Introduction The 2022 Audi e-tron GT is the four-ringed company’s first entrant into the high-performance EV weight class. It looks to shake up a playing field which includes the likes of the Tesla Model S and Porsche Taycan, the latter of which it shares many of the same underpinnings. Specifically,...
Audi Models. Post War to Present
Important Audi Models - 1940 to Present
Important Audi Models (1940 to Present)
In 1945, after the war had ended, a depot for Auto Union parts was set up in Ingolstadt. These tentative efforts to relaunch operations led to the founding of a new company named Auto Union GmbH on September 3, 1949, with the purpose of upholding the automotive tradition of the four rings. The first products with the four-ring badge built in this era were well-established DKW models with two-stroke engines. These basic but robust and reliable cars and motorcycles were just right for the austere circumstances of the post-war years.
In 1958, Auto Union GmbH was acquired by Daimler-Benz AG and soon thereafter in 1959 a new manufacturing plant goes into operation in Ingolstadt for the production of the DKW Junior small car. In autumn 1965 the Ingolstadt car company, still called Auto Union GmbH in those days, introduced a new model with a four-stroke engine for the first time after the war at the Frankfurt Motor Show. This new car needed a new name, and thus the name "Audi" came into being.
The Audi 72 played an important role in the brand's history as it was the Auto Union's first post-war car with a four-stroke engine and ushered in a new era for the Ingolstadt-based manufacturer. In 1966 the Audi 80 and the Audi Super 90 appeared in the same guise. Two years later the Audi 60 and Audi 75 models were included in the range. The new Audi 100 was officially introduced in 1968. In 1969 Volkswagenwerk AG engineered the merger of Auto Union GmbH and the Neckarsulm-based NSU Motorenwerke AG, which was renamed AUDI AG on 1st of January 1985. 1974 saw the appointment of Ferdinand Piëch and the "Piëch era" transformed Audi into a highly innovative car manufacturer.
This period also witnessed the gradual raising of the Audi brand's positioning. The five-cylinder engine (1976), turbocharger technology (1979) and quattro four-wheel drive (1980) are eloquent testimonies to the success of this drive. In 1994 Audi took a quantum leap in automotive engineering with the market launch of the Audi A8 with its revolutionary aluminum Audi Space Frame (ASF).
1960s Audi Models
Audi 60 (1969–1972)
Audi 100 (1968–1978)
1970s Audi Models
Audi 80 (1972–1978)
Audi 50 (1974–1978)
Audi 100 (1969–1976)
Audi 100 Coupé S (1969–1974)
Audi 80 (1978–1986)
Audi 200 5T (1979–1984)
1980s Audi Models
Audi 100 (1982–1990)
Audi 80 quattro (1980–1987)
Audi 5+5 (1981-1983)
Audi 90 (1984–1987)
Audi Coupé (1980–1988)
Audi Sport quattro (1983–1984)
Audi 80 (1986–1991)
Audi 90 (1986–1991)
Audi V8 (1988–1995)
Audi Coupé (1988–1995)
1990s Audi Models
Audi 100/A6 (1991–1998)
Audi 80 (1991–1996)
Audi Cabriolet (1991–2000)
Audi A8 (1994–2003)
Audi A4 (1994–2001)
Audi A3 (1996–2003)
Audi A6 (1997–2006)
Audi Duo (1997)
Audi TT Coupé (1998–2006)
Audi TT Roadster (1999–2006)
Audi A2 (1999–2006)
2000s Audi Models
Audi A4 (2001–present)
Audi A8 (2003–present)
Audi A3 (2003–present)
Audi A6 (2004–present)
Audi A3 Sportback (2005–present)
Audi Q7 (2005–present)
Audi A6 allroad (2006–present)
Audi A4 Cabriolet (2002–2006)
Audi TT (2006–present)
Audi A4 (2007–present)
Audi A5 (2007–present)
Audi Q5 (2008–present)
Audi TT 2.0 TDI (2008–present)
Audi A4 allroad (2009–present)
Audi R8 (2006–present)
Audi R8 V10
2010s Audi Models
Audi A1 (2010–present)
Audi A3 (2003–present)
Audi A5 (2003–present)
Audi A6 (2011–present)
Audi A6 allroad (2012–present)
Audi A7 (2010–present)
Audi A8 (2010–present)
Audi Q2 (2017–present)
Audi Q3 (2011–present)
Audi Q5 (2008–present)
Audi Q7 (2005–present)
Audi Q8 (2008–present)
Audi R8 (2015–present)
Audi TT (2017–present)
2020s Audi Models
Audi e-tron (2021-present)
