🇩🇪 Audi Neckarsulm

Neckarsulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Operator
Audi
Opened
1906
Status
Active

Audi's second German plant, on a site in Baden-Württemberg that began as an NSU knitting machine works in 1873 and started building cars in 1906. It produces the A5, A6 and A8 families and the e-tron GT, and 15,509 people worked there as of the end of 2025.

Neckarsulm is Audi’s second German plant and its oldest by some distance. The site opened in 1873 as a knitting machine works, moved to bicycles and then motorcycles, and built its first cars in 1906 under the NSU name. NSU merged with Auto Union in 1969 to create Audi NSU Auto Union AG, and the factory has built Audis ever since.

It handles the large end of the range. The A5, A6 and A8 families are produced there, along with the e-tron GT, which is assembled at Böllinger Höfe, a separate site a few kilometres away that Audi also uses for small-series work. Ingolstadt takes the compact and mid-size cars, so the two German plants divide the line-up rather than duplicating it.

Audi reported 15,509 employees at Neckarsulm as of 31 December 2025. The main site covers around one million square metres, with roughly 300,000 more at Böllinger Höfe. Audi has also positioned the location as a software and AI base, next to the Heilbronn innovation park.

Neckarsulm is one of the four German sites left unresolved by Volkswagen Group’s Future Plan 2030, alongside Emden, Zwickau and Hannover.

Brands built here

Audi
Germany

Models built here

A6 allroad
Hybrid
Audi A6 allroad

The fifth-generation Audi A6 allroad is the raised, all-road version of the C9 A6 Avant, with standard adaptive air suspension and quattro ultra all-wheel drive. Two electrified engines are offered: a 367 hp e-hybrid plug-in with 95 km of electric range, and a 299 hp V6 TDI mild hybrid. Length 5,016 mm. German prices start at 77,250 euros.

367 hp 95 km WLTP AWD

News about Audi Neckarsulm

VW approves Future Plan 2030, SEAT left open
VW approves Future Plan 2030, SEAT left open

Volkswagen Group's supervisory board has signed off Future Plan 2030, which cuts the model range by up to 50% and configuration options by up to 75%, and sizes the production system for around 9 million cars a year. SEAT says no final decision has been taken on its future.

8 Sept 2026
Plant website audi.com/en/audi-at-the-neckarsulm-site-5557
Frequently asked questions
Which cars are built at Audi Neckarsulm?
The A5, A6 and A8 families and their variants, plus the e-tron GT, which is assembled at the Böllinger Höfe site a few kilometres away. Neckarsulm is Audi's home for the larger cars in the range, while Ingolstadt builds the compact and mid-size models.
How many people work at Audi Neckarsulm?
15,509 as of 31 December 2025, according to Audi. The main site covers around one million square metres, with a further 300,000 square metres at the Böllinger Höfe industrial park nearby.
How old is the Audi Neckarsulm plant?
The site dates to 1873, when it was a knitting machine factory. It moved to bicycles, then motorcycles, and built its first cars in 1906 under the NSU name. NSU merged with Auto Union in 1969 to form Audi NSU Auto Union AG, which is how the plant became an Audi factory.

Production data verified September 2026.

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