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If you think Audi's SUV/truck lineage began in 2005 with the Q7, check out Bring a Trailer's wild 1957 Auto Union DKW Munga 4. As the name implies, this is a relic from before Audi became Audi ...
Auto Union was owned by Mercedes-Benz during this point in time, and even though Mercedes cars were sold through official dealers at this point in time, DKW and other Auto Union sales were often a ...
Auto Union formed in 1932 when Audi, DKW, Horch, and Wanderer merged. The following year, the automaker asked Ferdinand Porsche—who would later found the eponymous sports-car company—to design ...
and DKW, a steam-engine manufacturer founded in 1916 that began building cars in 1928. So, that covers how four old German automakers became Auto Union, but how did Auto Union become, simply ...
Automobile production commenced in 1928. In 1932, DKW merged with Audi, Horch, and Wanderer to form Auto Union. Although DKW is pretty much unknown regarding automobile manufacturing, the German ...
Today, we take a look at a hexad of two-door coupes that you may not have known Audi (and the old Auto Union members) ever produced. Built on a DKW chassis and named after the Italian Grand Prix ...
Back to the time when the Auto Union Type 52 was imagined: Auto Union AG, formed in 1932 from the merger of Audi, DKW, Horch, and Wanderer, became a motorsports contender from early on to make its ...
In the ’30s, Auto Union was a German General Motors, Sloanian to the max, a car for every pocketbook. DKW—Das Kliene Wunder (the small wonder)—staked out the lower price range and the mighty ...
With the Soviets pushing forward after the war, Auto Union, the umbrella firm for Audi, Horch, DKW and Wanderer had to salvage as much as possible, relocating to West Germany. The new company was ...
Back to the time when the Auto Union Type 52 was imagined: Auto Union AG, formed in 1932 from the merger of Audi, DKW, Horch, and Wanderer, became a motorsports contender from early on to make its ...
In parallel, the companies of Audi, DKW, Horch and Wanderer formed Auto Union in an effort to ride out the storm of the depression by way of leveraged finances and increased purchasing power.
which before the war made cars that spanned a huge range of classes (remember, this was a union of four companies, Audi, DKW, Horch, and Wanderer.) But after reforming post-World War II ...