Audi Sport GmbH
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Audi Sport GmbH, formerly known as quattro GmbH,[3] is the high-performance car manufacturing subsidiary of Audi,[1][4][5][6] itself a subsidiary of the greater Volkswagen Group.
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Company type | Subsidiary (GmbH) |
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Industry | Automotive |
Founded | Neckarsulm, Germany (October 1983)[1][2] |
Headquarters | Neckarsulm |
Number of locations | one 3,500 m2 site at Neckarsulm |
Area served | Worldwide |
Products | High-performance luxury automobiles,[2] wheels and suspension components, specialist body styling parts, automotive consumer goods |
Services | Automotive design, testing, production, research and development |
€220 million (2004) | |
Owner | Volkswagen Group |
Number of employees | 580 (plus 250 additional R8 employees) (2009)[1][2] |
Parent | Audi |
Subsidiaries | Volkswagen R GmbH Volkswagen Individual GmbH |
Website | audi.com/audisport |
Founded in October 1983 as quattro GmbH, it primarily specializes in producing high-performance Audi cars[2] and components, along with purchaser specified customizations.[1] The company's former name was a homage to Audi's original four-wheel drive rally-inspired road car—the Audi Quattro. In 2016, the company was renamed Audi Sport GmbH.[7]
It is located in a 3,500 square metres (37,670 sq ft) site at Neckarsulm,[4] near Stuttgart, in the German State of Baden-Württemberg. Development and manufacturing factories[2] is based within a larger 10,700 square metres (115,170 sq ft) site of the now defunct German automotive maker (and Wankel pistonless rotary engine pioneer) NSU Motorenwerke AG [clarification needed]
Its core products include the Audi RS4, the Audi RS5, the Audi RS6 and the Audi RS7 Sportback. Furthermore, it is a 'closed company', in that it does not sell its automobiles directly to the public via franchised outlets under its own brand name; instead, they are sold under the Audi marque.