The big Audi 100:
The pleasant journey with lots of comfort technology.
The safe continuous speed, the great comfort and the balanced
Long-distance chassis make the Audi 100 the perfect touring saloon
AUDI NSU lead through Tehnik.
1975 Advertising / Advertising for Audi 100 GL Type 104
Imagine, they come directly from the competition, run a small designer department that was about to be dissolved, build & create there nevertheless with a small hand-picked team mostly after work a ready-made production car, although it was expressly forbidden to him. In the end, they have the courage to present this new car to Heinz Nordhoff, chairman of the board of Volkswagen AG and at the same time king of the Beetles, with the ulterior motive that they are threatened with immediate expulsion or dismissal with all imaginable consequences, even though Auto Union was on the verge of bankruptcy. It was not without reason that Daimler, completely unnerved, sold the Ingolstadt plant to Volkswagen in 1966, and VW was pleased to have acquired a new location for the still very successful Beetle production at a favourable price.
I have been practicing vintage car photography for more than 35 years and here I mainly photograph normal everyday vehicles which were still on the road en masse over 30 years ago. But also cars with extraordinary, beautiful design. From time to time I take pictures of cars, .. Read more…