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From fast truck to Avant - Audi tradition at the Techno Classica 2019

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Created on February 27, 2019

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The DKW Universal F89 S, also known as Woody, is one of the main attractions on the Audi stand at the Techno Classica in Essen.

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Audi 100 Avant (C3) (1983) - the sloping rear window provided space for an additional rear spoiler

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Auto Union GmbH was founded in Ingolstadt in 1949. The first product on four wheels was the DKW Schnellaster.

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Audi 100 Avant (C2) (1978) - the predecessor of the C3 already had an Avant model, but it was more of a hatchback saloon

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Audi 100 Avant (1983) - shown for the first time, the new avant-garde, with a streamlined body (drag coefficient 0.34) - at the 1983 Geneva Motor Show

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Exactly 70 years ago, Audi's predecessor company Auto Union GmbH was founded in Ingolstadt.

The DKW Universal F89 S, also known as Woody, is one of the main attractions on the Audi stand at the Techno Classica in Essen.

The DKW Universal F89 S, also known as Woody, is one of the main attractions on the Audi stand at the Techno Classica in Essen.

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Even though Audi Tradition will be taking part in Retro Classic in Stuttgart (March 7 to 10) with a car this time, the classic car trade fair "Techno Classica" in Essen (April 10 to 14) is the traditional kick-off event in the annual program. Audi Tradition will be exhibiting for the first time in the new Hall 4 at the international exhibition for historic automobiles. The motto of Audi's trade fair appearance is "Space wonders - from the Schnellaster to the Avant". The focus will be on station wagons from various eras of the company's history.

Audi 100 Avant (1983) - shown for the first time, the new avant-garde, with a streamlined body (drag coefficient 0.34) - at the 1983 Geneva Motor Show

Audi 100 Avant (1983) - shown for the first time, the new avant-garde, with a streamlined body (drag coefficient 0.34) - at the 1983 Geneva Motor Show

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At the end of the Second World War, the Auto Union seemed to be dead. Expropriated by the Soviet occupying power in its home state of Saxony and erased from the Chemnitz commercial register in 1948, the company no longer really had a future. However, such a future was to open up in the American occupation zone.

Founded from very small beginnings in 1949 in old military buildings in Ingolstadt in Upper Bavaria, Auto Union GmbH developed into today's Audi AG within 70 years. An anniversary that Audi Tradition is celebrating at the Classic Days Schloss Dyck and at the Donau Classic home event. The first products in 1949 were the DKW Schnellaster and the DKW RT 125 W motorcycle, where W stood for West

Auto Union GmbH was founded in Ingolstadt in 1949. The first product on four wheels was the DKW Schnellaster.

Auto Union GmbH was founded in Ingolstadt in 1949. The first product on four wheels was the DKW Schnellaster.

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