Re: VW's early watercooled history via Audi and NSU (was Re: [T3] SB with IV engine--was Wasser engine)

["Dave Hall" <dave@hallvw.clara.co.uk>]

And it's no coincidence that Audi means "listen" in Latin, and Horch means the
same in German!  The one split from the other even earlier, but I forget which
came first - Horch, probably, as their old cars are imposing-looking beasts.

Dave.
UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club
http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Montebello" <lapuwali@yahoo.com>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 6:27 PM
Subject: Re: VW's early watercooled history via Audi and NSU (was Re: [T3] SB
with IV engine--was Wasser engine)


>
> Just picking nits.
>
> In the 1960s, Audi was a brand, not a company.  Auto
> Union GmBH was the company, formed out of the merger
> of Audi, Horch, Wanderer, and DKW in the 1930s.  Hence
> the four-linked rings logo.
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