Audi Approves North American Assembly Plant

Audi has given the green light to its first vehicle-assembly plant in North America; it’s just a matter of when and where, confirms a top U.S. official.

Chattanooga, TN, home to parent Volkswagen’s new Passat plant and a onetime front-runner site for an Audi facility, appears to have been scratched from the list, while Mexico is beginning to loom large.

Supplier sources told WardsAuto in November that Audi was zeroing in on Mexico as its chosen locale, and CEO Rupert Stadler cites that country’s labor flexibility and lower-wage advantages in a Jan. 8 interview with a German newspaper.

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IamEvilHomer - 1/16/2012 11:19:16 PM

+1 Boost

It will just be the trucks. Maybe the A3

hasanone - 1/18/2012 12:49:40 PM

+1 Boost

Missouri please!!!