According to Audi purchasing chief management board Bernd Martens, the automaker plans to purchase 90% of its components for the Mexico plant from local sources.
This would be the first time when an Audi plant will buy almost all the necessary components from local sources. The plant can manufacture 150,000 vehicles annually and is located in southeast Mexico. Beginning 2016 the facility will manufacture the Q5 crossover for Japan, Europe and the Americas. Audi has already invited 120 Mexico suppliers to a workshop, as the company aims at those which manufacture parts with very high investments, and have paint and press facilities.