Audi Tradition has published a new book - and it's about time! The new book, titled "Einblicke - Die Fahrzeugsammelung der Audi AG" (translated into English - Insights - The Auto Collection of Audi AG). Audi Tradition, Audi's heritage foundation, was formed in the early 2000s to preserve and promote the company's historical legacy. Many important vehicles, which until then had only been preserved thanks to the efforts of private collectors, were purchased and added to the company's collection. The most important vehicles are of course on public display at the Audi Tradition Museum Mobile in Ingolstadt, but there are many more vehicles hidden in Audi Tradition's basement. These vehicles are rarely seen by the public.
Audi Tradition has set its photographers into the basement to photograph and document many of these vehicles to give a taste of what has been hidden away. Here is a small sample from the new book:
DKW's late 1930s sidecar race machines used a racing version of the 600cc Reichklasse water-cooled twin car engine,
The last Horch. This car was custom built for Auto Union managing director Richard Bruhn in the 1950s. The chassis and engine were prewar but the body was of a modern design and construction. This car was later found sitting in the desert in Texas and purchased by Audi Tradition.
The rally winning Audi Quattro
The start of the technical legacy, DKW's pioneering DKW Frontreib F1 (on the left) and its successor, the F2 (right) joined with a 'baby Horch' DKW F5 roadster.
Garage camera view. Note the rare F10 in the top left corner.
Another 'as found' example. Wanderer W25K roadster, recovered in the US.
A modern classic, the Audi TT.
The book is currently available in German but we must expect an English version to arrive soon:
https://www.audi-mediacenter.com/de/fotos/detail/audi-tradition-buch-einblicke-114185
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