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Audi is one of the best known supercars.

Over the years, Audi has been actively involved in motor sports. The participation of Audi into motor sports dates back to 1930′s with their former company the Auto Union. The Audis dominated the Touring and Super Touring categories of motor racing in the 1990′s.

The four wheel drive Quattro, launched by the company in 1980 was successful in winning rallies and races worldwide. The Quattro is one of the first cars to make use of the new rules of rally racing then, which allowed the use of four-wheel drives for racing. However, the critics saw the four-wheel races as too heavy and difficult. The Quattro gained significant success in the World Rally Championship winning the 1983 (Hannu Mikkola} and the 1984 {Stig Bolmquist) drivers titles. The Quattro also got home the manufactures title in 1982 and 1984.

In 1984, Audi launched the short-wheelbase Sport Quattro. This car dominated the races in Monte Carlo and Sweden, by taking all the podium places. Audi also received the rally honors in the Honk Kong to Beijing rally in the same year. Michele Mouton is the only race driver to win a round of World Rally Championship and a driver for Audi. In 1985, Michele raced the S1 in the Pike Peaks and set a record of 11.25.39. She is the first woman to set a Pike Peak record. Walter Rohrl claimed a title for the company setting a new Pikes Peak International Hill Climb record of 10:47:85 in the Audi S1. The Audi S1 employs a 5-cylinder turbo charged engine and generates over 600hp (447kW). The S1 serves as the bas for all the S models of the company. The company entered the Trans American Racing in the year 1988. In 1989, Audi moved to International Motor Sport Association (IMSA GTO).

Touring Races

The company was successful in marketing and selling its cars in the United States of America. In the 1990′s Audi returned to Europe. The company began racing into the super touring series. The company participated in the French Supertourisme and Italian Supertourisme. The company also participated in the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC). The Federation International de Automobile (FIA) faced difficulties in regulating the Quattro four-wheel drive system and the impact it had on the competitors, which eventually led to the ban on use of four-wheel drives for competitions. The company then started focusing on the sports car racing. The company raced with their RS4 in the Speed World GT Challenge. Few of the races allowed the use of four-wheel drives and thus enabled the Quattro to dominate as the Champion.

Sports Car Racing

Audi entered the 24-hour Le-Mans races in the year 1999. In 2003 two Bentley Speed 8s, with Audi engines competed the GTP and finished in top two positions. These cars were loaned to the fellow Volkswagen Group then. In the 2005, Le-Mans two R8s entered along with an R8 from the Audi PlayStation Team Oreca. Audi continues its active participation in the 24i Hour Le- Mans.

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i own a 2001.5 s4 with a six speed manual, all stock except Eibach springs, and have 122,700 miles on it. The car is by far, the most reliable, most durable, and best performing car I have ever had. I drive it pretty hard, and while I know doing so will without a doubt reduce the life of parts such as clutch, brake pads, etc., its has been almost unnoticeable. I am still driving on the original clutch, and am on my 2nd set of rotors, and 3rd set of brake pads. The only major maintenance that’s been required is timing belt/water pump, @ 60,000, and front control arms at 85,000. Audi engineers really did an awesome job designing the s4, it was made to be driven , not to be babied, and if the car is maintained properly, and oil changed regularly at every 5,000 miles, using Mobil 1, the s4 will not disappoint.

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Audi Servicing And Maintaining Engineering Excellence

Audi – a reputation built on engineering innovation and quality

As an experienced driver, you know the importance of keeping your Audi in tip-top condition. Regular car servicing will extend your car’s life and identify defects before they become catastrophic.

When you consider the history of Audi and how the Company has built its global reputation for quality and performance, booking an Audi service that is conducted with care and precision is vitally important in retaining the characteristics of this prestige car.

Audi facts you may not know

Audi is one of Germany’s oldest car manufacturers with the Audi name originating in 1910 as Audiwerke GmbH.

Audi began in 1889 when August Horch established A Horch & Cie and launched the first Horch car in 1901. In 1904 the company issued shares in order to raise capital for expansion, but this ultimately led to August Horch leaving the company in 1909 following a dispute with the board.

Horch set up a new company in 1909 and created the Audi brand in 1910, under his new company Audiwerke GmbH. The Audi name is the Latin translation for Horch, that in English means hark.

The Audi brand was created, because Horch lost a legal dispute with his former company on the use of the Horch name.

In 1912 Audiwerke test drove their first car, the Wanderer, which had a four cylinder engine. After successful trials, the car went into production in 1913 and in 1914 Audi won the Alpine Challenge Trophy, one of the most famous races of the era.

In 1921, Audi launched the first German manufactured left hand drive car, the Audi Type K. The improved driver visibility meant that left hand drive cars became well established by the end of the decade.

In 1928, the Audi name was effectively bought by J S Rasmussen, who acquired a majority shareholding in Audiwerke AG. Four years later Audi merged with four other German car manufacturers from the Saxony area. Audi, DKW, Horch and Wanderer all became Auto Union AG in 1932. The larger company was able to supply passenger vehicles across the market, from motorcycles to luxury saloons.

The Audi logo, consisting of four rings, symbolised the joining of these four historic names in German motor manufacturing.

However, the Audi name was in danger of disappearing in post-war Germany. In the 1930′s Auto Union AG developed and produced military vehicles and during the Second World War, civilian production was halted and the company exclusively manufactured military vehicles.

Post-war, the Soviet administration dismantled the production plants of Auto Union in 1945 as reparations and, in 1948 Auto Union AG was removed from the Commercial Register.

However, backing by the Bavarian government and Marshall Plan aid meant that the Audi name survived. In 1949, Auto Union GmbH Audi was formed in Ingolstadt and in 1950 the new company produced its first car, the DKW Meisterklasse.

In 1958, Daimler-Benz acquired Auto Union and in 1966 the company was bought by Volkswagenwek AG, and this saw production focused on the four-stroke engine, as developed previously under Daimler-Benz. In 1965, this engine was married with the DKW F 102 and launched under the Audi name.

In 1968, the Audi 100 was launched. This quickly became a top seller amongst upper mid-sized cars, and became the building block for a new Audi range. In 1972 the Audi 80 was launched.

The Audi 80 became a huge success and over one million were built within six years and its four cylinder engine was adopted by the Volkswagen Group.

In 1974, the Audi 50 was launched into the small car market. Six months later, production synergies were exploited with the Volkswagen brand and the VW Polo was launched, based on the Audi 50.

In 1980, the now famous Audi Quattro was launched, as the first performance car with four-wheel drive.

The company officially became known as Audi AG in 1985, which is testimony to the success of the Audi brand.

Audi has a history of engineering innovation and quality, and their design-led strategy has enabled Audi to challenge BMW and Mercedes in today’s prestige car market.

Book your Audi service with confidence

So when you book your next Audi service, you can be confident that Service A Car understands the heritage of Audi and conducts Audi servicing with the passion and precision the car deserves.

Happy motoring,

Howard.

Chairman Service A Car

0-60 mph in the 3′s!!! A 4000 RPM AWD launch in my VAST tuned Audi S4… Top of 2nd gear is 66 mph or 106 km/h. The car is launched at 4000 RPM and leaves with a nice AWD burnout.

Afford an Audi? I have two…LOL don’t get jealous because you drive a civic.

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Well first you have to be able to afford an Audi…

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