Audi of America: Leaving Auburn Hills?

Thursday, September 15, 2005

Audi of America: Leaving Auburn Hills?

The Detroit Free Press is reporting that Audi of America might think about leaving Auburn Hills to "somewhere else".

Johan deNysschen, executive vice president of Audi of America, said in Frankfurt that Audi has been studying whether its corporate headquarters should remain in Auburn Hills or move elsewhere. He said it is "100% certain" that Audi will be gone from Michigan in five years.

He said the top criteria for Audi's corporate headquarters are a time zone that makes it easy for daily communications with its owner in Ingolstadt, Germany, office accommodations, financial incentives from the community to relocate, a talent pool of potential employees, and a marketplace of the kind of buyers Audi seeks.