A History of Progress: Chronicle of the Audi Ag (Audi)

Rating:
Summary: Master of The Four Rings
Review: As the title indicates, this book focuses on the history of Audi. And what a history it is. I have read much poorer tries to explain the difficult amalgamation of The Four Rings than this one, actually the authors do a very good job in explaining the complex story. With an elegant twist they have separated the actual progress from the different car-models that have been released over the years, thus making history clearer.

The strongest side of this book is the accurate, detailed information in every chapter, with a lot of nice footage. Especially the post-war story is impressive in every sense.

On the other hand, as this book is written inhouse at Audi AG in Germany, almost every sign of critisism is wiped out of the book, except where it cannot hurt to mention the flaws anymore.

The last star in my rating will be given when Audi adds color-photos to the book! There is also one other point I would like to mention, though it's a bit on the side: In the next issue, please use the German names for the different companies mentioned in the book!

All in all, A History of Progress : Chronicle of the Audi Ag is the best book I have read on the matter. This book is well worth the money for all lovers of Audi, except for those only interested in the last two or three decades.