Audi's Győr Plant Breaks Ten-Year Production Record, Says Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó
Foreign Trade and Foreign Affairs Minister Péter Szijjártó announced on Thursday via his official social media channels that the Audi factory in Győr, Hungary, surpassed a ten-year production record last year, with an impressive output of 177,000 vehicles.
Hungary's name is now definitively synonymous with the modern German automotive industry that forms the backbone of the entire European economy.
The minister's post highlighted Audi's remarkable performance, as well as the ongoing expansion of the Mercedes plant in Kecskemét and the construction of the BMW factory in Debrecen.
As a result, Hungary has become a member of an exclusive club - one of only three countries in the world (alongside China and Germany) to have each of the three major German premium car brands operating their own manufacturing plants, as stated on Facebook.
Minister Szijjártó added that despite some Western European politicians consistently promoting the ideology of decoupling the Chinese and European economies, reality proves to be quite different. Following Eastern - notably Chinese and Korean - battery factories that serve German companies, Hungary will also host the first European car factory of the world's largest electric vehicle manufacturer, BYD, which now outpaces even Tesla.
He reflected that it would be preferable if Western European liberal politicians were more grounded in reality and acknowledged that civilized cooperation between East and West is the best guarantee for peace and steady development.
In a press release from Audi Hungaria, it was revealed that the company achieved a ten-year peak in vehicle production in 2023. The Győr-based Audi factory produced a total of 177,775 vehicles (including SKD assembly), surpassing the 171,134 units from the previous year.
The minister's post highlighted Audi's remarkable performance, as well as the ongoing expansion of the Mercedes plant in Kecskemét and the construction of the BMW factory in Debrecen.
As a result, Hungary has become a member of an exclusive club - one of only three countries in the world (alongside China and Germany) to have each of the three major German premium car brands operating their own manufacturing plants, as stated on Facebook.
Minister Szijjártó added that despite some Western European politicians consistently promoting the ideology of decoupling the Chinese and European economies, reality proves to be quite different. Following Eastern - notably Chinese and Korean - battery factories that serve German companies, Hungary will also host the first European car factory of the world's largest electric vehicle manufacturer, BYD, which now outpaces even Tesla.
He reflected that it would be preferable if Western European liberal politicians were more grounded in reality and acknowledged that civilized cooperation between East and West is the best guarantee for peace and steady development.
In a press release from Audi Hungaria, it was revealed that the company achieved a ten-year peak in vehicle production in 2023. The Győr-based Audi factory produced a total of 177,775 vehicles (including SKD assembly), surpassing the 171,134 units from the previous year.
