The Audi A4 has been in production for 20 years

Since its market launch in November 1994, more than six million customers have decided in favour of an Audi A4 model. The company has already delivered more than two million units of the current generation alone (in production since 2007). Demand is particularly strong for the Audi A4 in China, Germany and the United States. In the German market, every fifth car delivered to customers by Audi in 2013 was of this model series.

According to Dr. Huber Waltl, a Board of Management member for Production at Audi AG, the A4 became a best-seller soon after it superseded the successful Audi 80 series 20 years ago. "It was the fastest production ramp up in the company's history," he said.

The premium manufacturer produced 576,680 automobiles in Ingolstadt in the year 2013, one third of which were the Audi A4 Sedan, the Avant and the allroad quattro models. More than 40,000 additional units of the A4 Sedan drove off the production line at the plant in Neckarsulm since the launch of the fourth generation in 2007. Meanwhile, Audi also produces the A4 locally for the markets in China, India and Indonesia.

The Audi plant in Ingolstadt is currently preparing for production of the fifth generation A4, which will be launched in 2015.