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Audi as a brand, (in US anyway) did not exist until the late '60's.
VW/P decided they needed an upmarket brand and introduced the Audi 'out of the blue', pulling a name from the past. It was one of only 2 mainstream cars available in the US with front wheel drive (SAAB was the other).
There was an 80 (rebadged NSU - see kstar's pic above) and 100 - was a pretty nice car w/ some reliability problems.
There was the Audi Fox (nee VW Dasher) in the early '70's which really put them on the map, saleswise, and finally the 5000 in the mid '70's, w/ the famous inline 5.
They were all front wheel drive until Fredinand Peich put the 4WD drivetrain from the VW 'jeep' of the time under the 4000 (successor to the Fox) and created the quattro.
So, they did not exist here (US) prior to the 60's.
Last edited by tcar; 10-06-2008 at 09:42 AM..
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