Germany
AUDI AG, Auto-Union-Strasse, D-85057 Ingolstadt, Germany
tel. + 49841/89-0, fax + 49841/8932524, http://www.audi.com
Models produced in Germany: A3/S3, A3/S3 Sportback, A4/S4, A4 Avant/S4 Avant, A4/S4/RS4 Cabriolet, A5/S5, A6 S6//RS6, A6 Avant S6/Avant/RS6 Avant, A6 Allroad Quattro, A8/S8, R8, Q5; models produced in Hungary: A3 Cabriolet, TT/TTS Coupe, TT/TTS Roadster; Models produced in Slovakia: Q7; Models produced in Belgium: A3 Sportback.
In November 1899 a constructor August Horch established the company Horch & Cie, which, in the years 1901 – 40, produced cars of the Horch brand. In 1909 he left the company and in July 1909 Horch established a new one – August Horch Automobilwerke GmbH. In April 1910 he changed its name to Audi Automobilwerke GmbH, which, in the years 1910-1941, produced cars of the Audi brand. In 1932 the companies: Audi, DKW (1928 - 42), Wanderer (1905 - 1942) and Horch established the concern Auto Union AG, which, after the war, produced only two brands of cars: DKW (1946-66) and Auto Union (1954-68). In 1958 the company was taken over by Daimler-Benz, which, in turn, in the years 1964 (50.3% on 1 January 1965) - 1966 (100%) resold it to Volkswagen. In September 1965 the production of Audi cars was resumed. In 1969 under, the concern Volkswagen, the company Auto Union Audi was merged with NSU (NSU cars were produced in the years 1905-33 and 1957-77). In 1985 Audi NSU Auto Union AG changed the name to Audi AG. In 1998 AUDI AG and the British engine company Cosworth were taken over by Italian Lamborghini. Audi cars are produced in Germany, Belgium (2004-2005 and since 2007), Hungary (since 1998), in China (since 1988, since May 2006 under the FAW Audi brand), in Brazil (1999-2006) and assembled in Thailand (2000-2003), Ukraine (2004-2005 and since 2007), Bosnia and Herzegovina (since 2004) and India (since 2007).
New premieres: Detroit 2006 - S6 2nd generation, concept car minivan Roadjet, Geneva 2006 - new RS4 Avant/Cabrio, A6 Allroad Quattro, S6 Avant 2nd generation, New York 2006 - TT II Coupe generation, August 2006 – S3, Paris 2006 - R8, Los Angeles November 2006 – TT Roadster II, Detroit 2007 - prototype of Audi Q7 V12 TDI, Geneva 2007 - A5/S5; Shanghai 2007 - concept car SUV Cross Coupé Quattro, May 2007 – concept car TT clubsport Quattro, Frankfurt 2007 - A4 3rd generation, new RS6 Avant, A8/S8 restyling, Tokyo 2007 – concept car hatchback Metroproject Quattro, Los Angeles 2007 - concept car Cross Cabriolet Quattro, November 2007 – A3 Cabriolet (production in Hungary), Detroit 2008 - TTS Coupe, TTS Roadster, concept car R8 V12 TDI, Geneva 2008 - A4 Avant III, Q7 V12 TDI, A4 DTM-R14 (racing), concept car Q7 V12 TDI Coastline, concept R8 TDI Le Mans, Beijing 2008 - Q5, April 2008 – S3 Sportback, A3 restyling, A3 Sportback restyling, May 2008 – prototype TT clubsport quattro II, concept car A3 TDI clubsport Quattro, Moscow 2008 - RS6 sedan, A6 restyling, A6 Avant restyling, Paris 2008 - S4 III, S4 Avant III, prototype A1 Sportback Concept, A4 TDI prototype concept_e.
The production of old models A2 and Allroad Quattro ended in 2005, in 2006 the production of TT Coupe and Roadster 1st generation was ended, while in 2007 the production of A4/S4/RS4 II and A4/S4/RS4 Avant II was ended. Future plans: 2009 – A1 (production in Belgium), A4 Allroad, A5 Sportback, RS5, A8 3rd generation (D4), TT RS, A5/S5 Cabrio, A7 Coupe, R8 Targa, Q7 Hybrid; 2010 – A3 3rd generation, RS4, Q3 SUV; 2011 – little hatchback City, A1 Roadster (production in Belgium), A6/A6 Avant 4th generation (C7), A7 Cabrio, R4 Coupe, R8 Spyder, Q5 Hybrid; 2012 – Q1 (production in Belgium), A4 restyling, A6 Allroad.
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