"Audi" was founded in 1909, Augusto Horchem immediately after as he had to leave "Horch Werke, a company that he founded a decade earlier.
When he decided to Romanize name their new company "August Horch Automobil Werke, he simply switched to the Latin name of his (its Russian equivalent -" listen ").
In 1932 th former rivals have decided to unite, to unite this primknuli two more companies, CAD and Vanderer. And so it came Consortium Auto Unio'n. "
Volkswagen" acquired "Audi" in 1964, but left as a four-circle logo, symbolizing the merger of four companies.