Audi Motor Assembly

Audi Motor Assembly K.K.

Former type	Kabushiki kaisha
Industry	Automotive industry
Founded	1987
Defunct	January 1998
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan
Area served	Japan
Products	automobiles
Owner	Hino Jidōsha K.K. & Audi AG
Number of employees	~ 900

Audi Motor Assembly K.K. is a former assembly facility for automobiles. The company was founded in 1987 as a joint venture between Audi AG and Hino Jidōsha K.K. Its manufacturing facility in Tokyo, Japan employed more than 900 workers and had an annual capacity of 70,000. A "9" digit in the eleventh position of the vehicle identification number denotes cars made at the plant, which were distributed through a part of Yanase K.K.'s dealer network. Increasingly competitive behavior by Hino's parent Toyota Motor Corporation prompted Audi AG to terminate the joint venture in January 1998. This drove up prices for Audis in Japan by up to 25 per cent. Three years later, in 2000, Audi AG founded its own local Japanese dealer network, Audi Japan K.K.

Model overview

• Audi 80 B3 Typ 89 HN.jpg

  Audi 80
  アウディ・80
  Oct 1989 - Feb 1992

• Red Audi 90 Quattro fr.jpg

  Audi 90
  アウディ・90
  Oct 1989 - Nov 1992

• Audi 100 23E.jpg

  Audi 100
  アウディ・100
  Oct 1989 - Nov 1991

• Audi C3 Avant front 20071012.jpg

  Audi 100 Avant
  アウディ・100アバント
  Oct 1989 - Nov 1991

• Audi V8Quattro.jpg

  Audi V8
  アウディ・V8
  Oct 1989 - Nov 1993

• 1991-Audi-200-Turbo.jpg

  Audi 200
  アウディ・200
  Oct 1990 - Jul 1992

• Audi Coupe NYC.jpg

  Audi Coupé
  アウディ・クーペ
  Oct 1991 - Oct 1993

• Audi 100 C4 front 20070801.jpg

  Audi 100
  アウディ・100
  Nov 1991 - Nov 1994

• AUDI 100 C4 Avant-92.jpg

  Audi 100 Avant
  アウディ・100アバント
  Nov 1991 - Nov 1994

• Audi 80 B4 front 20071206.jpg

  Audi 80
  アウディ・80
  Feb 1992 - Oct 1995

• Audi 80 B4 Avant front 20080208.jpg

  Audi 80 Avant
  アウディ・80アバント
  Oct 1993 - Oct 1995

• Audi Cabriolet.jpg

  Audi Cabriolet
  アウディ・カブリオレ
  Oct 1993 - Oct 1996

• Audi-A6-C4.jpg

  Audi A6
  アウディ・A6
  Nov 1994 - Sep 1997

• Audi A6 Avant front-1.JPG

  Audi A6 Avant
  アウディ・A6アバント
  Nov 1994 - Sep 1997

• Audi S6 C4 US.jpg

  Audi S6
  アウディ・S6
  Nov 1994 - Oct 1996

• 1st Audi A8 4.2.jpg

  Audi A8
  アウディ・A8
  May 1995 - Jan 1998

• 1996-1999 Audi A4 (8D) quattro sedan 01.jpg

  Audi A4
  アウディ・A4
  Oct 1995 - Jan 1998

• Audi A4 B5 Avant.jpg

  Audi A4 Avant
  アウディ・A4アバント
  Oct 1996 - Jan 1998

External links

• Website of Audi Japan K.K.