Audi finalizing plans for U.S. plant?
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Audi finalizing plans for U.S. plant?
After four years of 'will-it-won't-it,' a report from WDIV Local 4 News in Detroit indicates that Audi has finally decided to build a plant in the U.S. According to that source, questions remain about where to build it and what to build there, but its future is certain. However, Four-Rings boss Rupert Stadler indicated "those decisions will be made in the next 36 months," leading us to believe there's yet a ways to go.
A summary of the timeline: Way back in January of 2008, Audi USA boss Johan de Nysschen said there were no plans for a factory here, and the company wouldn't need one until it was moving over 150,000 cars per year in North America. In May of that year, the brand said it would need to share the factory that VW was building. In November of that year, VW Group boss Martin Winterkorn said Audi needed a North American factory to meet its sales goal of 200,000 sales per year. Last year Stadler told Automobilewoche that it didn't need to build it's own plant in the U.S., that it "could build a car in the U.S. in six months" at VW's new Chattanooga plant. Just last month, Audi said it would decide in the next 12 months whether to build something across the pond.
According to recent sales data they are on track to meet targets, which would make a U.S. plant a looming necessity. In February, Automobile hinted at a plant expansion at the Chattanooga factory that would produce a VW crossover, with enough extra capacity to include Audi and Porsche high-roofed vehicles.
A summary of the timeline: Way back in January of 2008, Audi USA boss Johan de Nysschen said there were no plans for a factory here, and the company wouldn't need one until it was moving over 150,000 cars per year in North America. In May of that year, the brand said it would need to share the factory that VW was building. In November of that year, VW Group boss Martin Winterkorn said Audi needed a North American factory to meet its sales goal of 200,000 sales per year. Last year Stadler told Automobilewoche that it didn't need to build it's own plant in the U.S., that it "could build a car in the U.S. in six months" at VW's new Chattanooga plant. Just last month, Audi said it would decide in the next 12 months whether to build something across the pond.
According to recent sales data they are on track to meet targets, which would make a U.S. plant a looming necessity. In February, Automobile hinted at a plant expansion at the Chattanooga factory that would produce a VW crossover, with enough extra capacity to include Audi and Porsche high-roofed vehicles.
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