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Surrounding an open, tree-lined square are the vehicle delivery center, the forum with the Market Restaurant and the Avus Restaurant on the first floor, the museum, and the “Market and Customer” building. years 25 Audi Tradition 10 Anniversary Dates 2025 Presentation Audi duo In the fall of 1989, Audi developed the first generation of the Audi duo based on the Audi 100 Avant (C3) in collaboration with Pöhlmann KG, based in Kulmbach. This pioneering model made its debut at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1990. The vehicle was an Audi 100 Avant quattro equipped with a five-cylinder fuel-injected engine producing 100 kW (136 hp), combined with a 12.6 hp direct current electric motor mounted on the rear axle. This innovative setup demonstrated the feasibility of hybrid vehicles capable of emission-free driving over short distances. The electric motor drew power from a 181 kg nickelcadmium battery pack with a capacity of 64.8 volts and 8.4 kWh. The battery could be fully recharged in ten hours using a standard 220-volt household outlet. 35 years Audi Tradition 11 Anniversary Dates 2025 First Appearance Audi Coupé S2 In September 1990, Audi unveiled the Audi S2, the flagship model of the Coupé range, at the British Inter national Motor Show in Birmingham. Finished in striking Ginster Yellow, the S2 was designed to succeed the legendary Audi quattro, which had been in production for a decade. The ancestor of all subsequent Audi S models was powered by a turbocharged five-cylinder, four-valve engine. With a displacement of 2,226 cm³, it delivered 220 hp at 5,900 rpm, propelling the aerodynamically optimized coupé to a top speed of 248 km/h. A significant technical update in 1992 boosted engine output to 230 hp at 5,900 rpm. A newly developed six-speed manual transmission transferred power to the wheels. And power was abundant – thanks to the “Overboost” feature, which temporarily increased turbo boost pressure, maximum torque surged to 350 Nm at just 1,950 rpm.

The car’s sporty features included 17” Avus alloy wheels, a sports chassis, sports exhaust, roof-edge spoiler and a six-speed gearbox as well as various visual modifications and Recaro sports seats as standard. With a top speed of almost 240 km/h, the S3 was one of the fastest compact sports cars, but it also offered plenty of room for four passengers and a reasonable amount of luggage. In contrast to the purely mechanically controlled quattro drive concept in the B, C and D segment, the S3 had a transverse engine platform and used the hydraulically controlled Haldex system that subsequently also became a well-known feature on Volkswagen models. This principle only delivers power to the axle with the better traction when there is corresponding slippage; normally power is only sent to one axle. Audi Tradition 6 Anniversary Dates 2024 In October 1994, Audi presented the successor to the Audi 80 series in the form of the Audi A4. During an economically uncertain period, Audi pinned great hopes on this new model, which was made ready for production in a record time of just 26.5 months. All expectations were smashed by the most rapid launch of a new series in the company’s history. Alongside the great commitment from the employees, this was primarily down to the simultaneous engineering that was implemented consistently in the development and preparation of the series. When the Audi A4 saloon was launched on the market in November 1994, it was available with six different engines and in four quattro versions. As well as featuring innovations like the four-link front axle or new five-valve petrol engines, it also succeeded in reversing the spiralling trend for increased weight. Every version of the A4 was much lighter than the previous model. Audi A4 Years 30 Audi Tradition 7 Anniversary Dates 2024 Years 30 Following the unveiling of the Audi A8 and the high- volume Audi A4 model, the previous Audi 100 series was also renamed the Audi A6.

In June 1922, DKW entered this model in the race at the Avus track in Berlin and immediately secured the first four places. The successes achieved in the ADAC Heidelberg- Berlin imperial rally this year gave the motorcycle the nickname “imperial rally model”. Between 1922 and 1925, 20,000 units of this first DKW motorcycle were manufactured. years Audi Tradition 19 Anniversary Dates 2022 Dr. Carl Hahn sen. joined DKW 100 Carl Hahn, who was born on 4 March 1894 in the Czech town of Nove Hrady, started his career at Zschopauer Motorenwerke/DKW in 1922 as the righthand man to the company’s owner J. S. Rasmussen. He quickly managed to establish a modern and highly efficient sales and marketing structure. Following the founding of Auto Union AG, Chemnitz, Hahn was appointed to the company’s board, where he was responsible for sales. He played a crucial part in rebuilding Auto Union in Ingolstadt and Düsseldorf after the Second World War. He left the company on 30 June 1957 for health reasons. Dr. Carl Hahn died on 5 June 1961 in the Belgian seaside resort of Le Zoute near Knokke. years Audi Tradition 20 Anniversary Dates 2022 In 1916, at Zschopauer Maschinenfabrik, J. S. Rasmussen began developing a steam-powered motor car which was heavily based on the designs of the American steam-powered car manufacturer Rollin H. White from Cleveland/Ohio. The first test car drove under its own steam in 1917. An oil-heated tubular steam boiler delivered steam pressure of up to 300 atm. The two-cylinder steam engine was flanged directly onto the rear axle without any gearbox. All development work was stopped in 1921, with two vehicles continuing to operate at the plant until 1923. All that remained of the steam-powered car project was the registered word mark “DKW”, which was used in the following decades for all two-wheeled and fourwheeled DKW vehicles that had a two-stroke internal combustion engine.

Anniversary Dates 2021 Audi Tradition Audi Tradition 2 Anniversary Dates 2021 September 1996 25 years Audi A3 ...................................................4 March 1991 30 years Audi Cabriolet ..........................................5 May 1991 30 years End of production of Audi quattro .............6 August 1991 30 years Audi S4 ....................................................7 September 1991 30 years Audi 80 (B4) .............................................8 September 1991 30 years Audi quattro Spyder and Audi Avus quattro concept cars ...............................9 September 1986 35 years Audi 80 (B3) ...........................................10 August 1976 45 years Audi 100 (C2) .........................................11 January 1971 50 years Vorsprung durch Technik ........................12 March 1966 55 years Last DKW passenger car ..........................13 April 1956 65 years DKW Electric Schnelllaster ......................14 December 1956 65 years Start of production of DKW Munga off-road vehicle ...................................................15 February 1951 70 years ago August Horch died ............................16 October 1931 90 years Horch twelve-cylinder .............................17 February 1931 90 years DKW F1 .................................................18 October 1926 95 years First Horch eight-cylinder ........................19 End of 1916 105 years DKW Dampfkraftwagen .........................20 1901 120 years First Horch automobile..........................21 Contents Anniversaries in Our Corporate History Audi Tradition 3 Anniversary Dates 2021 1996 25 years “Seven countries – seven victories” ...........22 1991 30 years Audi V8 DTM title defence .......................23 August 1956 65 years NSU speed records ..................................24 1956 65 years “Gustl” Hobl runner-up in World Motor- cycle Championship and German Champion ...........25 December 1956 65 years DKW 3=6 Monza records ................