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August Horch (12 October 1868 – 3 February 1951) was a German engineer and automobile pioneer, the founder of the manufacturing giant that eventually became Audi.
It all began with August Horch, one of Germany's pioneering personalities automobile engineers. After graduating from the Technical Academy in Mittweida, Saxony he worked on engine construction and later as head of the motor vehicle production department of the Carl Benz company in Mannheim.
August Horch. Inducted 2000. Founder of the A. Horch & Cie Motorwagenwerke, now called Audi, August Horch began his automotive career while working in the field of engine construction. From 1896 to 1899, he managed the Motor Car Construction Department for Carl Benz in Mannheim, Germany.
The Horch Werke in Zwickau had never departed from the principle laid down by company founder August Horch, namely only to build good, powerful cars. Horch’s vehicles were among the leading products of the German automobile industry from the very start.
At around the same time that Ferdinand Porsche rose to fame as both designer and racing driver, August Horch and his team won the Austrian Alpine Run three times in a row between 1912 and 1914. His Audi cars became well-known virtually overnight.
Sep 23, 2018 · Few owners of modern Audis understand the heritage their car's four-ring emblem represents, and still fewer know of the bold and creative engineer who personally founded two of the automakers that would become today's Audi: August Horch.
Oct 12, 2021 · On this day in 1868 in the village of Winningen, Rhenish Prussia, August Horch came into the world, and with him, a future bright in automotive engineering and a lasting legacy.
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