Volkswagen will announce the location of its upcoming U.S. plant in a matter of days, but the German automaker won’t be the only VW Group brand to be making a decision on U.S. production in the not-so-distant future, a new report finds.
It was reported early this year that Audi was considering a U.S. production plant, and the luxury automaker announced on Friday that it will make a decision on the matter by next spring.
Audi CEO Rupert Stadler told Handelsblatt that an independent Audi factory in the U.S. is still on the table, but the automaker is also considering sharing VW’s new facility. “But of course it is also imaginable that we build cars together with Volkswagen in its planned U.S. factory,” he said.
According to Automotive News, Stadler also revealed that the Audi A1 small car would not be sold in the U.S., due to Americans wanting “big cars, but with increasing fuel efficiency.” Stadler said Audi would instead be focusing on the next-generation A4 and Q5 models.
Audi plans to sell 200,000 vehicles in the U.S. annually by 2018 and would likely need a U.S. factory to achieve that goal.
07/11, 9:54 AM
posted by:
xyunya
Make sense to me: why build 2 factories to produce same cars?
07/11, 10:48 AM
posted by:
mayer_ray_nagin
I would want an A1. Audi can suck my balls.
07/11, 11:26 AM
posted by:
trooper1
Why would audi want to build a car in the states. Haven’t they seen how crappy the american built benze and BMW is? Atleast build them in canada and you will have some assurance that canadian built audi’s will be quality. I would feel safer buying a canadian built audi over an american built audi.
07/11, 11:54 AM
posted by:
xyunya
trooper1, there is no data to suggest that American build vehicles are of less quality then European counterparts. There some better materials used in European built BMW & UberVagons, but both companies have spotty quality record regardless where they build their vehicles. Rumors of German quality superiority are greatly exaggerated.
07/11, 12:49 PM
posted by:
krautninja
^^ very true. And while audi usually takes the cake on quality, My old BMW had its fair share of electrical mishaps (particular with the convertible top that i had to take in 4 times before i said to hell with it and traded her in) And…well i’ve just never been a fan of MB. I’m sure they are nice cars but mb to me says Im much too worried about labels to care about innovation and luxury (mainly to everyone that bout that POS class hatchback..god that thing is hideous)
07/11, 2:10 PM
posted by:
Madcapp
That’s right…keep the economical small cars away from here.
07/11, 4:45 PM
posted by:
A4
WTF I WANT AN A1
07/11, 9:49 PM
posted by:
Get Real
If you build it they will come…..
HA HA HA HA HA HA