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soMe oF the splendid<br />
jewels whiCh yoU Can<br />
adMire inside the auDi<br />
MuseuM inClUding the Very<br />
rare 1932 horch 670<br />
(top right) or the eVen More<br />
diFFiCUlt to Find raCing<br />
aUto Union together with<br />
the Many Motorbikes<br />
Made by DKW withoUt<br />
Forgetting the oUtline<br />
oF the extraordinary<br />
racinG auto union type c<br />
(FaCing page, right).<br />
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“it takes history to make history”. with this straightforward<br />
statement thomas Frank, curator of the<br />
history museum audi tradition, describes the<br />
philosophy not only of the motorcars it contains<br />
but also of the entire audi brand. it is a veritable<br />
miniature company with more than 20 permanent<br />
employees which is responsible, in particular, for<br />
the maintenance of all the museum’s historic vehicles<br />
which participate in various events around<br />
the world, for constantly updating the history<br />
archive, for the mobile audi museum at the ingolstadt<br />
audi Forum as well as supporting the activities<br />
of the museum dedicated to august horch<br />
at zwickau. it was set up in 1998 with the aim of<br />
maintaining, preserving and supporting the audi<br />
tradition and, in particular, throwing light on the<br />
original journey which saw five brands - some of<br />
the most diverse in the history of the motorcar -<br />
merge definitively into the audi group ag in 1985.<br />
but what was this history and which brands were<br />
they that brought this iconic brand in the international<br />
motorcar panorama to life? here they<br />
are: horch & Cie Motorenwerke founded in far off<br />
1899, audiwerke (audi) founded in 1909 by august<br />
horch himself, wanderer - initially a bicycle<br />
and then motorbike manufacturer - dating back as<br />
far as 1885, dkw dating to 1902 and also involved<br />
in motorbike manufacturing at the outset, and,<br />
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