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Audi AG is really a German automobile manufacturer that designs, engineers, produces, markets and distributes luxury vehicles. Audi is usually a member on the Volkswagen Group and contains its roots at Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany. Audi-branded vehicles are made in nine production facilities worldwide.The origins with the company are complex, returning to the early last century and the initial enterprises (Horch along with the Audiwerke) founded by engineer August Horch; as well as other manufacturers (DKW and Wanderer), producing the foundation of Auto Union in 1932. The modern era of Audi essentially began inside 1960s when Auto Union was acquired by Volkswagen from Daimler-Benz. After relaunching the Audi brand while using 1965 introduction with the Audi F103 series, Volkswagen merged Auto Union with NSU Motorenwerke in 1969, thus creating todays form with the company.The company name is founded on the Latin translation with the surname on the founder, August Horch. "Horch", meaning "listen" in German, becomes "audi" in Latin. The four rings with the Audi logo each represent considered one of four car firms that banded together to make Audi's predecessor company, Auto Union. Audi's slogan is Vorsprung durch Technik, meaning "Being Ahead through Technology". However, Audi USA had used the slogan "Truth in Engineering" from 2007 to 2016, and possess not used the slogan since 2016. Audi, in conjunction with BMW and Mercedes-Benz, is one of the best-selling luxury automobile brands within the world.Audi introduced a different series of vehicles within the mid-1990s and is constantly pursue new technology and high performance. An all-aluminium car was brought forward by Audi, plus 1994 the Audi A8 was released, which introduced aluminium space frame technology (called Audi Space Frame or ASF) which saves weight and improves torsion rigidity rather than a conventional steel frame. Prior to that effort, Audi used examples on the Type 44 chassis fabricated outside of aluminium as test-beds for that technique. The disadvantage with the aluminium frame is that it is quite expensive to repair and needs a specialized aluminium bodyshop. The weight reduction is almost offset through the quattro four-wheel drive system that's standard in the majority of markets. Nonetheless, the A8 is often the lightest all-wheel drive car inside the full-size luxury segment, also having best-in-class fuel economy. The Audi A2, Audi TT and Audi R8 utilize Audi Space Frame designs.