Closer than ever before — a new approach to our vehicle handover

Thirty lucky Audi employees were able to experience something very special at this year's vehicle handover to FC Bayern as they celebrated twenty years of partnership together.

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Collage of FC Bayern players with happy Audi employeesCollage of FC Bayern players with happy Audi employees

Experiencing the partnership in person — Audi employees were able to do this in November 2022 when they drove the all-electric fleet from Ingolstadt to Säbener Straße in Munich to meet the players and hand over their new vehicles to them.

This special day was devoted to the 20-year partnership and, more specifically, to the individuals who have made up the last 20 years and will also shape the next 20 years. On the occasion of the anniversary, board members, employees and players gathered at the handover of the new vehicles to the athletes. However, instead of inviting FC Bayern to Ingolstadt as usual, this year the entire fleet was driven by selected Audi employees from the Audi Forum in Ingolstadt to Munich.

An innovative, once-in-a-lifetime experience that has never taken place in this form before.

Employees and vehicles in front of the Audi Forum in Ingolstadt

Together, Audi and FC Bayern celebrated not only the last 20 years of partnership in Säbener Straße, but also the future. Because only if we invest in our progress together will we be able to continue to tell this success story of a unique partnership. This day was about more than football and cars — even if these things connected us initially. It was about people.

View of the FC Bayern training ground at Säbener Straße

View of the FC Bayern training ground at Säbener Straße

Of the 1,500 employees who took part in the internal competition, 30 were able to enjoy the Audi and FC Bayern partnership at first hand. Under the guidance of the Audi Driving Experience, they drove 15 of the players' personally configured Audi e-tron models to Säbener Straße. For some employees, it was even their first time behind the wheel of an Audi RS e-tron GT.

Power consumption (combined): 21.1-18.4 kWh/100 km; CO₂ emissions (combined): 0 g/km

Team Audi in front of the training ground of FC Bayern

Team Audi in front of the training ground of FC Bayern

After a meet and greet with FC Bayern board members Oliver Kahn and Andreas Jung, and an exclusive tour of the training ground with Giovane Élber, the Audi team was even allowed to attend a private club training session. Eventually, attention turned to the vehicles as the players gradually left the dressing rooms to be accompanied to their new cars by the Audi employees. Once there, autographs were exchanged for car keys, and more than a few selfies were taken.

Handover of keys

Handover of keys

This special vehicle handover speaks not only for what this partnership can make possible, but also for those who make it possible in the first place. On such occasions you often only see the top athletes, the legends, the premium vehicles, and the board members who represent all those in the background who keep the wheels of the Audi and FC Bayern success story turning. It is people who shape and nurture this partnership — at all levels and in all roles. What unites us, as always, is progress: the aspiration to become better and better — with attitude, courage, and confidence.

FC Bayern's Alphonso Davies smiles at the FC Bayern vehicle handover ceremony

FC Bayern's Alphonso Davies smiles at the FC Bayern vehicle handover ceremony

Woman walks next to an Audi RS e-tron GT against a futuristic backdrop

The Audi RS e-tron GT: pure energy and progressive performance

The Audi e-tron GT is a modern-day demonstration of progress. It simultaneously radiates sportiness, high quality, and comfort. Its aerodynamic design and ‘gran turismo’ concept are sure to attract admiring glances. Driving it is a fascinating and thoroughly emotional experience.

Audi RS e-tron GT:Power consumption (combined) in kWh/100 km: 21.1–18.4CO₂ emissions (combined) in g/km: 0CO₂ emission class: A