Audi today announced that it has started assembly of its Q5 compact SUV at its Aurangabad plant in the Indian state of Maharashtra, with the company planning to build up to 1,500 units per year exclusively for the Indian market.
“The production of the Q5 is part of our long-term growth strategy in India,” commented Frank Dreves, Audi Board Member for Production: “The Indian market for automobiles will grow very rapidly, and the Q5 is the right automobile at the right time.”
The Q5 is the third Audi model after the A4 and A6 to be built at the company’s Indian plant since the start of production in September 2007. Up until now, around 2,000 cars have rolled off the line at Aurangabad, but the German automaker expects to increase that number to about 6,000 units each year by 2015.
