The Ingolstadt car manufacturer Audi Lays because of the Auto-tariff From US President Donald Trump The delivery of vehicles to the USA on ice. A company spokeswoman confirmed a corresponding letter to the dealers on Monday, about which the “automotive week” had initially reported. According to this, all vehicles that have come to the USA after April 2 should be held back and not handed over to the dealers. The dealers should now concentrate on reducing their inventory. Audi currently has more than 37,000 cars in stock in the United States that are not affected by the new tariffs and could be sold, the spokeswoman said. That is enough for about two months.
Audi does not have its own production facility in the USA and has to import all vehicles. The US bestseller Q5 is manufactured in the Audi plant in Mexico, the rest comes from the works in Germany, Hungary and Slovakia. The Audi mother Volkswagen has also warned its dealers in the United States and announced additional costs, as the “Wall Street Journal” reported last week. VW temporarily stopped the delivery of vehicles by train from Mexico and the ports, the newspaper reported on a message to the dealers.
There should be clarity about pricing by mid -April. Since April 3, tariffs in the USA have applied to 25 percent in addition to the previous taxes of 2.5 percent. From May, 150 categories of car parts of the surcharge are also recorded.