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Audi AG is really a German automobile manufacturer that designs, engineers, produces, markets and distributes luxury vehicles. Audi can be 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 in the company are complex, returning to the early last century and the initial enterprises (Horch plus 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 the 1960s when Auto Union was acquired by Volkswagen from Daimler-Benz. After relaunching the Audi brand using the 1965 introduction in the Audi F103 series, Volkswagen merged Auto Union with NSU Motorenwerke in 1969, thus creating present form in the company.The company name will be based upon the Latin translation with the surname on the founder, August Horch. "Horch", meaning "listen" in German, becomes "audi" in Latin. The four rings in the Audi logo each represent considered one of four car firms that banded together to build 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 have absolutely not used the slogan since 2016. Audi, together with BMW and Mercedes-Benz, is amongst the best-selling luxury automobile brands within the world.Audi introduced a whole new 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 in 1994 the Audi A8 was published, which introduced aluminium space frame technology (called Audi Space Frame or ASF) which saves weight and improves torsion rigidity in comparison to a conventional steel frame. Prior to that effort, Audi used examples with the Type 44 chassis fabricated outside of aluminium as test-beds to the technique. The disadvantage in the aluminium frame is that it is incredibly expensive to repair as well as a specialized aluminium bodyshop. The weight reduction is sort of offset through the quattro four-wheel drive system that's standard for most 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 likewise use Audi Space Frame designs.