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Mar 27, 2006 |
• Widespread acceptance with customers
• Production to be stepped up further
• Launch in additional markets
The new Audi Q7 is proving to be a big
seller. Although it was only launched at
the start of March, more than 16,000
customer orders have already been
received. The Q7 will have been launched
in most European markets by the end of
March, followed by the USA and China in
June and all other markets in the second
half of the year.
“The production lines are humming,” says
Dr. Jochem Heizmann, Audi Board Member for
Production. The plan is to step up
production from the current 200 units a
day to 300 by the early summer. Heizmann:
“We will pull out all the stops in order
to meet our customers’ expectations.
Organisational measures already introduced
– such as production throughout the
holiday period or in three shifts – will
enable us to reach this goal.” In the
future, the annual production figure in a
full year will be between 50,000 and
70,000 vehicles.
Built in Bratislava under Audi’s
direction, the Q7 – a third-generation SUV
(sports utility vehicle) – sets new
standards in the areas of design,
performance, comfort, luxury and safety.
Production of the new Audi Q7 is a genuine
joint affair. Whereas final assembly of
the SUV is taking place at an ultramodern
plant in the Slovak capital of Bratislava,
Audi’s German plants at Ingolstadt and
Neckarsulm are supplying all key body
elements, as well as a large number of its
components. The power units for the Q7 are
being built at Audi’s Hungarian engine
plant in Györ. A total of some 3,000
workers are involved in production of the
Q7 at the plant in Slovakia. A total
investment in the triple-digit million
euro range has been made in the vehicle’s
production facilities.
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