In 2010 Audi revealed that in their electric car, the A1 e-tron, they would have a small 250 cc Wankel engine running at 5, 000 rpm that would recharge the car's batteries as needed.

5500 cc turbo-Diesel engines are also permitted in P1 – Audi scored Le Mans victories with such a car in 2006, 2007 and 2008 and Peugeot returned to racing in 2007 with a car with a similar powerplant ( Peugeot 908 ).

The smallest production straight-five was found on the 1981 Audi 100, with 1921 cc of displacement.

* 1272 cc, straight-4 petrol, ( Polo GT, Derby sedan models, Audi 50 only )

The 5 + 5 was essentially an 80 B2 four-door saloon with the 2, 144 cc five-cylinder engine, the precursor to what would become the Audi 90.

The most important classes for Group B were the 3000 cc class ( 2142. 8 cc with turbo or supercharger ), 960 kg minimum weight ( Audi Quattro, Lancia 037 ) and 2500 cc ( 1785 cc ), 890 kg ( Peugeot 205 T16, Lancia Delta S4 ).

At the time, Volkswagen lacked an internal research and design division, and Porsche was doing the bulk of the company's development work, per a deal that went back to the 1950s ; in keeping with this history, Porsche was contracted to develop a new sporting vehicle with the caveat that this vehicle must work with an existing VW / Audi I4 engine.

This car was sponsored by Beverly Porsche / Audi.

The body was built on the basis of Simca 1307, while longitudinal engine placement and torsion-crank rear suspension and McPherson strut front suspension was inspired by Audi 80 / 100 family, while taking into account the larger size of the Moskvitch and Lada engines.

The road car engine aspect of the business was split from the racing division following the sale of the engineering division of Cosworth to VW / Audi in September 1998 and renamed Cosworth Technology, before being acquired by Mahle GmbH in 2005.

Mercedes and Audi currently offer a feature that routes a heating duct to the neck area of the seat on SLK, SL and A5 / S5 models, marketed as the " Air Scarf ".

** Tom Kristensen / Rinaldo Capello / Seiji Ara driving an Audi R8 with Audi Sport Japan Team Goh win the LMP1 class and overall victory in the Le Mans 24 Hours.

In 1973, Volkswagen marketed the Passat / Dasher hatchback, followed by the Golf / Rabbit designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro, as well as the Audi 50 / Volkswagen Polo in 1974.

** the team of Walter Röhrl / Christian Geistdörfer won the Monte Carlo Rally driving an Audi Quattro

The Omni had been designed alongside the Chrysler Horizon with much input from the Chrysler Europe division of the company ( evidenced by many examples having VW / Audi engines ), which Iacocca axed in 1978.

Many other turbo-charged cars, particularly where the aesthetics of the car are not to be compromised by unattractive top mount scoops, such as the Toyota Supra ( JZA80 only ), Nissan 300ZX Twin Turbo, Nissan Silvia ( S13 / 14 / 14a / 15 ), Nissan 180sx, Mitsubishi 3000gt, Saab 900, Volkswagen, Fiat Multipla, Audi TT, and Turbo Mitsubishi Eclipse use side-mounted air-to-air intercoolers ( SMIC ), which are mounted in the front corner of the bumper or in front of one of the wheels.

Zennström's newest yacht Rán IV ( TP52 design by Judel / Vrolijk, 2011 ) was launched in Palma to take part in the highly competitive Audi MedCup.

Most Phaeton engines, the W12 being the notable exception, are built at the VW / Porsche / Audi engine plant in Győr, Hungary.

One example is the Audi R18 e-tron quattro ( winner of race, the first ever hybrid / 4WD to win Le Mans ), utilizing an electric motor in the front axle while combining the engine motor in the rear.

* Audi V8, a 1988 large luxury saloon / sedan

The first Passat was developed partly from the Audi 80 / Fox and, until 2005, the two shared a history.

Its PL45 platform was shared with the first-generation " Typ 8D " Audi A4, which was unveiled 2 years earlier, and saw a return to the Passat sharing its platform with Audi's equivalent model for the first time since the second-generation ( B2 ) Passat, which shared its platform with the second-generation " Typ 81 " Audi 80 / Audi 90 ( the A4 is the successor to the Audi 80 line ).

August Horch ( 12 October 1868 – 3 February 1951 ) was a German engineer and automobile pioneer, the founder of the manufacturing giant which would eventually become Audi.

He was an honorary citizen of Zwickau and had a street named for his Audi cars in both Zwickau and his birthplace Winningen.

During this transition, production was also moved from Düsseldorf to Ingolstadt where the successor company Audi still has its production.

This model was the direct forerunner of the first post-war Audi, the F103.

