1938 Horch- We go for a ride! Morton Arboretum location

We go for a ride in a 1938 Horch. This automobile is said to have belonged to Herman Goering. This was once a Lufwaffe staff car.

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Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Horch
• Goering
• German
• Morton
• Lisle
• Schoenthaler
• Goodpasture
• Derer
• Audi

[bakhirun]

Thanks Chuck for a great ride! It was a magical era, in spite of its dark associations. The Horch truloy exemplified the stern pride and engineering excellence of an era. Best wishes from Jakarta.

[RideswithChuck]

@bakhirun Hello Jakarta! Thanks for your kind comment.

[DaBoogie049]

@ 6:15 wow amazing sound... didn´t expect that from a german car

[RideswithChuck]

@DaBoogie049 Why not!?

[georgiahoosier]

What a beautiful machine! Thanks for posting the video Chuck!

I'd love to see a test run in that big 47-48 Chrysler they have there too, couldn't see the sides, is it a Town and Country?

[RideswithChuck]

I might have a T&C up one day. It's another car though.

[boo66]

He's pronouncing the name wrong (how very American!) it's a hard sound at the end. Horch rhymes with stork!

[TheProgrammer]

Wait a sec, what? Eight forward speed? Did I hear it right? Impressive!

[eskatee]

@Jeansschwimmer Horch (German) = listen = Audi (Latin). The company which bought the Auto-Union factory was not allowed to use the old name

[Jeansschwimmer]

August Horch had impossibly forseen that his first company and his new one, Audi, were ever to be united.

[Jeansschwimmer]

@Jeansschwimmer When Volkswagen bought DKW in the 60s they wanted to get away from the poor image the modest DKW two-stroke cars had. Even the last DKW had been four-stroke. As DKW was the only surviving company of Auto-Union , Volkswagen had the right to call the firm Audi from then on.

[Jeansschwimmer]

@Jeansschwimmer During the big depression in the 1930s the government of Saxony was willing to back its car industry, but they should combine and work together. That was the beginning of the "Auto-Union". The cars produced showed two logos then: The four interlocked rings plus their old badge. Wanderer had a big W, Horch had its H, Audi had the word Audi and DKW had the three letters DKW.

DKW continued building two-stroke motorbikes and cars in the West in the 50s and 60s.

[Jeansschwimmer]

@boo66 "ch" is pronounced the way Scottish people say "Loch" just a slightly rustling sound that you produce by contracting your throat.

[Jeansschwimmer]

@MBJaguar1007 Yes and no. August Horch set up his automobile works in the early 1900s, giving the company his family name. Some years later he quarreled with his companions and left. As he was not allowed to withdraw his name from his then ex-company he was in search for a new name for the new firm he was to establish. It was a friend's son who inspired him, when that boy was learning his Latin vocabs. "Audi" means "hark", or "listen" in its imperative form, the German is "horch" .

[536767676533766]

Only Germans can build cars

[DanielVonRommel]

A car built by prideful men, for prideful men. Modern cars disgust me in comparison.

[briggs5sboy]

Double clutching!! woo hoo!!