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2009 Audi RS


2009 Audi RS
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Transmission Gearbox - Number of speeds:Manual
Fuel Type:Gasoline
Drive wheels - Traction - Drivetrain:FR or RR
Price (out of date):$34766


The new 2003 Audi RS 6, based off the A6 platform, is powered by a modified 4.2 liter 450 horsepower, biturbo V8 engine. Standard equipment includes a five-speed Tiptronic automatic transmission with more than 200 shift programs (DSP), Electronic Stabilization Program (ESP), brake assist, and a Parktronic acoustic parking system.

2009 Audi RS specs, Fuel type Gasoline, Drive wheels FR or RR, Transmission Gearbox Manual

AUDI AG, (Xetra: NSU) is a German luxury car manufacturer which produces cars under the Audi brand, (pronounced / aˈʊdi/ ). The name Audi is based on a latin translation of the word "Horch", itself the German word for “hark." Another explanation for the origin of the name is as an acronym for “Auto Union Deutschland Ingolstadt."

Audi is headquartered in Ingolstadt, Bavaria and has been an almost wholly-owned (99.7%) subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group (Volkswagen AG) since 1964. Volkswagen Group incorporated Audi when it was acquired as part of Volkswagen's purchase of the Auto Union and NSU Motorenwerke AG (NSU) assets.


Audi's corporate tagline is Vorsprung durch Technik, meaning "Advancement through Technology"[citation needed]. The German-language tagline is used in many European countries, including the United Kingdom, and in other markets, such as Latin America, Oceania and parts of Asia including Japan. The North American tagline is "Innovation through technology", but in Canada the German tagline Vorsprung durch Technik is now used in advertising.

The company traces its origins back to 1899 and August Horch. The first Horch automobile was produced in 1901 in Zwickau. In 1909, Horch was forced out of the company he had founded. He then started a new company in Zwickau and continued using the Horch brand.

His former partners sued him for trademark infringement and a German court determined that the Horch brand belonged to his former company. August Horch was barred from using his own family name in his new car business, so he called a meeting at the apartment of Franz Fikentscher to come up with a new name for his company. During this meeting Franz's son was quietly studying Latin in a corner of the room. Several times he looked like he was on the verge of saying something but would just swallow his words and continue working, until he finally blurted out, "Father– audiatur et altera pars... wouldn't it be a good idea to call it audi instead of horch?". "Horch!" in German means "Hark!" or "listen", which is "Audi" in Latin (compare audible). The idea was enthusiastically accepted by everyone attending the meeting. It is sometimes (incorrectly) believed that AUDI is a backronym (a reversed acronym) which stands for "Auto Union Deutschland Ingolstadt".



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