Audi is looking for new sources of steel, according to Automobilwoche, quoting Audi purchasing chief, Erich Schmitt.

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Audi has traditionally only sourced steel from European suppliers, but it is now in discussion with Russian and Chinese steel suppliers.


This situation is particularly unsustainable when you consider that Audi produced and sold 51,000 cars in China last year.

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