{"id":1995,"date":"2018-03-29T16:55:29","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T14:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/upon.wmp.mx\/?p=1995"},"modified":"2019-03-26T03:56:21","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T02:56:21","slug":"audi-a7-made-in-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wmp.mx\/en\/audi-a7-made-in-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Audi A7 “made in Mexico”?"},"content":{"rendered":"

News from the automotive industry in Mexico: At the beginning of the week, we received the news about a possible relocation of production of the Audi A7 Sportsback to Mexico. What is the speculation about? What significance would this have for the location of Mexico?<\/em><\/p>\n

News where spread that the German car manufacturer Audi plans to relocate the production of the A7 Sportback from Germany to Mexico in the future. More precisely to the place San Jos\u00e9 Chiapa, located in the state of Puebla and home to around 5,000 inhabitants. The start should be at the end of this year and the annual production in the following year should be about 35,000 vehicles. The inside information was circulated via Mexican media and originally came from Jose Antonio Gali Fayad, also known as Tony Gali, Governor of the Mexican state of Puebla. During his visit to Germany at the beginning of March, he participated in the national conference of governors in the Federal Council.<\/p>\n

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Meaning for Mexico and especially for Puebla<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mexico would not only become more attractive due to a relocation of production from Audi, but would also lead to further Foreign Direct Investments (FDI). Especially for automotive suppliers, it could be an incentive to expand in and around the Puebla region, the “Volkswagen city” in Mexico. Audi already works with more than 180 suppliers – only for the Q5 model (status: March 2017) and three-quarters of them are also based in the region. According to Audi, the purchase of local suppliers will be further expanded in the future.<\/p>\n