Audi plans to invest approximately $4 billion in its first U.S. vehicle production site at the Middle Georgia Mega Site in Perry, Georgia, creating about 4,500 jobs.
Gabriel Bortoleto led Audi’s Friday practice running at the United States Grand Prix, finishing eighth in FP1 with a 1:36.995 before placing 11th in FP2 with a 1:36.832.
The view directly below my feet was a floor of of dimpled clear glass atop a red steel waterfall - a tower that posits like Mount Olympus over the sprawling Circuit of the Americas.
News is circulating out of the German press today that Audi is reportedly developing a two-stage U.S. manufacturing strategy that would pair a Scout-based off-roader built in South Carolina with a potential dedicated Audi factory in Georgia.
Audi’s development chief Rouven Mohr will assume interim leadership of Audi Sport GmbH on November 1, bringing the performance division directly under the leadership of a sitting Audi board member.