There is nothing complicated with the Audi logo; it is just four rings linked to each other.  So what exactly do these four rings stand for? The Audi logo is a representation of the merger of the four founding companies in the year 1932. The four companies that merged are Audi, Horch, DKW, and Wanderer; as a whole they make up the Auto Union. As soon as four car companies merged, they became one of the biggest car manufacturers in Germany. Although they were merged as one company, each of them was still assigned a different car type to design and market.

The logo is silver in color because they also wanted to signify what Audi is widely known for: lightweight design and power. As simple as their emblem may be, they were able to maintain the reputation linked to that emblem; this is the reason why it remains to be one of the highly successful and respected car manufacturers to this day.