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230 million euros invested in production.
Audi Hungaria is continuing its success story as the official start of
production SOP commenced for the second generation Audi TT Coupé.
The Hungarian Minister of the Economy and Transport, János Kóka, and Dr.
Jochem Heizmann, Board Member for Production at AUDI AG and Chairman of the
Supervisory Commission of AUDI HUNGARIA MOTOR Kft., gave the starting signal for
the new sports car during a ceremony at the plant in Gyõr.
The TT Coupé will be launched on the market in September 2006.
“Audi Hungaria has captured a top position in the premium sports car segment
with the production of the Audi TT. The decision to assemble the new model in
Gyõr is testimony to the excellent and productive interaction between Germany
and Hungary as production locations,” explained Dr. Jochem Heizmann during the
ceremony.
A total of 230 million euros (approx. AUD 368 million) has been invested in
the production of the TT.
Of this amount, around 20 million euros (AUD 32 million) was allocated to new
assembly plant equipment at Audi Hungaria in Gyõr. The Audi TT goes through the
body shop and paint shop stages at the Audi plant in Ingolstadt and the the
sports car is assembled on an area covering 35,000 m2 in Gyõr.
The beginning of next year will see the assembly process being operated on
the basis of a three-shift system. Approximately 800 employees work in TT
assembly in Gyõr. The production capacity will be higher than that of the
predecessor model and around 20,000 Audi TT Coupé models are to be assembled in
Gyõr by the end of this year.
“The TT project in Gyõr was realised within 20 months. Our especially
flexible assembly process and our highly qualified employees make us an
extremely productive location within the Group,” said Thomas Faustmann, Chairman
of the Board of Management at AUDI HUNGARIA MOTOR Kft.
“We have succeeded in considerably reducing production time for the new TT,
even though it is more sophisticated and more complex than the predecessor
model.
“This makes us extremely competitive on an international level,” Faustmann
added.
The new TT will be available with either a 2.0 TFSI four-cylinder engine
developing 147 kW or a 3.2 V6 engine generating 184 kW.
Special technical features are the Audi Space Frame ASF in lightweight
design and the active damper system Audi magnetic ride.
The successor to the Audi TT Roadster will follow at the beginning of 2007.
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