Today, Audi is a luxury powerhouse, selling well over 1.5 million vehicles annually around the globe and even more than two million not too long ago, thanks mostly to popular models like the Q5 crossover,A6 sedan, and wagon. However, in the decades immediately after the Second World War, the automaker risked becoming a second-tier brand under Volkswagen, destined to sell only rebadged cars. What saved its independence was a pair of sedans, the 72 and 100, which entered production in the 1960s and helped lay the groundwork for the brand we know today.
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