Audi Hungaria is
continuing its success story – today saw the start of production
of the second generation of the 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 Győr. 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 Győr 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 have been invested in the production
of the TT. Of this amount, around 20 million euros were
allocated primarily to new assembly plant equipment at Audi
Hungaria in Győr.
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The Audi TT goes
through the body shop and paint shop stages at the Audi plant in
Ingolstadt. The sports car is assembled on an area covering 35,000
m2 in Győr. 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 Győr. 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 Győr by the end of this
year.
