Even after three years in Munich, there were a couple of places that we would have liked to visit, but for some reason or another, had never done so. One of these was the Audi car factory in Ingolstadt, 60 km straight up the street from Lohhof. Whilst we were back in Munich for a couple of days after returning from Australia, we finally took the opportunity.
Together with Louise and Ian, we had really enjoyed our tour of the BMW factory in Munich. The Audi factory tour was just as fascinating, but in a different way. The robots were just as mesmerising as at BMW, but there was more emphasis on the details of the assembly of the myriad components into the final recognisable product. As Ingrid noted, you don't need to be a petrolhead to enjoy these tours, but it helps.
Understandably, photography was not allowed inside the factory. I made up for this in the Audi Museum. Following is an assortment of some of the glorious and fascinating machines on display. I suppose that my favourite was Michele Mouton's early 80's rally Quattro.
This was Ingrid's favourite.
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