In Kaluga, stop assembling cars Audi

Audi is planning to build their vehicles to stop at the Russian plant of Volkswagen in Kaluga in the current year. The exact date when production will be halted until the not specified, but according to one of the employees of the plant, report it to the newspaper "Vedomosti", the model of German brand will be removed from the pipeline in three months. According to the Audi, go to the full assembly of vehicles with welding and paint finishes in the company had never planned, and the production model VW brand in the company was started only in order to fulfill its obligation to the administration of the Kaluga on employment of workers. SKD production cars at the factory Audi began last fall. First with his belt went only model A4, A5 and Q5, and then joined A6 sedan and SUV Q7. Now the power plant will be busy with other cars - in early June in Kaluga began collecting VW Polo sedan designed specifically for the Russian market. According to some experts, with the cessation of car production Audi models in Kaluga sale brand in Russia can only grow, since the choice of place of its production machinery for the buyer is one of the most important criteria. As the CEO of a motor show "Audi Centre Samara" Sergey Byvatov, currently about 80 percent of all cars shipped to the dealer, collected at the Russian factory VW. A stop local assembly may extend the waiting vehicles for customers. Note that in the period from January to April this year, sales of Audi in Russia over the same period of 2009 grew by 27 percent - up to 6030 cars. Russian conveyor Volkswagen plant was launched in November 2007. Now in Kaluga in full cycle made Volkswagen Tiguan, Skoda Ostavia, Skoda Fabia and the new Volkswagen Polo Sedan. In addition, the company launched SKD more than 20 models of German concern. In 2009, the plant had produced 48.5 thousand cars Audi, VW and Skoda.