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Audi heading for new record figures in 2006
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Audi sold 757,700 vehicles worldwide in the first ten months of this
year, an increase of 8.7 percent compared with the same period of last
year (January to October 2005: 697,039). In addition, the company
succeeded in posting record sales for October itself, with 73,000
vehicles handed over to customers worldwide, an increase of 11.5 percent
compared with the same month of last year. Audi has consequently just
achieved its best ever October figures and the best ten-month period in
the company's history. "We have every reason to be positive as 2006 draws to a close. Audi
is firmly on course for a new record sales figure for the year as a
whole. This achievement, which will be the eleventh record in succession,
stems from our model range and consequently from our ability to impress
our customers," remarked Ralph Weyler, Member of the Board for Marketing
and Sales at AUDI AG. The German market is likewise giving every reason to view the close
of the year with optimism. With 212,086 vehicles sold, Audi achieved an
increase of 2.2 percent for the period between January and October 2006
(2005: 207,431). Some 22,502 new Audi vehicles were handed over to
German customers in October, an increase of 15.1 percent. In the first ten months, Audi sold 348,600 vehicles throughout Europe
excluding Germany, an increase of 7.2 percent (2005: 325,269). In October,
Audi likewise posted an increase of 10.6 percent to over 31,500 vehicles
to non-German European customers (2005: 28,489). In the USA, 69,010 vehicles were handed over to customers between
January and October, an increase of 4.1 percent. In October itself, 6,431
vehicles were sold (2005: 6,659, -3.4 percent). Audi achieved its highest rates of growth in China (excluding Hong
Kong). In the first ten months, Audi was able to post growth of 60 percent
in recording total sales of 65,950 vehicles. Unit sales in China were
likewise positive in October, with 6,067 vehicles delivered to customers,
an increase of 21 percent. In terms of specific models, the good sales figures stem from high
demand for the Audi A3 (202,400 units, + 11.3 percent), the Audi A4
Cabriolet (25,300 units, + 17.9 percent), the Audi A6 including allroad
quattro (195,600 units, +12.8 percent), the Audi A8 (19,300 units, + 9.2
percent) and the new Audi Q7 (39,300 units). "The market response to the R8 is quite remarkable. We will also be unveiling
the Audi TT Roadster before the year is out. The success of the current model
range, to which we have only just added the new Audi TT Coupé, means that we are
looking forward with great optimism to the end of the year," added Weyler. In Australia, Audi sold 528 units in October, an amazing 30.7% increase over
the 404 units sold in October 2005. Year to date in Australia, Audi has sold 4,621 units, a 15.5% increase over
the first 10 months of 2005 when some 4,002 units were sold. * Figures in brackets are the corresponding prior-year figures, or rates of
increase for 2006 compared with 2005. |
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