Special exhibition

‘Audi at Le Mans - 24 hours at the limit’


Special exhibition until 2 November 2025

Audi wrote motorsport history with 13 victories in just 18 years at the ‘24 Hours of Le Mans’. In the world's most famous and traditional endurance race, the descendants of the Zwickau Silver Arrows delivered unforgettable motorsport and achieved sensational successes. When the Audi R8R finished directly on the podium at Le Mans in 1999, it was a success worthy of respect. The first overall victory followed a year later with a triumphant triple podium.
To mark the 25th anniversary of Audi's participation in the legendary 24-hour race, the August Horch Museum is taking a fast-paced journey back in time to the classic endurance race in its special exhibition.

With the presentation of
- ten racing cars, including six original winning cars,
- two 1:1 cutaway models,
- three racing engines - from petrol to diesel to hybrid and
- other technical delicacies
an important piece of motorsport history is told from a gripping new perspective.

Other exciting exhibits give an impression of the intensive day-to-day work of drivers and mechanics. They give visitors a glimpse behind the secret of Audi's success and show that motorsport is a team sport and that such a race can only be successfully contested together.
Another highlight of the exhibition is symbolic of this: the almost 1.3 metre tall and almost 50 kilogram winner's trophy that Audi received from the ACO (Automobile Club de l'Ouest), the organiser of the 24-hour race in Le Mans, for its three consecutive victories from 2006 to 2008. Embedded in an exciting exhibition setting and thanks to impressive pictures from the AUDI AG company archive, the visitor gets the feeling of having been at these races.

The exhibition is closely based on the book ‘Audi at Le Mans’, which was published in 2023 and will be available in the August Horch Museum shop when the exhibition opens.

Special exhibitions since September 2004:

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