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CAR ENGINE PRODUCTION
2012 2011
Automotive segment 1,916,604 1,884,157
AUDI HUNGARIA MOTOR Kft. 1,915,567 1,883,757
Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. 1,037 400
The Audi Group stepped up car engine production to 1,916,604 (1,884,157) units in 2012.
Diesel engines accounted for 42.0 (47.6) percent of this total.
The Hungarian subsidiary AUDI HUNGARIA MOTOR Kft., Győr, built a total of
1,915,567 (1,883,757) engines in the period under review, of which 970,515 (920,773) were
sold to Audi Group companies, 786,326 (798,267) to other Volkswagen Group companies and
117,740 (118,919) to third parties.
In addition, Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A., Sant’Agata Bolognese (Italy), built
1,037 (400) 12-cylinder engines.
MOTORCYCLE PRODUCTION BY MODEL
2012 1) 2011
Ducati Diavel 1,730 –
Ducati Hypermotard 89 –
Ducati Monster 5,001 –
Ducati Multistrada 2,519 –
Ducati Streetfighter 1,440 –
Ducati Superbike 4,955 –
Total, Ducati brand 15,734 –
Total, Motorcycles segment 15,734 –
1) Motorcycle production since acquisition of Ducati Group in July 2012
Since first-time consolidation in July 2012, Ducati has produced 15,734 motorcycles worldwide.
14,621 sporty bikes were built at the company headquarters in Bologna (Italy). Over the same
period, the Amphur Pluakdaeng site in Thailand made 1,113 motorcycles of the Diavel and
Monster models. Over 2012 as a whole, Ducati produced 43,992 (42,177) motorcycles worldwide.
Expansion and development of the Group headquarters in Ingolstadt
As part of the strategic expansion of the worldwide Audi production network, a new cutting-edge
body shop for the Audi A3 went into operation at the Group headquarters in Ingolstadt in May
2012. Efficiency and sustainability were a special priority right from the planning stage of the
new production hall.
In July 2012, Audi also held a topping-out ceremony for the new production hall where Audi A4
vehicle bodies will be manufactured once it has been completed in late 2013.
July 2012 also witnessed the topping-out ceremony for the new process house. The tallest building
in the entire plant is where all cars will be prepared for shipping in future, either by state-of-the-art
rail freight or for transfer directly to the Customer Center at Audi Forum Ingolstadt. Completion
is scheduled for the fall of 2013.
At the start of 2012, Audi acquired an approximately 40-hectare site in the Münchsmünster
Industry Park. To ease the pressure on the Ingolstadt plant infrastructure, there are plans to build
a press shop with transfer presses and production lines for form-hardened body components, a
mechanical finishing shop for suspension components, and an aluminum pressure die-casting
foundry.
Neckarsulm site preparing for the future
The Technical Center for Fiber-Reinforced Polymers (FRP Technical Center) inside the Audi
Lightweight Design Center was officially opened in June 2012. It is home to around 50 experts
investigating fiber-reinforced polymers and their possible uses as part of the Audi ultra
lightweight construction strategy.