Le Mans classic in
the Audi museum mobile Ingolstadt
Photo: Audi
Special exhibition on the world's
toughest long-distance race "24 heures - The legend of Le Mans"
The Le Mans 24 Hours: What is surely the world's toughest and
most fascinating motor racing event will be held for the 75th
time in 2007. Lap after lap. Around the clock. Reason enough for
the Audi museum mobile in Ingolstadt to dedicate a special
exhibition entitled "24 heures" to the legend that is Le Mans
from 1 March to 17 June 2007. Audi has won this spectacular
long-distance race on six occasions.
The exhibits will include a number
of vehicles from the long history of Le Mans: the Bentley racing
car with which the legendary Bentley Boys caused a sensation in
the 1920s; the Bugatti T 50 C of the late 1930s, which was
technically untouchable; and the elegant Jaguar C Type, which
won the race in 1953. And of course the absolute superstars of
the Le Mans 24 Hours will also be on show: the Ford GT 40, which
was unbeatable in the 1960s, and the Porsche 917, which
dominated the 1970s.
If you count Bentley's success in
2003 with the Speed 8, which was powered by Audi Sport's TFSI
engine, Audi technology has been unbeaten in the world's most
demanding motor race since 2000. For the first time, all of
Audi's winning cars will be on show together in an exhibition.
From the Audi R8 of 2000, through the Bentley Speed 8 to the
current Audi R10 with its TDI engine. This diesel-powered racing
car rewrote motor racing history in Le Mans by winning its first
victory in its first race (in 2006), and it will be taking on
the international competition again in 2007.
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A particularly interesting exhibit
comes from the private collection of Nick Mason, drummer with
legendary rock band Pink Floyd – a Lola T 920 in "The Wall"
paint scheme with which Mason planned to race privately at the
Le Mans 24 Hours in 1981 to promote the album. And not to be
missed are the stories in and about Le Mans – from the very
beginnings to the cinema films, the stars and starlets and
sponsors, to the famous Michel Vaillant comics.
Everything that every year makes "France's
biggest fairground", as Le Mans is also known, such a magnet for
hundreds of thousands of motor sport enthusiasts from all around the
world.
The four rings of the Audi badge symbolise
the brands Audi, DKW, Horch and Wanderer, which were later combined
under the umbrella of Auto Union. Auto Union and NSU, which merged in
1969, made many significant contributions towards the development of the
car. AUDI AG was formed from Audi NSU Auto Union AG in 1985. Together
with the two traditional companies Auto Union GmbH and NSU GmbH, Audi
Tradition nurtures and presents the deep and diverse history of Audi.
The Audi museum mobile at the Audi Forum Ingolstadt is open daily from 9
a.m. to 6 p.m.
