Audi celebrates the successes it has achieved since yesterday

The German carmaker celebrates the anniversary of many first models, first successes and record in brand history this year.

In fact, the foundation was laid more than 100 years ago and the first car was produced in 1910. Audi launched its modern story just after the Second World War 70 years ago. Auto Union GmbH, the pioneer of Audi, was founded on September 3, 1949 in Ingolstadt. Just ten years later, at the Ingolstadt plant, which became one of the most modern automotive manufacturing centers in Europe, the first DKW Junior was also demounted.

20 years ago, Audi AG joined Le Mans 24 Hours, one of the world's most challenging races. From the beginning of the second millennium, the brand became the most successful brand in these races with a total of 13 victories. A4, one of the most popular models of Audi, was first downloaded from Ingolstadt 25 years ago. The successor to the Audi 80, A4, is still Audi's best-selling model Audi The same year, Audi's flagship A8 and Audi's first model of the high-performance model family, the RS2, was launched.

35 years ago, Stig Blomqvist became the champion in the category of drivers in the World Rally Championship and became the champion in the German brand. Audi is also the 30th in the TDI engine, 100th in the Audi 100 Coupe legend, 50th in the NSU Auto Union AG, the 70th in the DKW Schnellaster legend and the 80th in the last Grand Prix victory in Auto Union. celebrates.