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New SUV Audi Q8 to be produced in Bratislava

Xinhua, April 11, 2017 Adjust font size:

The new SUV Audi Q8 is to be produced exclusively at Volkswagen (VW) Slovakia's plant here, with production to be launched in 2018, VW Slovakia's spokesperson Lucia Kovarovic Makayova confirmed on Tuesday.

"We view it as a display of great confidence in us to be entrusted with producing the prestigious Audi Q8 model," stressed Kovarovic Makayova.

Three SUV models -- the VW Touareg, Audi Q7 and Audi Q8 -- will be produced at what is one of Volkswagen's most advanced body workshops featuring around 1,000 robots. Some of the technology at the workshop is being used for the first time ever by VW, with the level of automatization reaching 90 percent.

The Audi Q8 concept was unveiled at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit in January.

As of 2018, the plant in Bratislava will be producing Volkswagen/Audi (Volkswagen Touareg, Audi Q7, Audi Q8), Porsche (Porsche Cayenne) and the New Small Family segment (Volkswagen up!, the electric Volkswagen e-up!, SKODA Citigo and SEAT Mii). Endit