[Auto]Global production of the Audi Q5 Sportback begins

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To capitalize on this important project of the Audi Group, the plant located in the State of Puebla trained more than 300 employees.

 

The Audi Q5 is one of the most successful models in the Audi Group's Q range. In San José Chiapa this model is produced in all its derivatives, and today a new variant is added to its production lines: the Audi Q5 Sportback, which, among other characteristics, makes the difference due to a sporty appearance and an elegant drop in the post "D".

 

For the production of this new model, the plant made important adaptations to its production lines. In the Body Shop, where more than 800 robots operate, it was required to reprogram at least 300 of them, responsible for manufacturing 45 subgroups of the car's body, before the arrival of the Audi Q5 Sportback. On the other hand, in the Stamping hall, dies were acquired to adapt to the requirements in terms of design, since the geometry of the new model is different from the traditional version, mainly changing its shape on the sides, on the rear doors and on the back cover.

 

Tarek Mashhour, CEO of Audi Mexico: “February 8, 2020 is a very important date for our plant, as we start production of the Audi Q5 Sportback. This vehicle represents a very important step towards the future of the San José Chiapa factory.

 

With this, we show that we are a plant that adapts quickly to any challenge and that we are at the same level as the most advanced factories in the world. The Audi Q5 Sportback is Mexican and will soon be hitting the streets around the world. "

Ensuring the quality of the Audi Q5 Sportback is of utmost importance for Audi México, and therefore two trainings were carried out for more than 300 employees who are in direct contact with the vehicle, as well as for those in charge of

electrical and mechanical maintenance of the body shop. These trainings were taught digitally with technologies such as augmented reality, in order to avoid contact as much as possible for the prevention of Covid-19.

 

Likewise, the project was a joint effort between collaborators from various Audi plants around the world, since technicians from Ingolstadt, Neckarsulm, Audi Tooling Barcelona, Györ and San José Chiapa, intervened to make possible the start of production of the Audi Q5 Sportback in Mexico for international marketing.

 

Production of the Audi Q5 Sportback will begin gradually until it reaches its optimum level. The first vehicles of this model to leave the production lines will have Germany and the rest of Europe as their destination, while, for the second week of March, production for the North American market will begin. Audi Mexico has a firm step towards the future and, as they say in Audi: The future is an attitude.