The four rings symbolize four formerly independent auto manufacturers: Audi, DKW, Horch and Wanderer. The companies fused in 1932 under the moniker Autounion AG, but still produced cars with ...

The four rings represented and symbolized the merging of four small-time German automakers and start-ups of the era, consisting of Zschopauer Motorenwerke J. S. Rasmussen (more commonly known as ...