Solved - NEH 1715: Audi P70 - 1956

[Carnut]

Looking at the article I'm not even sure whether it was the official sales name or just the invention of a creative journalist referring to the ex-Audi works where the P 70 was built.

I second that!

There wasn't any official or inofficial Audi with that name.

Yes, I'm sure you must be right.
Audi meant diddly-squat to anyone in 1956..
It made a good puzzle though..

[D-type]

To bottom this out could someone please translate the text from Post 19 - it looks more like an advert than an article.

[Carnut]

To bottom this out could someone please translate the text from Post 19 - it looks more like an advert than an article.

It means something like this:

Yes, it is actually the first series-built "plastic car" to be manufactured. "P70" is a small noble family with plenty of elbow room for four fully grown people. It is equipped with a rugged 2-stroke engine of 22 hp. Throughout the car is sober and elegantly designed. It will be available on the Swedish market for all in early spring.

[pnegyesi]

the East Germans really contemplated using the Audi name

[Wendax]

Yes, it was the company's name from 1946 to 1958, but the cars weren't called Audi anymore.