Audi Sport GmbH
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| Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung | |
| Industry | Automotive |
| Founded | Neckarsulm, Germany (October 1983) |
| Headquarters | Neckarsulm, Germany |
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Number of locations
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one 3,500 m2 site at Neckarsulm |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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Stephan Winkelmann CEO |
| Products |
High-performance luxury automobiles, roadwheels and suspension components, specialist body styling parts, automotive consumer goods |
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Automotive design, testing, production, research and development |
 €220 million (2004)
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| Owner | Volkswagen Group |
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Number of employees
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580 (plus 250 additional R8 employees) (2009) |
| Parent | AUDI AG |
| Subsidiaries | Volkswagen R GmbH Volkswagen Individual GmbH |
| Website | www |
Audi Sport GmbH (formerly quattro GmbH). is a wholly owned private subsidiary of the German automobile manufacturer AUDI AG, part of the Volkswagen Group.
Founded in October 1983 as quattro GmbH, it primarily specialises in producing high performance Audi cars and components, along with purchaser specified customisations. The company's former name was an homage to Audi's original four-wheel drive rally-inspired road car – the Audi Quattro. In 2016, the company was renamed Audi Sport GmbH.
It is located in a 3,500 square metres (37,670 sq ft) site at Neckarsulm, near Stuttgart, in the German State of Baden-Württemberg. With over twenty years experience, their own development and manufacturing factories are based within the 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 (NSU), on what is now known as Audi's "aluminium plant", or aluminium site.
Although "quattro GmbH" as a company may be relatively unknown, compared to its parent, Audi, its core products include the Audi RS4, the Audi RS6 and the Audi R8. 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. However, it does now sell 'quattro GmbH' branded lifestyle products and accessories via Audi franchised outlets and Audi Forum such as that located in the Allianz Arena on the northern outskirts of Munich, Germany.
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