Volkswagen can boast of having only good students in his class, indeed sales are doing overall well for the different brands. With a 21% increase in overall, the VW group is growing faster than the market. Of those, the prodigy student is called Audi, displaying very good scores. Indeed, Audi delivered 360,760 vehicles in the first four months of the year, an increase of 23.7%. "During this period, the Ingolstadt brand has registered a double-digit growth in South America (80.7%) and Asia-Pacific (65.7%). Audi delivered 71,100 (+ 72.6%) vehicles in China remains the fastest growing market, reaching for the first time above the 70 000 vehicles level and making China the largest market for the brand. "
Very good figures, as Rupert Stadler, Chairman of Audi, wishes to increase further during the second quarter, but also the second part of the year: "We are making very good progress, and we'll keep our foot on accelerator. For the second quarter, we expect further significant growth, thanks to the new generation of Audi A8, recently came at dealers'. In the second half of the year, this will be the launch of our range entry, the Audi A1.
Audi has generated revenues of 10.3 billion dollars, up 23% over the same period last year. Audi will launch 12 new models in 2010, as the A7, RS 5 and the hybrid Q5.
"We intend to exceed one million new cars sold this year, and we aim to beat our 2009 performances, in terms of both revenues and profits," says Axel Strotbek, a member of the Board of Finance.
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