Audi West London

[Steve90q]

I drove pass the other day and i spotted..........a 80 avant green , a green audi 100 , touring car A6 ??? , a black series 2 ,
Looks like they are all on the top / 3rd floor
I would be up for a visit .

[Kenquattro]

Originally Posted by Coxy

Would love to go and see it, not just for the cars, but also the architect.

Now here's a thought, David Ingram has said that a lot of the Audi Collection will remain on permanent display at West London Audi as opposed to being locked away and would be happy for us to organise a trip there.


I'm fairly sure we could get enough people on here interested to make a day of it?
crooze down the M40. Then have a look around the showroom and have a good perve over some of the fine collection of cars that they have.

This is a list of the cars that Audi have in their collection, although I have no idea what's on display at WLA at the moment.


1996 BTCC A4 Touring car
1985 quattro S1 E2 rally car
1991 quattro 20v (unregistered)
1990 quattro 20v
1985 Sport quattro
1994 Coupe S2
1994 Avant RS2
1999 R8C (Le Mans)
2000 Cabriolet 2.8
1939 Wanderer W23 Cabriolet
2001 Avant RS4
1984 quattro
2004 Avant RS6
2005 TT quattro Sport
2005 A4 quattro DTM edition
2006 Avant RS4
1981 quattro (LHD)
2002 R8 (Le Mans)
1976 100LS
1988 100 2.3E
1976 NSU Ro80
1969 100 Coupe S
1983 80 CD
1972 100GL 2 door
and 3 x A2s (the boring modern sort!)

I would definitely be up for that. Besides, the A6 was originally a demo car for AFN Audi West London when new, so it would be nice to take her 'home'. I know a few of the Ford lads went to the place where all the Ford Heritage Fleet was. Some stunning cars in their collection. Obviously a lot of shite as well.......

[Coxy]

Originally Posted by Kenquattro

I would definitely be up for that. Besides, the A6 was originally a demo car for AFN Audi West London when new, so it would be nice to take her 'home'. I know a few of the Ford lads went to the place where all the Ford Heritage Fleet was. Some stunning cars in their collection. Obviously a lot of shite as well.......

I saw some pics on another forum of a visit to the Ford 'stash!'. Some interesting cars there though!

I'll have a word tomorrow and see if we can get a couple of dates thrown together. Would be nice to go sooner rather than later though whilst it's still a novelty!

[gabriel.oconnell]

if anyone going on this trip my i tag along i will pay for petrol any taker please love to see this collection if its there

[David Small]

