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Audi A5 Launch

The A5 has just been launched more information later today

 (Update - Separate post on the S5)

The Lineage of the A5

The A5’s concept was named for the legendary motor racing star Tazio Nuvolari the last driver to win a Grand Prix in an Auto Union car – in Belgrade on 3rd September 1939.

Nuvolari was born in Mantua, Italy in 1892 and died in 1953, his trademarks were his daring, spectacular driving style and the yellow pullover that he always wore in the car. Nuvolari was a motorcyclist until 1926. After numerous victories with other cars, he switched to Auto Union in 1938 and drove its 12-cylinder Type D mid-engined cars in Grand Prix races and hillclimbs.

He won his first race in 1938 when he was the first across the finishing line in the Italian Grand Prix held in Monza on 11th September 1938. Only a few weeks later, he won another race in Donington, England.

The Gran Premio Nuvolari, a long-distance historic car race covering a distance of approximately 850 kilometres, with the start and finish in Mantua, honours Nuvolari. The main sponsors of this event, in which numerous high-calibre racing cars participate, are AUDI AG and its Italian importer, Autogerma.