August Horch founded his auto works in Zwickau on this date. The concern was later renamed Audiwerke and was to become the pillar of a four-company merger brokered by the Weimar government in 1927, a year after they had compelled three fading camera companies to merge with ICA to form Zeiss Ikon. The Audi symbol -- four intertwined rings -- still commemorates the merger.
If only Zeiss Ikon had been as successful as has been Audi!Yup, I drive an '84 Audi. Hell, I'd be driving a Zeiss Ikon if they were still in business ....
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