Audi Tradition Archives - Audi Club North America

8 Apr 2024

Lectures at the Audi museum mobile: On the History of Wind Tunnels and the “Göttingen Egg”

[gallery link="file" columns="1" size="full" ids="99233"] At the next evening of lectures at the Audi museum mobile, the two experts Gerhard Wickern and Horst-Dieter Görg will provide insights into the history of wind tunnels and a particularly aerodynamic vehicle called the Schlörwagen – also known as the “Göttingen Egg”. The event starts at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 18, at the Audi museum mobile. Registration is required. Gerhard Wicker...

4 Apr 2024

Audi 50 Turns 50

[gallery link="file" columns="1" size="full" ids="99150"] The “mini Audi” provided the template for the VW Polo A total of 180,828 Audi 50s were built between 1974 and 1978 [source: Audi AG] It arrived at just the right time: The Audi 50, the first small car from a German manufacturer, was launched in 1974, shortly after the beginning of the oil crisis in 1973. Its fuel consumption was economical, and its design pioneering: front-wheel drive with a transverse engine, a two-doo...

13 Mar 2024

Secret Audi Skorpion R18 Road Car Design Study from Early 2010s Turns up at August Horch Museum

[gallery columns="1" link="file" size="full" ids="98183"] Every once in awhile, Audi Tradition sneaks out a car that even the most knowledgable Audi aficionados likely have never seen before. The team in Audi's historical department, which maintains Audi's vintage fleet, are known to roll an obscure and never seen car subtly into a museum display... just as they appear to have done with a new display at the August Horch Museum in Zwickau, Germany. The car in question is a proposal for a street ...

16 Feb 2024

Mobile Museum – Audi Tradition Events in SC and FL on the Road to Amelia Island

[gallery link="file" columns="1" size="full" ids="97443"] In case you didn’t know, Audi Tradition has two of its most revered cars in the United States right now. Michèle Mouton’s 1985 Pike’s Peak winning Audi Sport quattro S1 and the legendary 1989 Audi 90 IMSA GTO have been doing the rounds, just last week at the F.A.T. Ice Race, and now headed to The Amelia Concours week in Florida. Along the way, they’ll be making a few stops at Audi Greenville (South Carolina) and Audi Jacksonvi...

8 Feb 2024

Opinion: Audi Needs a Heritage Optics Package

[gallery link="file" columns="1" size="full" ids="97170"] In the 48 hours since news dropped of the RS 6 GT, we've seen a mix of responses. Some people love it and some hate it, which is perhaps not surprising for a station wagon fitted with racecar stripes. And while we tend to land on "love it" (surprised? this is Audi Club after all), what we love even more is pretty simple... the badges. [gallery link="file" columns="1" size="full" ids="96971"] It's at this point we're going to hat tip BM...

5 Feb 2024

Audi Tradition at Many International Events in 2024

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="96820"] source: Audi AG Experience history through vehicles from Audi’s historical collection, lectures at the Audi museum mobile, and events around the world From Aspen to Zwickau: Audi Tradition presents automotive treasures Audi Tradition is poised to participate in over a dozen international events in 2024 as the classic car season begins. Mainstays of the event calendar include the Goodwood Festival of Speed in England (July 11–14)...

2 Feb 2024

Event: Audi Tradition at F.A.T. Ice Race, Austria

[gallery columns="1" link="file" size="full" ids="96794" orderby="rand"] 2024 has just barely begun, and Audi Tradition has begun the year strong with participation in the F.A.T. International Ice Race (formerly GP Ice Race) in Zell Am See, the spiritual hometown of the Porsche family. [gallery columns="1" link="file" size="full" ids="96788" orderby="rand"] Given the event is a Porsche family affair, its reintroduction a few years ago by Ferdi Porsche, the Volkswagen Group brands are ty...

23 Jan 2024

Volkswagen Group Brands Celebrate Anniversaries at Bremen Classic Motor Show

[gallery link="file" columns="1" size="full" ids="96247"] "50 years of Volkswagen Scirocco": Autostadt shows first and second generation vehicles Volkswagen Classic celebrates the start of the anniversary year "50 years Volkswagen Golf" Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles celebrates "45 years of the third generation Volkswagen Transporter" Audi Tradition Parts is represented with the first generation of the Audi RS 4 Avant [source: AutoStadt] Wolfsburg, GERMANY - Four brands, four jubilees...

12 Jan 2024

Audi Tradition to Celebrate Multiple Anniversaries in 2024

[gallery columns="1" link="file" size="full" ids="95615"] As a service for the media and fans, the “Anniversary Dates 2024” booklet details over 30 anniversaries across Audi’s history It highlights various aspects of Audi’s history, including products, the company, and motorsports [source: Audi AG] The most notable anniversaries at a glance: In the “Anniversary Dates 2024” digital booklet Audi Tradition details this year’s anniversary highlights and summarizes over 3...

21 Dec 2023

Record-Breaking Aerodynamics in ‘Flying Lawn Chairs’, Blue Whales, and Dolphins from NSU

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="94488"] source: Audi AG Highly aerodynamic motorcycles break records for NSU 150 years of the heritage brand: classics and one-of-a-kinds from NSU’s long history – the finale of the ten-part series The NSU Rennfox Dolphin, and Rennmax Blue Whale: streamlined motorcycle models which scooped many prestigious victories in the 1950s. The Neckarsulm-based company, NSU, applied its early wind tunnel research into aerodynamics on the race trac...

