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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Automotive |
| Founded | October 1983, in Neckarsulm, Germany[1][2] |
| Headquarters | Neckarsulm |
Number of locations | one 3,500 m2 site at Neckarsulm |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | High-performance luxury automobiles,[2] wheels and suspension components, specialist body styling parts, automotive consumer goods |
| Services | Automotive design, testing, production, research and development |
 €220 million (2004) | |
Number of employees | 580 (plus 250 additional R8 employees) (2009)[1][2] |
| Parent | Audi |
| Subsidiaries | Volkswagen R GmbH Volkswagen Individual GmbH |
| Website | audi.com/audisport |
Audi Sport GmbH, formerly known as quattro GmbH,[3] is the high-performance car manufacturing subsidiary of Audi,[1][4][5][6] itself a subsidiary of the greater Volkswagen Group.
Founded in October 1983 as quattro GmbH, it primarily specializes in producing high-performance Audi cars[2] and components, along with purchaser specified customizations.[1] The company's former name was a homage to Audi's original four-wheel drive rally-inspired road car—the Audi Quattro. In 2016, the company was renamed Audi Sport GmbH.[7]
The division's operations are located in a 3,500 square metres (37,670 sq ft) site at Neckarsulm,[4] near Stuttgart, in the German State of Baden-Württemberg. Development and manufacturing factories[2] are based within a larger 10,700 square metres (115,170 sq ft) site of the now defunct German automotive maker NSU Motorenwerke AG.
Its core products include the Audi RS3, the Audi RS6 and the Audi RS7 Sportback. Furthermore, it does not sell its automobiles directly to the public via franchised outlets under its own brand name; instead, they are sold under the Audi marque.
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