Audi can trace its beginnings back to August Horch.
Horch had been forced out of the original automobile company he founded, so he founded a new company in Zwickau and would later use the name "Audi", the Latin equivalent of his own name.
In 1920, August Horch left the Audi company.
In 1928, the company was acquired by J S Rasmussen.
In 1932. Audi merged with DKW, Horch and Wanderer to form the Auto Union.
The four interlinked rings that make up the Audi badge represents these four brands.
During World War 2, its Auto Union plants were heavily bombed.
In 1969, Audi merged with NSU.
These days Audi has its headquarters in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group.
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