Dec 8, 2008

Audi 920



The Audi 920 is a car that the Audi works 1938 built as a successor to the Model 225 UW herausbrachten. His engine was developed from a Horch eight-cylinder engine series. Originally, the car production was smaller than demands of the market. However the Auto Union chose to place Audi between the major Horch and the smaller hikers models. For capacity reasons, it like his predecessor was the reason the Horch factory was built.
The vehicle had a 6-cylinder OHV in-line engine with 3.3 liters fitted front. He developed 75 hp at 3000 1/min. Over a 4-speed gearbox with gear lever in the middle of the car he drove to the rear wheels. The car with Kastenrehmen had independent suspension with front and upper arms Querblattfeder bottom and a floating axle rear. It was a 4-door sedan (6 windows) or 2-door convertible (4 windows) available.
With its wartime setting 1940 after about 1,200 copies disappeared, the last prewar Audi.

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