Audi, the German luxury car manufacturer, has continued to post impressive sales figures with a growth of 65% in India for May 2010. Audi India's countrywide vehicle sales in May this year grew to 200 cars as compared to 121 units sold in May 2009.
The recently announced Limited Edition offer on the Audi Q7 4.2 TDI quattro - the latest and most powerful version of the largest selling luxury SUV in India has received an overwhelming response from customers.
The Audi model range in India includes the Audi A4, the Audi A6, the Audi A8, the Audi Q5, the Audi Q7, the Audi TT and the super sports car Audi R8. The entire Audi model range is available across the country: in Gurgaon, Chandigarh, Delhi, Pune, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai, Jaipur, Chennai and Ludhiana. Further developments include Lucknow, Coimbatore and Nagpur.
The Audi Group sold around 950, 000 cars of the Audi brand in 2009. The company posted revenue of € 29.8 billion and an operating profit of € 1.6 billion. Audi India's countrywide vehicle sales for 2009 were 1,658 cars (58% growth). Audi produces vehicles in Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm (Germany), Györ (Hungary), Changchun (China) and Brussels (Belgium).
Aurangabad in India saw the start of local production of the Audi A6 at the end of 2007 and of the Audi A4 in early October 2008. The production of the new Audi A1 has been running at the Brussels plant since May 2010. The company is active in more than 100 markets worldwide. AUDI AG’s wholly owned subsidiaries include AUDI HUNGARIA MOTOR Kft., Automobili Lamborghini Holding S.p.A. in Sant’Agata Bolognese (Italy) and quattro GmbH in Neckarsulm.
Audi currently employs around 58,000 people worldwide, including 45,500 in Germany. Between 2010 and 2012 the Audi Group is planning to invest around € 5.5 billion, mainly in new products in order to sustain the company’s technological lead embodied in its “Vorsprung durch Technik” slogan. By 2015, Audi plans to increase the number of models in its portfolio to 42.
Courtesy: Audi India
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