Audi Plant Began Its Common Rail Diesel Engine Production
The Hungarian plant of Audi, the leading German automaker, began its production of common rail diesel engines. The manufacturing of four cylinder injection engines is the result of the investment reaching to EUR 46 million aside from another project, that is, the improvement and rebuilding of the existing manufacturing plant as well as establishing new machinery.
The two liter engine is able to produce 170 horse power and is available to TDI engines offered by Audi. This common rail diesel engine will be employed in Audi A4 including other models of Audi and VW.
The Hungarian plant located in Gyõr is able to produce 2,300 diesel engines in a single day. However, this production is expected by the Audi plant to increase progressively.
The Audi Hungária will also begin the production of Audi A3 Cabriolet vehicle by the end of 2007. This is also the result EUR 12 million investment. The production of the model increases the 5,500 tough workers by 300.
Last year, Audi Hungária was able to manufacture 1.9 million engines. And for this year, the Audi plant is looking forward to attain the same performance.
The Roadster vehicles and TT Coupe were made from the Audi Hungarian plant. The same plant also produces the aluminium bodies for another Audi model, the Audi R8. Moreover, Audi Hungária is one of largest companies in Hungry and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Audi.
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