A HISTORY OF PROGRESS: CHRONICLE OF THE AUDI AG
Written by Peter Kirchberg, Thomas Erdmann, Ralph Plagmann
Published by Audi Ag
in 1997
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A HISTORY OF PROGRESS: CHRONICLE OF THE AUDI AG
Written by Peter Kirchberg, Thomas Erdmann, Ralph Plagmann.
Stock no. 1606215
2nd.
1997.
Hardback.
Very good condition.
Second Edition. The background and development of the company which now bears the naem AUDI AG. White illustrated glazed boards. B/w photos. 276 pages. Boards scuffed and grubby. Foxing to text block. Foxing to prelims and last page else contents clean.
Front cover
Contents
- THE EARLY YEARS (1899-1918):
- HORCH
- The birth of AUDI
- And then a WANDERER came along
- DKW gets up steam
- HORCH - an overview
- AUDI - an overview
- WANDERER - an overview
- GROWTH BETWEEN INFLATION AND ECONOMIC CRISIS (1919-1932):
- HORCH - quality and quantity
- AUDI - noblesse oblige
- WANDERER - from tradition to innovation
- DKW - forging the AUTO UNION
- HORCH - an overview
- AUDI - an overview
- WANDERER - an overview
- DKW - an overview
- THE SIGN OF THE FOUR RINGS (1933-1945):
- AUDI's new dynamism
- DKW - the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer
- HORCH - setting the tone in the luxury class
- WANDERER in new guise
- Motor sport
- AUDI - an overview
- DKW - an overview
- HORCH - an overview
- WANDERER - an overview
- Motor Sport - an overview
- FROM A MOUNTAIN OF RUBBLE TO AN ECONOMIC MIRACLE (1946-1964):
- An end and a new beginning - the Four Rings in Bavaria
- Liaison with the three-pointed star (1958-1964)
- AUTO UNION in motor sport
- Figures, facts and types
- AUTO UNION - an overview
- NSU:
- Bicycles instead of knitting machines (1873-1918)
- Crises and triumphs between the wars (1919-1945)
- From two-stroke motorcycle to Wankel-engined car (1945-1969)
- NSU - an overview (1873-1969)
- A NEW PROFILE FOR THE FOUR RINGS (1965-1984):
- VW, NSU and "elective affinities"
- quattro - four wheels good
- A new AUDI sport tradition
- AUDI - an overview (1965-1984)
- SOON TO BE THE MOST ATTRACTIVE EUROPEAN ON THE WORLD MARKET (1985-1996)
- Tackling new dimensions
- Higher positioning, broader scope: the product programme
- Motor sport successes as the century draws to a close
- AUDI - an overview