From Auotmotive News


World's largest Audi centre opens
Monday 12 October 2009, 10:04
The world’s largest Audi Centre, West London Audi, will open its doors on October 19.
Sytner runs the 190,000 sq ft Audi centre which employs 100 staff.
Located near the M4, it has seven storeys incorporating three showroom floors capable of displaying 116 cars and two basement levels housing a 32-bay workshop and parking facilities.
The top two storeys are Audi Quattro rooms – a business and creative complex which operates as a conference centre.
Audi UK invested £45 million in the showroom which is expected to have around 30,000 customer visits in the next 12 months.
Gerard Nieuwenhuys, Sytner managing director, said: "It is a great privilege to be chosen by Audi to operate this amazing flagship dealership. The West London Audi team are incredibly excited about the imminent opening and by the opportunity of delivering a world class service from what is without doubt a world class facility."
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Audi UK director Jeremy Hicks said: "In its scope, size and complexity, West London Audi is like nothing we've built before. It is 100 times more complicated than a normal retail centre.
"The sheer scale of this project is very emblematic of the increasing significance of Audi not only in the UK but globally."
Hicks added: "Audi is an enormously successful company with many ambitious plans for its future. With both our existing model ranges and a host of new models for new segments, we aim to grow to a total of 44 ranges by 2015.
"By creating retail premises of this magnitude with this level of sophistication, we are ensuring that our extensive and contemporary line-up of cars gets the showcase it deserves."
The opening of West London Audi will be marked by a launch party where guests will include Bryan Ferry, Gordon Ramsay, Dominic Cooper, Jamie and Louise Rednapp, Phil Glenister, Keeley Hawes, Rupert Penry Jones, James Cordon, Ronan Keating, Beverley Knight, Davina McCall, Sir Bobby Charlton and Sir Jackie Stewart.
The world's largest Audi Centre - West London Audi - is officially being launched with a huge party for the capital's top glitterati. Among the guests will be Bryan Ferry, Gordon Ramsay, Dominic Cooper, Jamie and Louise Rednapp, Phil Glenister, Keeley Hawes, Rupert Penry Jones, James Cordon, Ronan Keating, Beverley Knight, Davina McCall, Sir Bobby Charlton and Sir Jackie Stewart.
The imposing new building, which represents a major investment of £45 million by Audi UK, consolidates the brand's position as one of the global leaders in prestige car manufacturing.
Six years in the planning and execution, the stunning new 190,000 sq ft Audi Centre is prominently located adjacent to the elevated section of the M4. Its seven storeys incorporate three showroom floors capable of displaying as many as 116 cars, and two basement levels housing a 32-bay workshop and extensive parking facilities. The top two storeys are given over to the Audi quattro Rooms - a business and creative complex which operates as a conference centre.
The highly distinctive curved structure conceived by architects Wilkinson Eyre, famous for the design of the Gateshead Millennium Bridge, provides an impressive showcase for the fast expanding 33 model Audi range.
The basement levels are an engineering marvel - they are built below the water table level (and the River Thames) and extend on all sides right up to the boundary lines of the premises.
"In its scope, size and complexity, West London Audi is like nothing we've built before. It is 100 times more complicated than a normal retail centre," says Jeremy Hicks, director of Audi UK. "The sheer scale of this project is very emblematic of the increasing significance of Audi not only in the UK but globally."
The strategically located landmark building is operated by the Sytner Group, a Sunday Times Best Company to Work For, which has 140 prestige franchise outlets across the UK. It will be staffed by 100 personnel and approximately 30,000 customers are expected through its doors in the next 12 months.
Gerard Nieuwenhuys, the Group's UK Managing Director commented: "It is a great privilege to be chosen by Audi to operate this amazing flagship dealership. The West London Audi team are incredibly excited about the imminent opening and by the opportunity of delivering a world class service from what is without doubt a World Class facility."
In the creation of the vast glass and metal external structure, Wilkinson Eyre has drawn inspiration from nature, art and science to create an exciting and technologically advanced sculptural form. The elegantly sweeping curves are reminiscent of a manta ray fish, and the aerodynamic wing shapes of a B2 Stealth Aircraft. The roof itself is a ‘standing seam' structure made from aluminium sheets, each approximately 40m in length without any joints.
A dramatic aluminium installation by Gerry Judah, designer of the soaring Audi centennial sculpture at this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed, dominates inside. Weighing almost a ton and featuring the record-breaking Auto Union Streamliner, the specially commissioned piece is suspended between three floors within the atrium. It took three cranes and two days to install this stunning centrepiece.
The Audi quattro Rooms on levels four and five feature not only a heritage section, displaying many of the innovations from Audi's 100-year history, but also meeting rooms, exhibition space and a screening room with the very latest 103" Bang & Olufsen screens. Audi selected architect Miguel Beleza to design the two floors to create imposing architectural features that define the venue. Furniture has been provided by Fritz Hansen - the Danish designer furniture company.
"Audi is an enormously successful company with many ambitious plans for its future. With both our existing model ranges and a host of new models for new segments, we aim to grow to a total of 44 ranges by 2015. By creating retail premises of this magnitude with this level of sophistication, we are ensuring that our extensive and contemporary line-up of cars gets the showcase it deserves," concluded Jeremy Hicks.

[quattrokid]

This could be a good excuse for a final meeting this year and go to this showroom in force with Classic Audi's and also be a poke in the ribs for NLA parts.

All very well having a swanky showroom full of nice shiney cars but the NLA debacle needs an airing as well when the Audi Top Brass are there.

[David Small]

I've read elsewhere that there is only 9 classic vehicles on display at the moment - probably because they can't get parts for their own vehicles

[Baggee]

Originally Posted by quattrokid

This could be a good excuse for a final meeting this year and go to this showroom in force with Classic Audi's and also be a poke in the ribs for NLA parts.

All very well having a swanky showroom full of nice shiney cars but the NLA debacle needs an airing as well when the Audi Top Brass are there.

Great idea...we could all have reg plates made up with NLA on them