Audi plans $4bn SUV factory in Macon, Georgia
Audi said it will spend $4bn to build its first factory in the United States, in Macon, Georgia, according to The Guardian, which reported the plan on 25 October 2026.
Audi chief executive Gernot Döllner joined Donald Trump on stage at a campaign rally to announce the project. The plant is intended to build 200,000 SUVs, sport utility vehicles, and the Q7, Q8 and Q9 models will be made there. The company expects the factory to create 4,500 jobs.
Some of the work would move from Audi's plant in Bratislava, Slovakia, to the new site in Georgia. The announcement describes this as a shift of production, not a new line added to existing output.
The move follows a wider change in where Volkswagen builds cars for the American market. Volkswagen has said that Trump's tariffs, which are taxes on imported goods, cost the company up to €5bn a year before the impact of lower sales. The company has already moved some production of its Jetta saloon, a sedan, and its Taos SUV from Mexico to the United States.
