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Management Report
132 Audi Group
141 Business and underlying
situation
141 Economic environment
143 Research and development
147 Procurement
148 Production
150 Deliveries and distribution
156 Financial performance
indicators
159 Social and ecological aspects
173 Risks, opportunities
and outlook
183 Disclaimer
At the Ingolstadt Group headquarters the Company manufactured 553,010 (514,493) vehicles
in total in the past fiscal year, a substantial rise on the previous year. The higher production
output is largely attributable to high demand for the Audi A4, A5 and Q5 car lines. In addition,
it manufactured 105,341 (51,665) parts sets for CKD assembly at the Changchun plant (China),
and at the Indian plant in Aurangabad. The production volume at the Ingolstadt plant conse-
quently totaled 658,351 (566,158) units.
The number of vehicles built at Neckarsulm also rose sharply to 216,322 (177,820). The Neckar-
sulm plant, too, produced 118,761 (100,276) parts sets for CKD assembly in China and India.
Neckarsulm witnessed the arrival of various major new products in 2010: The new-generation
Audi A8 and Audi A8 L, as well as the new Audi R8 Spyder and Audi A7 Sportback models, all got
off to a successful start of volume production. The new generation of the Audi A6 also went into
production at Neckarsulm in December 2010. The Neckarsulm plant produced a total of
335,083 (278,096) units.
AUDI HUNGARIA MOTOR Kft. produced a total of 38,541 (32,603) vehicles at its Győr (Hungary)
plant. It built 26,217 (22,821) models of the TT car line and, jointly with the Ingolstadt plant,
12,309 (9,782) of the Audi A3 Cabriolet on behalf of AUDI AG. Production of the RS 3 Sportback
also commenced recently at Győr.
At AUDI BRUSSELS S.A./N.V., Brussels (Belgium), activities in 2010 focused on the launch of the
Audi A1, of which 51,937 models were built in its very first year in production. The Belgian loca-
tion in addition built 17,002 (23,562) vehicles of the A3 car line; production of this model at
Brussels was halted in May 2010 to free up the necessary capacity for high-volume production of
the A1.
ENGINE PRODUCTION
2010 2009
Audi Group 1,648,193 1,384,240
of which AUDI HUNGARIA MOTOR Kft. 1,648,030 1,383,909
of which Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. 163 331
The Audi Group stepped up engine production to 1,648,193 (1,384,240) units in the past fiscal
year. The 44.7 (42.7) percent share of diesel engines continues to underscore the Company’s
extensive expertise in the domain of TDI technology.
The Group subsidiary AUDI HUNGARIA MOTOR Kft., Győr (Hungary), built a total of 1,648,030
(1,383,909) engines in 2010, of which 812,176 (698,133) units were supplied to Audi Group
companies, 682,856 (560,954) to other Volkswagen Group companies and 114,168 (102,131)
to third parties.
Furthermore, Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. in Sant’Agata Bolognese (Italy) built 163 (331)
12-cylinder engines.
Investments in production locations
In order to maintain its course of growth and achieve the goals of its Strategy 2020, the Audi
Group is creating the capacity needed first and foremost through investing steadily in its pro-
duction locations.
The Company announced plans to expand the Győr location. In future, the vehicle manufacturing
operations there will include body manufacturing and a paint shop, in addition to the existing
assembly line. From 2013 Győr will host the production of a further A3 derivative model for
which a production turntable with the Ingolstadt location is to be introduced. The Audi Group
envisages building a total of 125,000 vehicles per year in this way. Toolmaking operations at the
Hungarian plant are also to be expanded in 2011.
The huge market success of the Audi A1 has furthermore prompted the Audi Group to increase
the Brussels plant’s capacity for 2011 by 20 percent, to 120,000 units. A sum of EUR 300 million
was already invested in the Belgian plant to prepare it for becoming the exclusive production
plant for the A1. The Company has plans to invest a further EUR 270 million there.
The production start of the Audi Q3 at Martorell (Spain) meant a further location from within
the Volkswagen Group was added to the Audi Group’s production network.