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Audi AG is usually 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 designed in nine production facilities worldwide.The origins with the company are complex, rediscovering the reassurance of the early twentieth century and the initial enterprises (Horch and also the Audiwerke) founded by engineer August Horch; and a couple other manufacturers (DKW and Wanderer), resulting in the foundation of Auto Union in 1932. The modern era of Audi essentially began from the 1960s when Auto Union was acquired by Volkswagen from Daimler-Benz. After relaunching the Audi brand together with the 1965 introduction with the Audi F103 series, Volkswagen merged Auto Union with NSU Motorenwerke in 1969, thus creating today form on the company.The company name is founded on the Latin translation from the surname with the founder, August Horch. "Horch", meaning "listen" in German, becomes "audi" in Latin. The four rings from the Audi logo each represent one among 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 still have not used the slogan since 2016. Audi, together with BMW and Mercedes-Benz, is probably the best-selling luxury automobile brands inside world.Audi introduced a different series of vehicles from the mid-1990s and carries on pursue new technology and high performance. An all-aluminium car was brought forward by Audi, as well as in 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 in comparison to a conventional steel frame. Prior to that effort, Audi used examples from the Type 44 chassis fabricated from aluminium as test-beds to the technique. The disadvantage on the aluminium frame is that it is incredibly expensive to repair and needs a specialized aluminium bodyshop. The weight reduction is almost offset with the quattro four-wheel drive system that is standard in many markets. Nonetheless, the A8 is truly the lightest all-wheel drive car within the full-size luxury segment, also having best-in-class fuel economy. The Audi A2, Audi TT and Audi R8 also have Audi Space Frame designs.