28 Sep 2022

Find of the Day: 1974 Audi 50LS

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="76745"] words: Bill, photos: Laguna Classic Cars & Automotive Art The Audi 50 was only built for 4 years (1974-1978) while its rebadged Volkswagen stablemate the Polo is still in production. In that time, over 180k 50s were built but they were only sold in Europe. They had either a 1.1L or a 1.3L 4-cylinder; this one has the 1.1L. Here's the ad: [gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="76766"] Big punch in a little package! Excellent...
3 Aug 2022

Top-End Version Specifically for China: How the A8 L Horch Is Made

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="74629"] source: Audi AG A8 L Horch production: Innovation for the Chinese market For nearly 30 years, Neckarsulm and the Audi A8 have been inseparable. Now an exclusive version for the Chinese market is being built there. Here’s an overview of the production of the longest series-production Audi of all time – from the construction of its body to its journey to China. It’s not only the interior and the special two-tone paint job that disti...
3 Feb 2022

Off to the Museum via App: Audi Tradition Goes Digital With Its New Special Exhibition “Der Fünfte Ring“

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="68345"] source: Audi AG New special exhibition launching on February 2 at the Audi museum mobile and digitally via app Audi Tradition app launching as a digital guide at the Audi museum mobile or for use at home Stefan Trauf, Head of Audi Tradition: “We want to put the spotlight on culture and history within this exhibition – especially in these times” In its new special exhibition “Der fünfte Ring,” the Audi museum mobile in Ingo...
27 Oct 2021

Audi is Establishing a High-Voltage Battery Development at the Neckarsulm Site

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="65541"] source: Audi AG Oliver Hoffmann, Member of the Board for Technical Development: “expanding skills in strategically important components of e-mobility” The Technical Development unit is becoming a center of competency for high-voltage energy storage systems Settling a battery center in Neckarsulm by 2023 and training programs for employees Audi is expanding its development of high-voltage batteries and banking ...
9 Dec 2020

Audi e-tron GT Enters Series Production: Carbon-Neutral Production Begins at the Böllinger Höfe

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="56236"] source: Audi AG Neckarsulm site producing the first fully electric Audi to be built in Germany Accepting orders from spring 2021 Audi Board of Management Member for Production Kössler: “Net carbon-neutral production at the Böllinger Höfe is another step toward the achievement of our sustainability goals” At the Böllinger Höfe, passion meets precision, innovation and sustainability: Series production of the fully electric-pow...
29 Jul 2020

Audi Uses Drones to Locate Vehicles at Neckarsulm Site

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="49941"] source: Audi AG Drone flies over parked vehicles autonomously Exact vehicle locating with drone, GPS, and RFID technology Project manager Steffen Conrad: “The fast locating of the vehicles creates even higher process quality and is a further stepping stone on the path to digital production.” Audi is using a specially developed drone system to locate vehicles that are ready for dispatch at the Neckarsulm site. ...
23 Jul 2020

Predictive Maintenance: Audi Maintenance Uses Data to Predict the Future

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="49814"] source: Audi AG Maintenance experts can predict wear on production equipment. connecting multiple pieces of equipment and machinery to databases Smart, digital maintenance: The “Predictive Maintenance” project at the Audi Neckarsulm site makes maintaining production equipment more efficient and reduces production downtime. Maintenance experts collect and interpret associated data and can predict wear on productio...
31 Jul 2019

Audi Tests Assembly Processes For The e-tron GT Entirely Virtually

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="32080"] source: Audi AG Workflows on assembly line and associated logistics processes are being tested entirely virtually for the first time Use of virtual reality facilitates cross-site collaboration and saves resources Markus Moinot, Head of Production Planning Processes at Neckarsulm: “The Audi e-tronGT is the first car in the Group to have all its assembly processes and the associated logistics processes tested without an act...
25 Jun 2018

Audi customer teams dominate in Misano

[source: Audi Sport] Two wins in third round of the Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup Trophies for customers in GT3, GT4 and TCR Rahel Frey attends product experience day in Neckarsulm In the popular European sprint race series, the Belgian Audi Club Team WRT continued its winning streak, while other customers in America, Germany, Italy and Portugal also collected trophies. Audi R8 LMS GT3 Victory in Italy: The Belgian Audi Club Team WRT celebrated its...
16 Mar 2018

Fully Integrated: 50th Audi R8 LMS GT4 Produced at Böllinger Höfe

source: Audi AG Audi Sport customer racing’s most recent product a sales success Highest level of synergies between production and racing Neuburg a. d. Donau/Neckarsulm - In close vicinity to the Neckarsulm location, the 50th Audi R8 LMS GT4 was driven out of the assembly hall at “Audi Böllinger Höfe” in Heilbronn in mid-March. The GT4 model is a worldwide sales success and, like no other race car at Audi, benefits from synergies in terms of its technical concept ...