Volkswagen is to start production of Audi cars at its plant in Kaluga, local reports have said.
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A4, A5 and Q5 assembly starts from mid-November and the Q7 and A6 will be added next January.
The report said the decision was based around a need to meet capacity obligations it had made with the Kaluga regional government.
Earlier this week, Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin and Volkswagen chairman Martin Winterkorn presided over the official start of VW and Skoda CKD kit production at the automaker’s assembly plant in Kaluga.
The plant, part of the VW group’s international expansion strategy in one of the world’s most important long-term growth markets, began SKD production at the end of 2007 but is now moving into welding and painting car bodies as well.
“Russia is set to become one of the world’s leading automotive nations and the Volkswagen Group will be involved in shaping this successful future as a reliable partner. Today, we have well and truly become a Russian automaker,” Winterkorn said in Kaluga.
