Big Plans for Audi Tradition in 2014

Audi Tradition is stepping on the gas for the 2014 season. Car enthusiasts will be able to see the historic vehicles at more than 25 events all over Europe. In Monaco, legendary Formula 1 driver Jacky Ickx will himself be at the wheel when the 1938 Auto Union Silver Arrow Type C from 1938 takes to the roads of the principality. At the Eifel Rallye Festival, Stig Blomqvist is celebrating the 30th anniversary of his World Rally Championship title. This year, Audi Tradition’s presence at the world’s largest classic car exhibition, the “Techno Classica,” puts the emphasis on motorsport, with treasures from the company’s history on display.

For the 26th time, the eyes of the classic car world are on the city of Essen, in Germany’s Ruhr area. More than 180,000 historic car enthusiasts are expected to visit the Techno Classica from March 26 – 30. Audi Tradition is displaying a group of true winners from its hundred-year history. Among these exhibits are the Audi Type C that won the Alpine Rally trophy in 1914, the third year in succession for the Audi brand, and the Auto Union Type A racing car, which was first seen 80 years ago – it set three new world records in its first race. A highlight is the Audi Rallye quattro A2, with which rally legend Stig Blomqvist became world champion 30 years ago and also secured the Manufacturer’s World Championship for Audi. Motorcycle fans will enjoy seeing two NSU classics: the 125-cc NSU Race Fox “Dolphin” on which Rupert Hollaus took the World Championship title in 1954, and the 250-cc Race Max ridden by Werner Haas to World Championship victory in the same year.