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Audi begins construction of first North American plant

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Audi has begun construction on a more than €900-million plant, comprising a press shop, body shop and assembly line in San José Chiapa, Mexico—the company’s first plant in North America. Starting in mid-2016, the plant will produce the successor generation of the successful Audi Q5 SUV.

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Audi takes its car manufacturing to Indonesia

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The global car market just keeps on expanding with the Indonesian market the latest to feel the influx from foreign car makers. Now Audi has launched manufacturing operations in the country as it works with INDOMOBIL/Garuda Mataram Motor on the assembly of the Audi A4 1.8 TFSI and the Audi A6 2.0 TFSI vehicles in [.].

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Volkswagen Group and Tata Motors Ltd. to explore strategic alliance for joint development projects; ŠKODA to lead

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Through subsidiaries and associate companies, Tata Motors has operations in the UK, South Korea, Thailand, South Africa and Indonesia. ŠKODA became the fourth brand of the Volkswagen Group, alongside VW, Audi and SEAT, in 1991 via a joint venture. Global ŠKODA sales reached 1.3 billion in 2015-16. million cars in 2016.

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