The Audi AG, with headquarters in Ingolstadt in Bavaria is a German automobile manufacturer that belongs to the Volkswagen Group.
The vehicles of the Audi brand are manufactured in Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm in Gyor (Hungary), Bratislava (Slovakia), Changchun (China), Brussels (Belgium) and Aurangabad (India).The brand name is a pun of avoiding the naming rights of the vehicle manufacturer called Horch. The Company’s founders August Horch had disagreements with the board and so sought a new company name. The name was a proposal of a student who translated the name into Latin. The word is heard Audi the imperative singular of Audire (in German, listen), meaning "Listen," or just "Hark!". On 25 April 1910 the name "Audi" was registered in the commercial register of Zwickau. Since 1932, Audi was part of Auto Union. For many years, Audi maintains the Department of Audi Tradition, together with the traditional companies like Auto Union GmbH and NSU GmbH, Audi's extensive and highly branched history.I own a two decade old Mercedes which was actually bought by my father. We always used to give it in a particular body shops irvine because I never trust anyone else to fix my car. It has a lot of sentimental value.
