Audi Tradition is taking part in the world-famous Mille Miglia for the first time this year with one of the most beautiful roadsters of the 1930s – the Wanderer W 25. This timelessly beautiful speedy car is making its debut in May on the thousand-mile drive from Brescia to Rome and back. The classic department of AUDI AG will be represented at 22 heritage motor car events in 2005. An example of which being the English highlight of the season – the Goodwood Festival of Speed. 25 years of quattro will be celebrated in the park grounds belonging to Lord March in June. This will include the legendary Audi Sport quattro S1 “Pikes Peak” of 1987. And quattro drive from Audi will also be the focal point at the Techno Classica, Europe’s largest classic car show. The numerous fans of the rally years of the 1980s can look forward to seeing three outstanding racing cars, including the “monster” – the Audi Sport quattro S1.In 2005 Audi Tradition will participate for the first time in the Mille Miglia with the Wanderer W 25. This six-cylinder supercharged roadster from 1936 is one of the treasures of the company’s historical collection. This rare open-top car, of which a total of 259 were built with a roadster or cabriolet body, develops an output of 55 horsepower. With a top speed of 100 km/h the W 25 will take off at what is probably the fastest classic car rally in the world. Celebrating 25 years of quattro will clearly be the motto of Audi’s presence at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in the South of England from 24 to 26 June. Along with other cars from the Audi rally era, Audi Tradition will present the Audi Sport quattro S1 “Pikes Peak” in West Sussex, the car with which Walter Röhrl became the first person ever to forge up the 4,000-metre-high mountain in under eleven minutes. Also on show: the Audi A4 Super Touring Car which won seven national titles in 1996, including the Super Touring Car Championships in Germany and England. “25 years of quattro” is also the motto of the Techno Classica which is the regular opening to the season and takes place from 7 to 10 April. Europe’s largest classic car show taking place in Essen is a must for all rally fans. Along with other cars, Audi Tradition will present the Audi Sport quattro S1, the Audi Rally quattro Group 4 and the Audi 200 Rally quattro “Safari”.
quattro fans can look forward to meeting in Ingolstadt from 5 to 7 August. Over 1,000 historic quattro vehicles and their owners are expected at the Audi Forum Ingolstadt. The programme includes appearances by quattro racing cars down through the ages.
The Wanderer Streamline Special will be present at three events in the course of 2005. This racing car with which Auto Union won the team title in 1939 in what was then considered the most difficult rally in the world – the Liège-Rome-Liège run – was reconstructed in 2003 and made its much acclaimed debut in the historic revival of the Liège-Rome run. This year the streamlined aluminium racing car will shine with its presence at the Bavaria Historic (26 to 28 May), at the Gran Premio Nuvolari in Italy (16 to 18 September) and also at the Hamburg Stadtpark race from 2 to 4 September. Audi Tradition will also be participating at events in the far north of Germany for the first time. In 1939 Schorsch Meier performed a demonstration lap in an Auto Union Type D racing car, paving the way for the citizens of Hamburg to look forward to seeing this unique racing car at its only appearance in 2005 on an historical course 66 years later.
Audi Tradition is also present at the Heidelberg Historic (7 to 9 July), the Silvretta Classic (7 to 10 July), the Ennstal Classic (20 to 23 July), the Saxony Classic (22 to 24 September) and at the 25th International NSU Meeting in Borluco in the Netherlands from 5 to 8 May. The Audi Tradition events year will close with the 12th Model Car Exchange in Ingolstadt on 27 November, which in the meantime has developed into one of the largest exchanges in Germany.
The four rings of the Audi badge symbolise the brands Audi, DKW, Horch and Wanderer, which were later combined under the umbrella of Auto Union. Auto Union and NSU, which merged in 1969, made many significant contributions towards the development of the car. AUDI AG was formed from Audi NSU Auto Union AG in 1985. Together with the two traditional companies Auto Union GmbH and NSU GmbH, Audi Tradition nurtures and presents the deep and diverse history of Audi. The Audi museum mobile at the Audi Forum Ingolstadt is open from Monday to Sunday, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
2005 Audi Tradition Calendar
07.04.-10.04.05 - TECHNO CLASSICA ESSEN in Essen, Motto: “25 years of quattro”, Exhibition: Racing cars from the quattro era and production quattro cars
22.04.-24.04.05 - LANGENBURG CLASSIC in Langenburg Participation with Audi Sport quattro, the NSU TT “Bergmeister”, the NSU Prinz 30
08.05.05 - VINTAGE CAR MEETING AND RALLY in Zwickau, Participation with the Horch 930 V
05.05.-08.05.05 - 25TH INTERNATIONAL NSU Meeting in Borculo, The Netherlands, Exhibition: six NSU cars
19.05.-22.05.05- MILLE MIGLIA in Brescia, Italy, Participation with the Wanderer W 25
26.05.-28.05.05 - BAVARIA HISTORIC RALLY in Maxlrain, Participation with the Audi 225 Front Special Cabriolet and the Wanderer Streamline
03.05.-05.05.05 - DKW DELIVERY VAN MEETING in Ingolstadt, Participation with the DKW delivery van F 800, DKW F 89L
22.06.-26.06.05 - CREME 21, Participation with the Audi quattro, Audi Sport quattro
24.06.-26.06.05 - GOODWOOD FESTIVAL OF SPEED in Goodwood, United Kingdom, Participation with the Audi Sport quattro S1 Pikes Peak, Audi A4 quattro Supertouring
01.07.-03.07.05 - CIRCUIT DES ARDENNES in Bastogne, Belgium, Participation with the Wanderer W 23
07.07.-09.07.05 - HEIDELBERG HISTORIC in Sinsheim, Participation with the NSU TT, NSU Ro 80, the Wanderer W 25, Exhibition: Audi Rally quattro
07.07.-10.07.05 - SILVRETTA CLASSIC in the Montafon region, Austria, Participation with Audi quattro, Audi Sport quattro
20.07.-23.07.05 -ENNSTAL CLASSIC in Gröbming, Austria, Participation with the NSU 1000 Sport, Demonstration run : Audi Rally quattro
05.08.-07.08.05 - QUATTRO MEETING, Celebrating “ “25 years of quattro”, in Ingolstadt, Participation with various racing cars from the quattro era
20.08.-21.08.05 - SCHOTTENRING RACE in Schotten, Participation with DKW racing motorcycles, NSU Sportmax, NSU Sportfox
02.09.-04.09.05 - HAMBURGER STADTPARK RACE in Hamburg Participation with Auto Union Type D, Wanderer Streamline, DKW racing motorcycles
09.09.-10.09.05 - HUNGARIA CLASSIC in Veszprèm and Györ, Hungary, Participation with the Audi 100 Coupé S, Audi 100 LS and exhibition of various vehicles
16.09.-18.09.05 - GRAN PREMIO NUVOLARI in Mantua, Italy, Participation with the Wanderer Streamline, NSU Wankel Spider, NSU TT
22.09.-24.09.05 - SACHSEN CLASSIC in Zwickau and Dresden, Participation with the Horch 853, Wanderer W 25, NSU Prinz
23.09.-24.09.05 RIEDENBURG CLASSIC in Riedenburg, Participation with DKW F11 Racing, NSU 1000 Sport
16.10.05 7TH MODEL CAR EXCHANGE in Neckarsulm, Model cars from Audi’s history
27.11.05 12TH MODEL CAR EXCHANGE in Ingolstadt, Model cars from Audi’s history
For more information on events geared toward the Audi enthusiast, go to <a href=" http://www.fourtitude.com/reso...x.php "> The Fourtitude Event Calendar </a>
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