250,000th Audi TT Leaves Production Line

[McLareN]

Successful sports car from Hungary

The 250,000th Audi TT left the production line today at AUDI HUNGARIA MOTOR Kft. in Györ. This landmark TT is a 250 bhp Coupé with a 3.2-litre six-cylinder engine, quattro drive and the sporty Direct Shift Gearbox DSG. It is destined for the American market.


"A production total of 250,000 for the Audi TT demonstrates the success of this model and the expertise of our Hungarian workforce. This is also reflected by the high level of demand," declared Thomas Faustmann, Managing Director of AUDI HUNGARIA MOTOR Kft., a fully-owned subsidiary of AUDI AG. The Audi TT is exported to over 40 countries worldwide.


Assembly of the TT Coupé started in April 1998 in Györ. 165,000 of the TT Coupé have been built to date. The TT Roadster went into volume production in the third quarter of 1999. Some 85,000 of this model have so far been built in Hungary. As well as the four-cylinder engine family, with performance ranging from 150 to 225 bhp, the Audi TT has been available with the 250 bhp six-cylinder engine since 2003.


Both TT models are manufactured jointly by the Audi Ingolstadt and Györ plants. The press shop, body shop and paint shop for the TT are based at Ingolstadt. The painted bodyshells are transported to Györ by rail for final assembly. Audi has already invested EUR 35 million in the assembly of the sports car at the Hungarian plant. Around 300 workers are currently employed at the vehicle production line in Györ.


Audi Hungaria, based in Gyor, is also the principal engine supplier of the Audi Group. It has been Hungary's largest exporter for many years, and is one of the country's highest-revenue enterprises.

[henk4]

Interesting, I visited the factory in 2002, and the TT is the only car being produced there,assembled is actually a better word, all parts are imported from Germany. The same goes for the engines, whuch include all of the brand, including the V8's. It is a very clean facility, and does contribute significantly to the development of the region (near the Austrian border).

[IWantAnAudiRS6]

Did you know that the TT outsells the S3 6 to 1 in Britain? I can understand how many of them have been made, in Crowthorne there are loads of 'em... so now they've lost all their specialness.... over-exposure kills all cars

[QuattroMan]

OH YES! I like the TT W/3.2 it is so cool, this car drives so
nice....

[Mustang]

I never really thaught that the TT was that special from the beginning, to make it special they should of had more power and all of them shoud of been Quattro's

Or an Audi TT RSTT might of been nice

[IWantAnAudiRS6]

Yeah... imagine that with an RS6 engine in it... and the dinky brushed aluminium mirrors... but it would still be boring, because it's overexposed. Just in the same way that excessive radio play ruins a grerat song, too many people buying a car results in familiarity and "seen so many of them today"-syndrome.