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Horch left Audi in 1920 and went to Berlin and took various jobs. He published his autobiography, I Built Cars (Ich Baute Autos) in 1937. He also served on the board of Auto Union, the successor to Audi Automobilwerke GmbH. He was an honorary citizen of Zwickau and had a street named for his Audi cars in both Zwickau and his birthplace Winningen.
The first Horch car, model "Phaeton" with a 5 hp engine: The first trial run of a Horch motor car took place in the beginning of 1901. (from left to right: August Horch, his wife Anneliese, a friend and Horch`s associate Salli Herz
The first Horch from Saxony - the Model 2 from 1902/1903 |
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Horch Model 1, "vis-à-vis", 2 cylinder, 4-5 hp, August Horch behind the wheel
Horch with his workforce in Reichenbach, Vogtland
August Horch (leaning against the car) following victory in the 1906 Herkomer Run in the Horch 11/22 hp, 2.7 litre four-cylinder inline engine
August Horch was master of the Austrian Alpine Run with the Type C
August Horch with the Audi Type C victoriously in the Austrian Alpine Run.
August Horch, photographed in the 1930s with one of his first cars
Horch 31/60 with 60 hp from 1909, with Kaiser Wilhelm II (standing) (1920-1939) Next Page >>> History of AUDI | Horch | DKW | Wanderer
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