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ECONOMIC REPORT
PRODUCTION // DELIVERIES AND DISTRIBUTION
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EXPANSION AND DEVELOPMENT AT
THE GROUP LOCATIONS
// INGOLSTADT PREPARES FOR PRODUCTION OF
NEW MODELS
The Audi A4 has been in production at the main Group location
in Ingolstadt for 20 years. With over six million units built, it is
the most successful Audi model of all time. We are in the
process of preparing the production start of the fifth-gener-
ation Audi A4, with the first cars due to leave the Ingolstadt
production line in 2015. Extensive construction work and
modernization is needed to ensure that production can start
according to schedule. For example, over 1,300 production
and assembly facilities must be installed and set up in the
body shop to the north of the plant site.
The main Group location in Ingolstadt is also starting to
prepare for the production start of the new Audi Q1, which
will be built there from 2016.
After a construction phase of around two years, we were able
to officially open our high-tech facility in Neuburg at the end
of August 2014. The approximately 47-hectare site houses the
Motorsport Competence Center, the Audi driving experience
center and also various Technical Development functions.
// NECKARSULM SITE PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE
We completed and commissioned two major investment
projects at the Neckarsulm location in 2014. Audi opened a
new Logistics Center in March 2014 on an approximately
23-hectare site in the Böllinger Höfe industry park, roughly
six kilometers away. R8 production also started on the same
premises in our new production halls in August 2014.
In addition, Audi completed a new vehicle distribution center
at the Neckarsulm site in the past fiscal year. Covering a total
area of 33,000 square meters, it has 1,440 parking bays on six
floors for new vehicles awaiting shipment by rail or truck.
// AUDI HUNGARIA PRODUCES ADDITIONAL MODEL
The 100,000th car left the new automotive plant at AUDI
HUNGARIA MOTOR Kft., GyƉr (Hungary), in September 2014.
We have been building the new generation of the Audi TT
Roadster there since November 2014, alongside the Audi A3
Sedan, A3 Cabriolet and TT Coupé.
// EXTENDED PARTNERSHIP IN CHINA
In the past fiscal year we extended our partnership with the
joint venture FAW-Volkswagen Automotive Company, Ltd.,
Changchun (China), which includes the partners AUDI AG, FAW
Group Corporation, Changchun (China), and Volkswagen AG,
Wolfsburg, by another 25 years until 2041.
It was also announced in summer 2014 that the new Audi A6 L
e-tron – a plug-in hybrid with cutting-edge battery technology,
based on the long-wheelbase Audi A6 – is to be built by the
joint venture.
// NEW AUDI PLANT IN MEXICO
The new Audi Q5 is due to go into volume production in San
José Chiapa (Mexico) in mid-2016.
Training of the workforce is taking place in parallel with con-
struction work. The on-site Training Center, with a floor area of
around 20,000 square meters, was opened in October 2014
and will ultimately host over 1,500 courses a year.
// PRODUCTION START FOR DUCATI SCRAMBLER
The new Ducati Scrambler went into production at the Bologna
(Italy) plant within a matter of months of its unveiling in
summer 2014.
DELIVERIES AND DISTRIBUTION
In the Automotive segment, the Audi Group delivered
1,933,517 (1,751,007) cars to customers worldwide in the
2014 fiscal year. The core brand Audi performed especially
well, with 1,741,129 (1,575,480) vehicles delivered. The
Lamborghini brand handed over a total of 2,530 (2,121)
supercars to customers. The total deliveries to customers also
include 189,858 (173,406) vehicles of other Volkswagen
Group brands.
In the Motorcycles segment, the Ducati brand handed over
45,117 (44,287) motorcycles to customers in the past fiscal
year.