The main difference was that the Audi used a conventional four-stroke engine.

The company has always had a close relationship with, initially, the Volkswagen ( VW ) marque, and later, the Volkswagen Group ( which also owns Audi AG ), because the first Volkswagen Beetle was designed by Ferdinand Porsche.

The two companies collaborated in 1969 to make the VW-Porsche 914 and 914-6, whereby the 914-6 had a Porsche engine, and the 914 had a Volkswagen engine, in 1976 with the Porsche 912E ( USA only ) and the Porsche 924, which used many Audi components, and was built at Audi's Neckarsulm factory.

An Audi three-speed automatic was offered starting with the 1977. 5 model.

This was robust, but expensive due to some 915 internal parts, and was replaced for 1980 with a normal H-pattern Audi five-speed on all non-turbo cars.

Production was moved from the Audi plant in Neckarsulm ( where the 924 and 944 had been manufactured under contract to Porsche ), to Porsche's own factory in Zuffenhausen.

His body was recovered later that day in the trunk of a green Audi 100 on the rue Charles Péguy.

However Prost has also stated that he has no intention of racing at the famous Le Mans 24 Hours sportscar race held annually near Le Mans, France due to concerns about the skill and experience of other drivers along the nature of the multiple class racing that occurs at Le Mans, a factor that was supported by Scotsman and two time LeMans winner Allan McNish's horror crash in the Audi R18 in the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Thus the Audi Quattro was born.

Its platform was developed by Porsche and is shared with the Volkswagen Touareg and the Audi Q7.

The advent of the AWD turbo Audi Quattro gave the rear-wheel-drive, normally aspirated 190E rally car no chance of being successful and the competition car was stillborn.

Major parts ( block, crankshaft, head assembly ) were initially purchased from Audi and shipped to the U. S. where final assembly was accomplished by AMC at a plant purchased specifically for production of this engine.

The automaker's first new design in eleven years, the car was also the brand's first new model under the ownership of German parent company Audi, which is owned by Volkswagen.

For Audi in their Audi S8 5. 2 FSI quattro, the V10 was a compromise between a V12 which would be too long and suffer more internal friction due to extra cylinders and values, and a V8 which would be more compact but have larger heavier pistons and produce lower revs.

He also served on the board of Auto Union, the successor to Audi Automobilwerke GmbH.

In the late 2009 VW ( which also owns Audi ) bought the controlling rights to Porsche.

Hill also became involved in a BMW dealership, just outside Royal Leamington Spa, that bore his name and an Audi dealership in Exeter.

The site has also attracted serious interest from automakers Audi, Nissan, and Hyundai.

* 2010-The strong man over the water is now B-M from Arjoldshoeve also known as " Tukker " married with his steph-sister Dusti ( aka Audi ) from Arjoldshoeve.

Some manufacturers, including Acura, Audi, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, Volkswagen and Volvo, have also used straight-5 configurations.

A version manufactured by ZF is also being offered on the latest Audi S4 and Audi A4.

As well as being the home of the headquarters of the car manufacturer Audi, the town is also home to the Audi Museum which is open to the public and presents historic exhibits and offers guided tours.

The aerodynamic features of the Sierra were developed from those first seen in the Escort Mark III — the " Aeroback " bootlid stump was proved to reduce the drag coefficient of the bodyshell significantly, which was a class leading Cd0. 34 at its launch, though not as good as the Cd0. 22 of the visually similar Ford Probe III concept car of the previous year, and also behind the contemporary third generation Audi 100 that was unveiled the same year-the first production car to get below the Cd0. 30 barrier with an impressive figure of Cd0. 28.

He also competed in the last round of the British Open Rally Championship, the Audi Sport International Rally, and won the event.

Audi alteram partem ( or audiatur et altera pars ) is a Latin phrase that literally means " It should be heard also the other party ", " hear the other side too ", or " hear the alternative party too ".

The Volkswagen Group also adopted it in the Golf Ecomatic in 1994 and in the Volkswagen Lupo " 3L " and the Audi A2 " 3L " in 1999.

However, de Waart also mentioned in an interview with the newspaper Trouw his disagreement with the conceptual staging of Lohengrin by DNO director Pierre Audi and the planned Madame Butterfly of Robert Wilson.

The highway or Hosur Road, also has some buildings of some major IT players like BOSCH, Sasken, Convergys etc., along with showrooms of major auto manufacturers like Volvo, Audi, BMW, Toyota, Honda, Volkswagen etc.

Certain systems, such as the automatic transmission and some engines, are also shared with the Audi A8.

Audi also introduced a permanently all-wheel-driven road-going car, the Audi Quattro, in 1980.