Konke kwenzeka eminyakeni engu-60 edlule, ngasekupheleni kwawo-1950, lezi zinkampani ezimbili zazisaziwa ngamagama ahluke kakhulu - i-Daimler AG ngaleso sikhathi yayibizwa ngokuthi i-Daimler-Benz, kuyilapho i-Audi isahlanganiswe ne-Auto Union.
Ngemva kwemihlangano emine yokuhlola, kwakungomhla lu-1 kuMbasa - cha, lokho akuwona amanga ... - 1958 lapho abaphathi bemikhiqizo yenkanyezi kanye nozakwabo e-Ingolstadt bafinyelela isivumelwano sokuqeda isivumelwano. Okuzokwenziwa umakhi we-Stuttgart ethola cishe u-88% wamasheya e-Auto Union.
Indima (esinqunyiwe) yezimboni zamaNazi
Owayeyinhloko yenqubo yokuthengwa kwempahla kwakunguFriedrich Flick, usozimboni waseJalimane owaquliswa icala, ngemva kokuphela kweMpi Yezwe II, eNuremberg, ngenxa yokusebenzelana nombuso wamaNazi, ngisho esedonsa iminyaka eyisikhombisa ejele. Futhi lokho, okubambe ngaleso sikhathi cishe ama-40% azo zombili izinkampani, kugcine sekudlala indima enkulu ekuhlanganisweni. Usomabhizinisi uvikele ukuthi ukuhlanganiswa kuzodala ama-synergies futhi kunciphise izindleko ezindaweni ezifana nentuthuko nokukhiqiza - njengeqiniso izolo njenganamuhla...
Emasontweni amabili nje kamuva, ngo-April 14, 1958, kwaba nomhlangano wokuqala weBhodi Labaqondisi elandisiwe, elibhekele ukuphatha kokubili i-Daimler-Benz kanye ne-Auto Union. Lapho, phakathi kwezinye izihloko, kwachazwa indlela yobuchwepheshe okufanele ithathwe yinkampani ngayinye.
Esikhathini esingaphezudlwana konyaka ophelile, ngo-December 21, 1959, Ibhodi Labaqondisi elifanayo lanquma ukuthola amasheya asele omkhiqizo we-Ingolstadt. Ngakho waba yedwa futhi umnikazi ingqikithi umenzi owazalwa, ngo-1932, kusukela inyunyana brand Audi, DKW, Horch futhi Wanderer.
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Ukungena endaweni yesehlakalo kaLudwig Kraus
Lapho ukutholwa sekuqediwe, u-Daimler-Benz wabe esenquma ukuthumela uLudwig Kraus, obhekele ukuklama emnyangweni wangaphambi kokuthuthukiswa kumakhi we-Stuttgart, kanye nabanye ochwepheshe abambalwa, ku-Auto Union. Inhloso: ukusheshisa izinqubo zentuthuko efektri yase-Ingolstadt futhi, ngesikhathi esifanayo, ukufaka isandla ekusizeni ukuthuthukiswa ngokuhlanganyela kwamamodeli amasha, ngokobunjiniyela.
Njengomphumela walo mzamo, uKraus nethimba lakhe ekugcineni bazoba semsuka wokwakhiwa kwenjini entsha enamasilinda amane (M 118), eyayizokhishwa okokuqala ngqa I-Auto Union Audi Premiere, enekhodi yangaphakathi ethi F103 . Bekuyimoto yokuqala yabagibeli enenjini emine eyethulwe yi-Auto Union ngemuva kokuphela kweMpi Yezwe II, kanye nemodeli yokuqala yangemva kwempi ukumakethwa ngaphansi kwegama le-Audi.
Umsunguli wohlelo lwezimoto zesimanje ze-Audi
Umuntu obalulekile kulokho okuzoba, kusukela ngo-1965, uhlelo lwe-Audi lwezimoto ezintsha, ezinikezwe umsebenzi wokushintsha kancane kancane amamodeli e-DKW angama-cylinder amathathu -, ngaphezu kwalokho, wayenomthwalo wemfanelo wamamodeli enganekwane njenge-Audi 60/Super 90, i-Audi 100. , i-Audi 80 noma i-Audi 50 (iVolkswagen Polo yesikhathi esizayo) —, U-Ludwig Kraus wayengeke esabuyela ku-Daimler-Benz.
Uzoqhubeka nohlobo lwezindandatho ezine, njengomqondisi weNew Vehicle Development, ngisho nangemva kokuthengwa kwayo yiqembu lakwaVolkswagen - ukuthengwa okwenzeka ngoJanuwari 1, 1965.
Ukutholwa okuzokwenzeka, ngenxa yokuthi uDaimler akakwazanga ukuzuza ku-Auto Union. Futhi naphezu kokutshalwa kwezimali okukhulu kwefekthri entsha e-Ingolstadt, kanye nemodeli entsha engu-100%, eyashiya uhlobo oludala lwe-DKW enezinjini ezimbili nakanjani esikhathini esidlule.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, bekuvele kungaphansi komyalo weVolkswagenwerk GmbH ukuthi ukuhlanganiswa phakathi kwe-Auto Union ne-NSU Motorenwerke kwenzeka ngo-1969. Izala i-Audi NSU Auto Union AG. Lokho, ekugcineni, ngo-1985, kuzoba, nje futhi kuphela, i-Audi AG.