Audi Picks Mexico over U.S. for New Audi Manufacturing Plant

Audi has recently announced plans to build an auto plant in Mexico in order to boost its sales to two million units/year by 2020. The plant, which is expected to start producing Audi SUV models in 2016, will be the third plant in Mexico built by parent company Volkswagen. The Chairman of the Board of Management of AUDI AG, Rupert Stadler, explained the decision for Audi to invest nearly $2 billion in Mexico instead of the U.S., “As an established car-making location, Mexico offers an excellent economic basis for Audi production operations.”