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Audi R8 launched in India

--Audi R8, a pure super sports car with a high degree of day-to-day drivability brings exclusive racing fever to India.-- Audi, the German luxury car manufacturer, launched its Audi R8, the exclusive, mid-engine super sports car. The R8 is the winner of 2008 “World Performance Car” and the “World Car Design of the Year” awards. The stylish and Read More...

 

Impressive sales growth of 312 percent in October...

Audi, the German luxury car manufacturer announced the sales figures of the last ten months of 2008 which shows impressive progress to achieve its goal of record sales figures in 2008. In January to October 2008 Audi India increased its sales countrywide by 203 percent to 884 cars (January - October 2007: 292 units). In the month of October 2008 Read More...

 

Audi partners Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week

Audi, the German luxury car manufacturer has announced its association as one major partner and sponsor with the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week for the spring - summer 2009 collection to be presented by various designers. The Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week is scheduled to take place from October 15th to 19th, 2008, at Pragati Maidan in New Read More...

 

Audi sponsors Zubin Mehta Concerts in India

Audi, the German luxury car manufacturer, today announced its association as one of the main and the official limousine sponsors of the Zubin Mehta Concerts, scheduled to take place from the 7th to 12th of October, 2008 at the NCPA in Mumbai. Musical Maestro and internationally renowned Indian conductor of Western classical music Zubin Mehta, Read More...

 

Audi starts production of new Audi A4 in IndiaWeek

“The successful model, which was launched in the Indian market in July this year, is the second Audi model to be produced at the Group plant in Aurangabad after the Audi A6. By 2015 we will have built a total of some 11,000 Audi A4 and 7,000 Audi A6 models in India, while investing over €30 million in our Indian production site,” said Frank Read More...

 

Audi appoints five new dealerships in India

“Audi has received an overwhelming response in India. Our sales growth in the first eight months of this year has been over 190%. The announcement of the new dealerships is the commitment to a great future for the brand in India”, says Benoit Tiers, Managing Director of Audi India. “We are expanding to twelve exclusive and luxurious Audi Read More...

 

Audi Quattro cup debuts in India

The start of the well established international amateur golf tournament series in India attracts 80,000 participants from 43 countries. Audi, the German luxury car manufacturer, has announced the inaugural Indian edition of Audi quattro Cup. The Audi quattro Cup ranks among the world’s major and most popular tournament series for amateur Read More...

 

Volkswagen and Audi set up their new Corporate...

Volkswagen Group, Europe’s largest automobile manufacturer is poised to further strengthen its Indian operations with the setting up of a new corporate sales office in Mumbai. The new corporate sales office located at Bandra Kurla Complex will help Volkswagen and Audi in catering to its customers and dealers in India better. Speaking on the Read More...

 

Audi India: Record sales in July 2008

· Sales growth in the first seven months of 2008: up 163 percent · Outstanding growth in July 2008: up 525 percent · Audi India Managing Director Benoit Tiers: “Audi India on course to achieve its ambitious targets.” Audi, the German luxury car manufacturer, is on course to achieve top sales figures in 2008 in Read More...

 

New Audi A4 launched in India

· New Audi A4 : Sporty and sophisticated, progressive and packed with emotion · Larger and lighter than the previous model and the competitors · Longest wheelbase among its competitors: largest legroom for rear passengers · Now available at Audi dealerships across the country Audi, the German luxury car Read More...

 

Facts about Audi's eighth victory at Le Mans

Audi TDI Power remains unbeaten at Le Mans First Le Mans appearance with second-generation bio fuel Audi R10 TDI achieves new distance record Ingolstadt/Le Mans – At one of the most exciting and fastest races in Le Mans history, AUDI AG clinched another triumph at what is arguably the world’s toughest motor race. For Audi, this Read More...

 

The new Audi A4 ready to hit Indian roads in July

· New Audi A4 : Sporty and sophisticated, progressive and packed with emotion · Larger and lighter than the previous model and the competitors · Longest wheelbase among its competitors: largest legroom for rear passengers · Ready to order now at exclusive Audi dealerships Audi, the German luxury car manufacturer, Read More...

 

Audi India: Successful start to 2008

· Sales growth in the first four months of 2008: up 123 percent · Audi India Managing Director Benoit Tiers: “Audi India on the right path to effective growth.” Audi, the German luxury car manufacturer, is on course to achieve top sales figures in 2008 in India. In the first four months of 2008 Audi India increased its sales Read More...

