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  1. 03-15-2005, 09:17 PM #1
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    Abbreviation(s)

    I hope this isn't a stupid question (there are no such thing as stupid questions) but anyway, what does TVR stand for?

    And if anyone has any other car abbreviations they are curious to know feel free to ask.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ScionDriver
    I hope this isn't a stupid question (there are no such thing as stupid questions) but anyway, what does TVR stand for?
    yes there are.

    i would like to know what Audi stands ffor, i know it auro union something something....
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    I want to say it's a guy's initials, or at least the T and V are...at least, if the information in Gran Turismo 3 is correct...
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    yeah, i was close to right...straight from the TVR website:
    "TVR was established in 1947 by Trevor Wilkinson, the name "TVR" being derived from his first name."
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    there you go

    EDIT: he beat me to it, i have more detailed info though... hehehe
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    and i just found out about audi, again from the audi website:
    "In 1909 August Horch got into a dispute with the supervisory board of A. Horch & Cie. Motorwagen-Werke AG. Horch left the company he had set up. Shortly after, on 16 July 1909, he established a second company, Horch Automobil-Werke GmbH, in the same city. Horch lost the legal dispute over the company name. However, a solution to the problem was found: the Latin translation of his name (the German word for “hark!”). The new company name, Audiwerke GmbH, became effective on 25 April 1910."
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    Quote Originally Posted by ZeTurbo
    yes there are.

    i would like to know what Audi stands ffor, i know it auro union something something....
    Sackalack already mentioned it.

    The Name "Audi" arose from the name of the founder August Horch.
    The German verb "horchen" (english: to listen/latin: audire) is the source.
    "Horch" is the imperative form of "horchen".
    The Latin imperative form of "audire" is "audi".

    Infinitive: ger. horchen = engl. to listen = lat. audire
    Imperativ: ger horch = engl. listen = lat. audi
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    Quote Originally Posted by andy.muc
    Sackalack already mentioned it.

    The Name "Audi" arose from the name of the founder August Horch.
    The German verb "horchen" (english: to listen/latin: audire) is the source.
    "Horch" is the imperative form of "horchen".
    The Latin imperative form of "audire" is "audi".

    Infinitive: ger. horchen = engl. to listen = lat. audire
    Imperativ: ger horch = engl. listen = lat. audi

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