985).
2275:Deutsche Autos, Band 2, 2001
2055:. DDavid.com. Archived from
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684:joined the team and won the
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2854:Škoda Auto Volkswagen India
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2773:Volkswagen Truck & Bus
2424:Clarke, R.M., ed. (1986).
2289:"The return of Auto Union"
1933:. Audi AG. 1 August 2013.
1931:Four Rings: The Audi Story
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1330:for military purposes.
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2899:Volkswagen Group Rus
2894:Volkswagen de México
2876:Volkswagen do Brasil
2871:Volkswagen Argentina
2812:MAN Energy Solutions
2494:World of Automobiles
2326:on 30 September 2007
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2104:World of Automobiles
2079:World of Automobiles
1905:"History of Audi AG"
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2758:MAN Truck & Bus
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728:Eifelrennen
675:hill climbs
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506:Volks wagen
468:Auto Union.
464:shareholder
398:inline-four
384:V12 engines
364:since 1931.
218:Automobiles
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198:(1949–1968)
193:(1932–1948)
177:(1969–1985)
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3599:Categories
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2439:0948207876
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1886:References
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1731:Volkswagen
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485:Background
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169:Successor
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1407:colliery
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2679:Porsche
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2558:of the
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2293:AutoCar
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1862:Tribute
1837:marques
1809:Audi AG
1771:, near
1735:Audi 80
1680:1000 Sp
1612:Karmann
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1493:DKW F89
1431:Trabant
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