Auto Union 1959-1965 - Racing ancestors

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Auto Union 1959-1965 - Racing ancestors

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Created in 2011

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Roger Gloor

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Auto Union 1000 SP Roadster (1960) - the design was reminiscent of the Ford Thunderbird - Techno Classica 2015

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DKW F 102 (1964) - tailor-made perfection

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Auto Union 1000 S Sedan (1962) - also 130 km/h fast in four-door version

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Auto Union 1000 (1961) - Robert Meyer at the Payerne slalom

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DKW Universal (1957) - station wagon variant

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DKW F 102 (1964) - still without chrome stripes on the flank

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Auto Union 1000 SP (1962) - independent front design

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Auto Union 1000 SP (1962) - pretty silhouette

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Auto Union 1000 S (1962) - with three-cylinder two-stroke engine - "Gotthard" exhibition at the Pantheon 2016

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Auto Union DKW F12 (1964) - ADAC Eifelrennen - GLP

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Summary

There were around 10,000 car brands and designers - most of them have disappeared. Auto Union, created from DKW, Audi, Horch and the automobile division of Wanderer, can also be counted among these vanished brands. In 1958, AU went to Daimler-Benz, in 1964 the DKW and Auto Union brands passed on to VW and in 1965 the Audi brand was reborn.

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Initially, Auto Union was a racing brand; it did not officially exist as a passenger car brand until 1959. The name Auto Union was created in 1932 through the merger of the Saxon automobile companies DKW (Zschopauer Motorenwerke), Audi, Horch and the automobile division of Wanderer in order to strengthen the company during the global economic crisis. A Grand Prix racing car with a V16 mid-engine, which was soon realized under Ferdinand Porsche, was intended to serve Auto Union advertising and was later (like the Mercedes-Benz competition) sent on the road to international victory with the support of the National Socialist regime.

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