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News of May 9, 1999

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Joint museum project of Audi and the city of Zwickau

Ingolstadt - Audi is participating in a project at the company's "birthplace": together with the city of Zwickau, Audi intends to establish August Horch Museum Zwickau GmbH. Audi and the city authorities will each control a 50 percent share of this nonprofit making enterprise. The basic conditions for the takeover of the planned museum's site are currently being clarified.

"We are celebrating three major anniversaries in 1999 - Horch's centenary, 90 years of Audi and the 50th anniversary of Audi's move to Ingolstadt - so this is the ideal moment to commemorate Audi's 'birthplace'," explained Dr. Franz-Josef Paefgen, Chairman of the Board of Management of AUDI AG.

August Horch and his Torpedo

August Horch and the famous Torpedo

The very first Audi was built in the existing museum building. The office of company founder August Horch has been preserved in its original state and has now been fully restored. The purpose of the newly founded company is to trace the history of the automobile industry in Zwickau and at other Auto-Union production sites, particularly in Saxony.

The project will involve the complete refurbishment of the museum building, looking after and restoring the remarkable collection of vehicles, redesigning the exhibitions and running the museum. Audi intends to support the restoration project through donations to the tune of several million marks. "We are delighted that Audi will be participating in this project, which will spotlight Zwickau and Western Saxony," declared Zwickau's Lord Mayor Rainer Eichhorn. The city of Zwickau will operate the museum in conjunction with the office of culture for the Zwickau region.

Production of DKW cars at Zwickau, 1937
Photo: Audi

The Bugatti EB 218 - A new source of fascination in the top luxury class

Wolfsburg, April 26, 99 - With the Bugatti EB 218, the Volkswagen Group was presenting a new and fascinating vehicle at the Geneva Motor Show 1999. The EB 218 follows on from the design and technical standards of the EB 118 study, which was shown at the Paris Motor Show 1998. The EB118 was produced by Giorgetto Giugiaro / ItalDesign under contract from Volkswagen and has been further developed to make this unmistakable four door saloon.

Bugatti EB 218

Photo: Volkswagen

The model name Bugatti EB 218 refers to the 18-cylinder engine, the first of its kind to be used in a passenger vehicle. This engine, which was developed at Volkswagen, has three rows of 6-cylinder banks which are joined in a "W" form. With a capacity of 6.3 litres, the direct injection engine has an output of 408 kW / 555 bhp at 6,800 rpm and a maximum torque of 650 Newton metres (Nm) at 4,000 rpm.

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