29 Nov 2023

Quadruple Victory for NSU Type 6/60 PS Racing Car at the German Grand Prix on the AVUS Circuit

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="93642"] source: Audi AG Each month during the year of NSU’s 150th anniversary, Audi Tradition presents a different NSU model, including brand classics on both two and four-wheels, prototypes, and one-of-a-kind models. If you want to delve deeper into the complex product history of the traditional NSU brand, we recommend the Audi Tradition Edition book “NSU-Automobile. Typen – Technik – Modelle”, written by Klaus Arth and published by De...

27 Nov 2023

Lia Block Meets Michèle Mouton in San Remo, Drives S1 e-tron Hoonitron

[gallery columns="1" link="file" size="full" ids="93597"] It’s been amazing to watch Lia Block’s trajectory in 2023. Of course nothing can make up for the passing of her father Ken Block in the earliest days of the year. However, Lia was already on her way to a promising racing career in her own right. As 2023 comes to a close, she’s accomplished so many things, from capturing the two-wheel championship in the American Rally Association, to landing a seat in the electric Extreme E rally se...

9 Oct 2023

Lecture Evening at the Audi museum mobile: “Audi, 1909 to 1940 – The Cars, The Brand, The Company”

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="91041"] source: Audi AG When August Horch founded his company Audi in Zwickau in 1909, there were some 50 car brands in Germany. Today, only four of them remain. One is Audi. Ralf Hornung, author and longtime Audi Tradition employee, has tracked down a great many cars for AUDI AG’s historical vehicle collection over the course of his career. His lecture, titled “Audi, 1909 to 1940 – the cars, the brand, the company”, will be held on W...

29 Jun 2023

NSU “Uruguay”: The Boxy Model

[gallery columns="1" size="full" link="file" ids="87525"] South American NSU importer produced around 500 station wagons between 1969 and 1971 based on the NSU Prinz 1000 150 years of the traditional brand NSU: Series with classics and one-of-a-kinds from NSU’s model history – Episode 4 [source: Audi Tradition] The NSU “Uruguay” is undoubtedly an exotic member of the NSU family. That’s what the Neckarsulm locals colloquially called the rustic station wagon back in the day. Be...

28 Apr 2023

New Book from Audi Tradition: “Audi at Le Mans”

[gallery columns="1" size="full" ids="85770"] [source: Audi Tradition] Audi has made history at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with 13 wins in 18 years. In 2023, the classic endurance race on the Sarthe is celebrating its hundredth anniversary, and Audi Tradition is fittingly releasing a book for the occasion. At 320 pages, “Audi at Le Mans” offers previously unpublished images and extensive insights into the four rings’ success story in this tradition-steeped race. The book is being publish...

26 Apr 2023

Futuristic, aerodynamic, stylish: The NSU Ro 80

[gallery columns="1" size="full" ids="85679"] [source: Audi Tradition] Even the name is special: Ro 80 – Ro stands for rotary piston, and 80 is the type designation. When first unveiled at the IAA International Motor Show in September 1967, the NSU Ro 80 astonished the automotive world. NSU connoisseur Klaus Arth described it this way: “Many visitors don’t know what to admire first. The futuristic shape, the extravagant drive, or both”. The car inspired the public but did not...

31 Mar 2023

“Drive a Prinz and You’re a King” – the NSU Prinz

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="84893"] source: Audi AG The NSU Prinz: the first post-war car made in Neckarsulm 150 years of NSU: Audi Tradition launches its ten-part series with classics and one-offs from NSU’s diverse model range. The traditional NSU brand, celebrating its 150th anniversary in 2023, represents transformation. This is best exemplified in the 1950s by the compact NSU Prinz. In 1955, NSU was the largest employer in the Neckarsulm region and the indu...

8 Mar 2023

Passionate About Light: Insights From Two Experts at the Audi museum mobile

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="83983"] source: Audi AG In keeping with its current special exhibition “The Speed of Light”, Audi Tradition would like to invite you to an evening of lectures at the Audi museum mobile. On Monday, March 13, Dr. Michael Hamm and Dr. Michael Kruppa will trace the evolution of vehicle lighting from its earliest days up to present times, and then offer a preview of where lighting is heading. Admission is free, but registration by March 9 is es...

1 Mar 2023

The Traditional NSU Brand and the Audi Neckarsulm Site: 150 Years of Innovation and Transformation

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="83760"] source: Audi AG Roots of the traditional NSU brand go back to 1873. In the anniversary year of 2023, Audi Tradition will bring out a number of NSU highlights from AUDI AG’s historical vehicle collection for events. Ten-part series with classic and exotic cars from NSU’s product history The traditional NSU brand is celebrating its birthday. In 1873, Christian Schmidt and Heinrich Stoll founded “Mechanische Werkstätte Schmidt &a...

6 Dec 2022

Audi Tradition’s New Book Provides “insights” into AUDI AG’s Collection of Historical Vehicles

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="80271"] source: Audi AG 256 pages of treasures from the company’s history; production models, unique prototypes and show cars Presentation of the illustrated book and signing session with the author and photographer at the Audi museum mobile in Ingolstadt and at the Audi Forum in Neckarsulm Audi’s archive of automobiles as an illustrated book: under the title “insights”, Audi Tradition’s new book, published by Delius Klasing V...

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