Audi Tradition Bringing Classic Audis to More Than 20 Shows in 2018

Audi Tradition is bringing some of its best classics to more than 20 events during 2018. They’ll be bringing out cars from the heritage collection to celebrate the birthday of August Horch and mark 50 years of the Audi 100.

The season starts with the Techno Classica show held in March in Essen. Audi is celebrating 50 years of the 100 at the show, with three special 100s on display alongside an Auto Union Type D and the Audi 200 quattro.

At the Schloss Dyck Classic Days in August, Audi Tradition will be showing luxury cars to honor the 150th birthday of August Horch. The display will feature Horch models from the 1920s and 1930s. At Sachsen Classic, Horch models will take the starting line.

At the 25th Goodwood Festival of Speed, Audi Tradition will be running an Auto Union Type C 16-cylinder racer from 1936. It will be headed up the Goodwood hill. In the German town of Daun, Audi will bring the Audi Sport quattro S1 that Walter Rohrl used to break records in the Pike’s Peak hill climb. An Audi 200 quattro TransAm racer will be at Hamburg’s Stadtpark-Revival event.

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