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The Brussels plant is over 70 years old. On April 7, 1949, the first vehicle rolled off the production line. From 1970 until the plant was taken over by AUDI AG in 2007, the site belonged to Volkswagen AG and manufactured various Volkswagen Group models. The start of production of the Audi A1 in 2010 marked a new era. In the history of the plant, the Audi A1 was the first model to be manufactured exclusively in the European capital. On August 1, 2018, the last first-generation Audi A1 came off the production line in Brussels. In total, almost 910,000 Audi A1 cars had been manufactured in Brussels since May 2010. The successor to the Audi A1 will be built at the Spanish plant in Martorell.
| 1949 | Construction of first production facilities and foundation of plant as “Anciens Etablissements D’Ieteren Frères” |
| 1970 | Foundation of Volkswagen Bruxelles S.A. – Brussel N.V. |
| 2005 | Foundation of company AutoVision S.A. – N.V. as operator of the Automotive Park |
| 2006 | Decision of Volkswagen AG to concentrate VW Golf production at its Wolfsburg and Mosel sites; Restructuring agreement, 2,200 jobs retained |
| 2007–2009 | Period of transition: takeover and restructuring of plant by Audi; |
| 2009 | Sixty-year anniversary of Brussels location |
| 2010 | Start of production of Audi A1; |
| 2011 | Visit of then Belgian King Albert II; |
| 2012 | Audi Brussels celebrates fifth anniversary |
| 2013 | Commissioning of 37,000 square meter photovoltaic power plant |
| 2014 | Festivities to mark 500,000th Audi A1, with visit of Belgian King Philippe I |
| 2017 | With sweeping conversion works, the Brussels plant is made ready for series production of the first all-electric car from the Audi brand. Foundation stone laid for southern extension of body construction facilities |
| 2018 | Production of Audi A1 moved from Brussels to Martorell (Spain) |
| 2019 | King Philippe I visits the plant (occasion: manufacturing of Audi e-tron and “Dual Education” at Audi Brussels) |
| 2020 | Start of production Audi e-tron Sportback (January) |
| 2021 | Installation of 34 charging points for electric vehicles in the parking lots around the plant; |
| 2022 | Audi Brussels wins the "Industrial Excellence Award Belgium 2021"; |
| 2024 | Audi Brussels awarded the title of "Top Employer" - for the eighth time in a row; Audi Brussels awarded the title "Factory of the Future"; Audi Brussels builds its 200,000th electric vehicle in June 2023; First Social Day at Audi Brussels in June; Environmental Week takes place for the third time in October |