When this next feature came into DT’s tips inbox, there was a discussion that turned into a violent rift in the DT office (virtual office…) with one group claiming that the car is a classic with lines derived from Ed “Big Daddy” Roth’s Beatnik Bandit, while another camp sees the car as an abomination with […]
The automotive industry was a rapid and dynamic place in the 1950s as manufacturers jockeyed for the attention of an increasingly wealthy and picky public. Cars went from being huge pontoon fendered things of the 40s to the sleek, fast, and sexy things in the late 50s and NOTHING exemplifies that time period as much […]
In 1964 Volkswagen acquired the rag-tag group of West German auto makers known as Auto Union GmbH, part of which was a factory in Ingolstadt, Bavaria that started producing the Audi 100 in 1968. The 100 badge on the back was a simple reference to the power output of the 4-cylinder watercooled engine mated to […]