This year Audi Tradition is taking part in more than 20 events in Germany and abroad while also celebrating various anniversaries.

It was 80 years ago that the Auto Union Type C racing car with Bernd Rosemeyer behind the wheel won the European Grand Prix championship. After a two-year hiatus, fans will have another chance to hear and see this unique 16-cylinder racing car live. The Type C will be running in three events in Germany and England.

In keeping with tradition, the annual Audi Tradition programme starts with the Techno Classica vintage car show in Essen (April 6 to 10). Audi Tradition will be at the world’s biggest exhibition of historic automobiles – the spotlight will shine on rare cars and motorcycles that made company history. A special treat for automotive experts will be the Audi quattro Spyder and the Audi Avus quattro. The premium brand presented these two concept cars for the first time 25 years ago.

In the 1930s, the Silver Arrows from Auto Union and Mercedes-Benz dominated international racing. And in 1936, the Auto Union Type C was the benchmark by which all racing cars were measured. It was at the wheel of this car that young driver Bernd Rosemeyer rose to superstar status in only one season. Out of four of the big prizes credited toward the European Championship, Rosemeyer took home three. He won the title and the German Hillclimb and Road Racing Championship to boot. Audi Tradition is bringing the replica of this racing car to the Goodwood Festival of Speed (June 23 to 26) in England and the Classic Days show at Dyck Castle near Düsseldorf (August 5 to 7).

Other perennial attractions in the Audi Tradition program of events are the Danube Classic (June 23 to 25) around the Audi location of Ingolstadt, and the Heidelberg Historic show (July 21 to 23) near Neckarsulm. At the Danube Classic, Audi Tradition is taking part with a fleet of historic cars. Visitors to the classic car show can expect a line-up including a Prinz 1000, a Prinz TT and two Ro80 examples. This time a pre-war rarity will be running its laps around Heidelberg – the replica of a Wanderer Streamliner.

Rally fans will find a highlight waiting for them at the Eifel Rallye Festival in Daun (July 21 to 23), the largest event of its kind in Germany. Audi Tradition will be there, showing the Audi Group S prototype. The car was developed for the 1987 season, but was never driven in a race. The Audi AG history department is also making a special appearance at the ADAC Sachsenring Classic (June 10 to 12) on the motorcycle track in Hohenstein-Ernstthal. Audi Tradition is running the freshly restored DKW UL 500 racing machine from 1939 for the first time there. Also in on the action will be the Audi 90 quattro IMSA GTO from 1989.

The brand with the four rings will be showing its colours at the Bodensee Klassik (May 5 to 7), the Kitzbühel Alpine Rally (June 1 to 4), the Schloss Bensberg Classics (July 1 to 3), the Ennstal Classic (July 27 to 30), the Sachsen Classic (August 18 to 20) and at the Hamburg Stadtpark Revival (September 3 to 4). The season finale will be the two model car exhibitions at the Audi Forums in Neckarsulm (November 6) and Ingolstadt (November 27).

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