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Auto Union

Aug 23, 2010

What do the four rings symbolize

Posted by jatougaye | Tags: La Femme Noire, Germany, Audi, August Horch, Auto Union, Dampf-Kraft-Wagen, Horch, Saxony, States of Germany, Volkswagen, Wanderer | 0 Comments


I'm sure I'm not alone in this. You've seen those Audi rings and wondered what they meant. Got it answered tonight.

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Aug 23, 2010

The Story of the Beetle

Posted by jatougaye | Tags: La Femme Noire, Berlin, Ford, Porsche, Volkswagen, Person Career, Hotel Kaiserhof, Adolf Hitler, Audi, Auto Union, Automotive industry, designer, engineer, Ferdinand Porsche, Germany, Hatchbacks, Henry Ford, International Motorsports Hall of Fame, NSU Motorenwerke AG, Politics, Porsche, Road transport, Show Hitler, Volkswagen, Volkswagen Beetle | 0 Comments
For some strange reason, I'm doing something really out of my comfort zone. I'm reading about the history of cars and it is very fascinating. My roomy is obsessed with cars and NO, this is not your normal obsession. His television is on the speed channel 80% of the time, he gets 4 different car magazines every month, could spot a vintage car and tell you the model and year it was produced and that is not all. He's actually built his own race car...well it's dismantled now. The perfectionist that he is said it needs more work but I've seen photos of the car before it was taken apart.....

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