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Operating profit also improved and marks a + 14.8% increase, growing from 59 to 68 million euros compared with the same period in 2021. The Bologna-based motorbike manufacturer delivered a total of 33,265 motorcycles to enthusiast customers, containing a loss in deliveries of – 3.6% compared to the same period in 2021 (34.515). This result […] July 29, 2022 at 05:30AM

Turnover increased from €1.324 billion during the first half of 2021 to €1.707 billion, while revenue per car climbed from €186,000, to €213,000, largely due to increased levels of personalisation. No luxury brand now sells more cars over €200,000 or €250,000 than Bentley. Return on sales also reached a record 23.3 per cent during the […] July 29, 2022 at 05:30AM

“Our financial performance in the first six months of 2022 shows just how strong and profitable our brand group is. Despite the challenging economic and geopolitical environment, we were able to increase revenue and returns significantly,” says Markus Duesmann, Chairman of the Board of Management of AUDI AG. “At the same time, the current situation […] July 29, 2022 at 05:30AM

Instead of the traditional counter, customers are greeted by Audi Progressive Showroom employees at a large welcome table. The idea is to ensure that guests feel welcome and at ease from the moment they walk in. The consulting booths, too, are integrated into the showroom, with high-quality furniture and atmospheric lighting for a noticeably new […] July 28, 2022 at 05:30AM

Why did you develop modular assembly as a supplementary production concept? Wolfgang Kern: Whenever we have considerable variability and a certain dynamic, the rigid assembly line system reaches its limits or requires extra effort. We must be able to represent that external complexity in our internal procedures. Modular assembly directs itself and can actively respond […] July 26, 2022 at 05:30AM

Henning Löser, head of Audi’s Production Lab, pulls the plug on a server in Ingolstadt’s P-Lab. Simulated production in the Böllinger Höfe keeps going without interruption. Two other servers reliably continue controlling 36 cycles during the lab test in the P-Lab in Gaimersheim. Audi wants to be the first manufacturer in the world to turn […] July 26, 2022 at 05:30AM

When sharp minds work together, a comfortable couch isn’t always necessary. Certainly not in Audi’s Production Lab. Anyone who enters the hall in Gaimersheim feels like they are in a combination of a shop floor and an IT lab. In one corner are the 5G antennas. Diagonally across from them, an industrial robot is sitting […] July 26, 2022 at 05:30AM

Growing complexity in products and demand are changing the requirements for production. It has to adapt with ever greater flexibility to specific customer needs, short-term market changes, and sustainability issues. It is increasingly difficult to map a conventional conveyor belt assembly onto this complexity. That way of doing things is based on a principle of […] July 26, 2022 at 05:30AM

Audi R8 LMS GT2 Two podium results: At the fourth of six rounds of the GT2 European Series, the Audi teams had to admit defeat for the first time this season. However, they recorded two important podium results with a second and a third place at Spa. While KTM was uncatchable at the front in the […] July 25, 2022 at 05:30AM

Through “Vorsprung 2030” Audi has presented a clear strategy for the electric and digital transformation of the company. It includes building a digital ecosystem in the context of electric and automated driving. This encompasses the charging experience for electric cars, holistic mobility concepts, connecting users with each other as well as digital services both inside […] July 25, 2022 at 05:30AM

The C5: a desire for performance in the upper mid-range Shortly after the start of the new millennium, what was then quattro GmbH (now Audi Sport GmbH) was faced with the question of which car the staff would give a sporty renovation to after the RS 4. It was an opportune moment for the Audi […] July 25, 2022 at 05:30AM

The C5: a desire for performance in the upper mid-range Shortly after the start of the new millennium, what was then quattro GmbH (now Audi Sport GmbH) was faced with the question of which car the staff would give a sporty renovation to after the RS 4. It was an opportune moment for the Audi […] July 25, 2022 at 05:30AM

Mr. Reil, when did development start on the C5 (2002-2004), the first generation RS 6? The Audi RS program originally started in the mid-range. In 1999, we had just started in the market with the Audi RS4 Avant (series B5) when the question arose: What could the rest of the portfolio look like? The RS […] July 25, 2022 at 05:30AM

The Bayernoil (formerly ERIAG) refinery in Ingolstadt helped shape Bavaria’s transformation from a place of agriculture to one of industry. Located not far from the Danube, the 75-hectare site is well connected to the Bavarian transportation network. Audi’s headquarters are just a few minutes’ drive away. With the innovative technology park on the former refinery […] July 23, 2022 at 05:30AM

For the first time following a two-year pause due to the pandemic, the practice-oriented international finals were once again held in-person, this time over two days at the Audi Campus at Munich Airport. The teams tested their technical expertise on specially prepared vehicles at the training location. In digitally supported sessions, the finalists showcased the […] July 22, 2022 at 05:30AM

As part of the Group and Volkswagen brand, Volkswagen Slovakia is committed to achieving the environmental goals of the Zero Impact Factory strategy and moving toward climate neutrality. To achieve the best possible results, the company continually uses state-of-the-art technologies and actively participates in projects that have a positive impact on the environment. One of […] July 22, 2022 at 05:30AM

Audi R8 LMS GT2 Second win of the season in Belgium: Team PK Carsport won the third round of the Belcar Endurance Championship. Peter Guelinckx, Bert Longin and Stienes Longin shared the Belgian squad’s Audi R8 LMS GT2 on the Spa circuit. In a mixed sports and touring car field, the three Belgians established a lead […] July 18, 2022 at 05:30AM

Encountering and experiencing sustainability: this is what visitors to the Green Market on the square at Audi Forum Ingolstadt will be able to do. On July 22 and 23, the market will be inviting people to discover sustainable products and initiatives from Ingolstadt and the surrounding area – presented by Audi and by “green neighbors,” […] July 15, 2022 at 05:30AM

To kick off the event, the Ingolstadt DJ duo “housElectroniker” will perform, until four musicians and two visual artists present their sound and laser show at nightfall. The artists made compositions by sampling sounds that were originally created in Audi Sound Design for the e-sound of the Audi e-tron GT quattro is itself the result of a […] July 15, 2022 at 05:30AM

During a tour of sportscar production in Böllinger Höfe, Winfried Kretschmann (Alliance ‘90/The Greens) got a sense of how a fully electric premium vehicle is created with the Audi e-tron GT quattro is only one example of the Neckarsulm location’s transformation in the course of Audi’s electrification strategy. With the plug-in hybrids and mild hybrids of the […] July 15, 2022 at 05:30AM