 

Audi surpasses 100,000 cars sold in China for the...

Audi achieved a new sales record in China in 2007, selling 101,996 cars in China (including Hong Kong) – a gain of about 25 percent compared to the previous year. Sales of locally produced cars grew by 21 percent to a total of 93,168 units, including 73,404 Audi A6 models (up 19 percent) and 19,764 Audi A4 models (up 27 percent). An above-average Read More...

 

Audi production successfully launched in India

Audi continues to make its mark in India’s flourishing growth market: the company with the four rings has now successfully started production for the Indian market of the world’s most successful luxury midsize sedan – the Audi A6 – at its Aurangabad site in the state of Maharashtra. By 2015, when more than 2,000 units of the A6 should be rolling Read More...

 

Audi to hire 800 employees in 2008

AUDI AG will hire 800 college graduates this year, raising the number of new hires by 200 positions compared with 2007. "In the next few years we will be relying on innovative technologies as we significantly expand our product range and develop new cars. For this, we need highly qualified and motivated employees," said Dr. Werner Widuckel, Read More...

 

Audi to invest substantially in new models

Audi is continuing its investments in big style: the scheduled budget for the period from 2008 to 2012 comprises a total of 10.6 billion euros in fixed investments. For the last planning period, from 2007 to 2011, the scheduled investments added up to 9.8 billion euros. 7.9 billion euros of the total investment have been allotted to new models Read More...

 

Around 893,600 cars sold in first 11 months

AUDI AG sold approximately 893,600 cars worldwide between January and November, a rise of 7.3 percent on the prior-year period (2006: 833,021). In November itself, more than 75,600 cars were handed over to their new owners (up 0.5 percent; 2006: 75,258). Audi enjoyed further growth particularly in the intensively competitive European markets. Read More...

 

The Audi R8 is "SportsCar 2007"

Only pure-bred sports cars are crowned “SportsCar” of the year by a panel of experts in the Autobild SportsCars monthly magazine. Following its victory in the March 2007 issue, the Audi R8 has now been awarded top place overall, and has thus secured the title of “SportsCar 2007”, one of the German car industry’s most sought-after awards. The Read More...

 

Open for sport: The Audi A3 Cabriolet

Sporty, elegant, emotion-packed – the new Audi A3 Cabriolet is making its appearance in perfect time for spring 2008. The open-top Audi A3 is the premium option in the compact class. It offers the sporting genes of the A3 coupled with the uncompromising quality that distinguishes every Audi model. There are four engines to choose from, together Read More...

 

Start of production and world premiere for the...

Production of the new model was officially started today by the Hungarian Prime Minister, Ferenc Gyurcsány, and Audi's Chairman of the Board of Management, Rupert Stadler, at AUDI HUNGARIA MOTOR Kft. in Gyor. The production launch was also the world premiere for the new Audi A3 Cabriolet and was attended by a host of international guests. "Car Read More...

 

"Vorsprung durch Technik" includes recycling

Audi applies the maxim of Vorsprung durch Technik equally to the protection of the environment. AUDI AG is the first and to date only major car manufacturer that already meets the tough "EU Directive 2005/64/EC on the type approval of motor vehicles with regard to their reusability, recyclability and recoverability" with its current model Read More...

 

Top marks now also for Audi A3

The well-known Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) in the USA has now also awarded the sporty, compact Audi A3 its highest rating of “Top Safety Pick”. This makes Audi the only German manufacturer to have three award-winning models in its ranks: the Audi A4 and A6 have already been honoured with this top safety rating in the Read More...

 

Audi Cross Cabriolet quattro

Audi is introducing a new vehicle segment with its presentation of the Audi Cross Cabriolet quattro concept car at the Los Angeles Auto Show (14 – 24 November 2007). The two-door, four-seater car measures 4.62 metres in length and combines the genes of a typical dynamic soft-top convertible from Audi with the all-round qualities of a fully Read More...

 

Audi launching ultramodern engines in China

Audi is now bringing its latest-generation, highly efficient engines onto the Chinese market, too. "We have been one of the leading brands for the development of vehicles that use natural resources sparingly ever since the 1980s," commented Werner Eichhorn, Head of Audi Sales in China, at the Audi TechDay China in Shanghai. "We are now making Read More...