The chip shortage crisis isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. Even the most optimistic automotive industry analyzers forecast a normalized production process in the sector not before the middle of next year. However, there are too many unknown factors at the moment and it’s virtually impossible to predict how the situation will develop in the next year or so. All this means the automakers will have to adapt to the new reality and Audi is taking drastic measures.
The German premium brand is not happy to let customers go without taking their deposits and will instead sell cars with reduced availability of standard and optional features. You might not like it but this is currently the only way for an automaker to keep the deliveries flowing. Audi will cut some important features in some of its models and a new report from Edmunds shines more light on the list of features that might be missing for the 2022 model year.
