August Horch Museum Zwickau

Automobile museum

50°43′58″N 12°29′03″E / 50.73278°N 12.48417°E / 50.73278; 12.48417TypeAutomobile museumWebsiteAugust Horch Museum Zwickau (in English)

The August Horch Museum Zwickau is an automobile museum in Zwickau, Saxony, Germany. Opened in 2004, it covers the history of automobile construction in Zwickau, the home of Horch and Audi prior to World War II, and Trabant during the Cold War-era German Democratic Republic.^[1]^[2]

The museum is housed within the former factory where August Horch established Audi Automobilwerke GmbH in 1910. Its owner and operator is a non-profit making company owned in equal shares by Audi AG and the town of Zwickau.^[1]

Gallery

Horch 12/28 PS (1912)
Horch 670-V12 (1932)
Auto Union Typ C (1936)
Audi 920 (1939)
3,5-to-Lkw Horch H3A (1954)
Horch P 240 Cabriolet (1956)
Audi Typ C (1913)
Audi Zwickau (1930)
DKW F7 (1938)
IFA F8 (1954)
Sachsenring P 240 (1958)
Trabant P50 (1957–1962)
Trabant 600 Kombi (1962–1964)
Trabant 601 Kombi (1964–1990)
Trabant 1.1 (1990–1991)

References

Notes

^ ^a ^b "The August Horch Museum Moves to a Worthy Venue". AudiWorld website. Internet Brands, Inc. August 25, 2004. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
^ Adams, Keith (October 2009). "Sublime to ridiculous". Octane website. Octane Media Ltd. Archived from the original on 13 February 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2013.

Bibliography

August Horch Museum Zwickau (2004). Geschichte des Zwickauer Automobilbaus – Die Ausstellung. Zwickau: August Horch Museum Zwickau. OCLC 747040956.

External links

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Official website (in German and English)
August Horch Museum Zwickau at Automuseums

Audi

Subsidiaries

Defunct brands

Auto Union
DKW
Horch (original)
NSU
Wanderer

Museums

August Horch Museum Zwickau
museum mobile

Current models

Cars	A1 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 e-tron GT
SUVs/Crossovers	Q2 Q3 Q4 e-tron Q5 Q5 e-tron Q6 Q6 e-tron Q7 Q8 Q8 e-tron

Audi Sport

Audi S:	S3 Sportback/Sedan S4 Sedan/Avant S5 Coupe/Cabriolet/Sportback S6 Sedan/Avant S7 Sportback S8 SQ2 SQ5 SQ7 SQ8 e-tron S
Audi RS:	RS3 Sportback/Sedan RS4 Avant RS5 Coupe/Sportback RS6 Avant RS7 Sportback RS Q3 RS Q8 RS e-tron GT

Historic and
discontinued models

Motorsport

Cars	Rally cars: Quattro A1 & A2 Sport Quattro S1 Sport Quattro S1 E2 Sport Quattro RS 002 RS Q e-tron LMP road race cars: R8R R8C R8 R10 TDI R15 TDI R18 LMS/GT road race cars: R8 LMS (R16) DTM race cars: Abt-Audi TT-R DTM A4 DTM A5/RS5 DTM RS5 Turbo DTM Formula cars (engine suppliers): FPA FIA F2 Sport ABT (Formula E) Rallycross cars: S1 EKS RX quattro
Series	Audi R8 LMS Cup Audi Sport TT Cup