Audi 2008 Annual Report Download - page 170

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Management Report
128 Business and underlying
situation
128 The Group
131 Corporate steering
134 Research and development
136 Employee matters
139 Audi in society
141 Environmental aspects
147 Economic environment
150 Course of business
157 Financial performance
159 Net worth
160 Financial position
160 Report on post-balance sheet
date events
161 Risk report
165 Report on expected
developments
169 Disclaimer
Production
In the past fiscal year, the Audi Group increased vehicle production by 4.9 percent to 1,029,041
(980,880) vehicles. This also marked a new all-time record for the Company. The total com-
prised 1,026,617 (978,300) vehicles of the Audi premium brand and 2,424 (2,580) supercars
of the Lamborghini brand.
VEHICLE PRODUCTION BY MODEL
2008 2007
Audi A3 57,190 70,744
Audi A3 Sportback 146,436 160,171
Audi A3 Cabriolet 18,570 216
Audi TT Coupé 31,101 40,417
Audi TT Roadster 10,688 16,349
Audi A4 Sedan 210,288 156,281
Audi A4 Avant 150,990 129,805
Audi A4 Cabriolet 16,790 23,641
Audi RS 4 Sedan 320 2,401
Audi RS 4 Avant 330 2,191
Audi RS 4 Cabriolet 201 700
Audi A5 Coupé 57,324 25,549
Audi A5 Cabriolet 326 5
Audi Q5 20,324 162
Audi A6 Sedan 154,002 157,645
Audi A6 Avant 52,870 71,945
Audi A6 allroad quattro 10,283 16,340
Audi RS 6 Sedan 454 5
Audi RS 6 Avant 3,326 30
Audi Q7 59,008 77,396
Audi A8 20,140 22,182
Audi R8 5,656 4,125
Total, Audi brand 1,026,617 978,300
Lamborghini Gallardo 1,787 1,951
Lamborghini Murciélago 637 629
Total, Lamborghini brand 2,424 2,580
Total, Group 1,029,041 980,880
531,200 (528,305) vehicles left the production line at the Ingolstadt Group headquarters
last year. The highlight events were the production starts of the new Audi S3 Sportback,
Audi A4 Avant and Audi Q5 models, together with the product improvement of the Audi A3
car line. Preparation for volume production of the Audi S4 Sedan and Avant was a further
significant measure.
Production output at the second German manufacturing plant in Neckarsulm rose by 17.2
percent to 327,296 (279,189) units. Priority activities in the past fiscal year were the product
improvement of the Audi A6 car line and the start of production of the new Audi A5 Cabriolet
and S5 Cabriolet. In 2008, the plant, which possesses unique expertise in aluminum body
manufacturing, celebrated 20 years of building luxury-class vehicles ranging from the Audi V8
to today’s Audi A8 with its range-topping versions Audi A8 L, Audi S8 and Audi A8 W12.
In its first complete year within the Group, the Belgian plant in Brussels built 31,763 (12,087)
models of the Audi A3 car line, as well as 53,177 VW Polos on behalf of Volkswagen AG (Wolfs-
burg). The plant is currently making intensive preparations to become the exclusive volume
manufacturer of the new Audi A1 beginning in 2010.