Entering a new racing series is a challenge for car manufacturers. The "24 Hours of Le Mans" in particular is regarded as a merciless endurance test for man and material. Audi knows how to use the famous endurance race as a stage for new technologies. The brand with the four rings lives up to its slogan "Vorsprung durch Technik": the fast and reliable Audi models outpace their competitors. The German car brand can also claim the first victory for a vehicle with diesel and hybrid technology.
Audi has made motorsport history with 13 victories in just 18 years at the "24 Hours of Le Mans". In the world's most famous and traditional endurance race, the descendants of the Zwickau Silver Arrows delivered unforgettable motorsport and achieved sensational successes. When the Audi R8R finished directly on the podium at Le Mans in 1999, it was a success worthy of respect. The first overall victory followed a year later with a triumphant triple podium.
To mark the 25th anniversary of Audi's participation in the legendary 24-hour race, the August Horch Museum is taking a fast-paced journey through time into the past of the endurance classic in its new special exhibition from 29 November 2024 to 2 November 2025.
With the presentation of:
Other exciting exhibits give an impression of the intensive day-to-day work of drivers and mechanics. They give visitors a glimpse behind the secret of Audi's success and show that motorsport is a team sport and that such a race can only be successfully contested together.
Another highlight of the exhibition is symbolic of this: the almost 1.3 metre tall and almost 50 kilogram winner's trophy that Audi received from the ACO (Automobile Club de l'Ouest), the organiser of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, for its three consecutive victories in 2006 - 2008. Embedded in an exciting exhibition setting and thanks to impressive pictures from the AUDI AG company archive, the visitor gets a feeling of having been at these races.
The exhibition is closely based on the book "Audi in Le Mans", published in 2023, which will be available in the museum shop of the August Horch Museum at the opening of the exhibition.
Audi has made motorsport history with 13 victories in just 18 years at the "24 Hours of Le Mans". In the world's most famous and traditional endurance race, the descendants of the Zwickau Silver Arrows delivered unforgettable motorsport and achieved sensational successes. When the Audi R8R finished directly on the podium at Le Mans in 1999, it was a success worthy of respect. The first overall victory followed a year later with a triumphant triple podium.
To mark the 25th anniversary of Audi's participation in the legendary 24-hour race, the August Horch Museum is taking a fast-paced journey through time into the past of the endurance classic in its new special exhibition from 29 November 2024 to 2 November 2025.
With the presentation of:
- ten racing cars, including six original winning cars,
- two 1:1 cutaway models,
- three racing engines - from petrol to diesel to hybrid and
- some other technical delicacies
Other exciting exhibits give an impression of the intensive day-to-day work of drivers and mechanics. They give visitors a glimpse behind the secret of Audi's success and show that motorsport is a team sport and that such a race can only be successfully contested together.
Another highlight of the exhibition is symbolic of this: the almost 1.3 metre tall and almost 50 kilogram winner's trophy that Audi received from the ACO (Automobile Club de l'Ouest), the organiser of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, for its three consecutive victories in 2006 - 2008. Embedded in an exciting exhibition setting and thanks to impressive pictures from the AUDI AG company archive, the visitor gets a feeling of having been at these races.
The exhibition is closely based on the book "Audi in Le Mans", published in 2023, which will be available in the museum shop of the August Horch Museum at the opening of the exhibition.
