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Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Audi reports 65% jump in its May 2010 sales

Audi India, an Indian subsidiary of Germany based leading car maker, has reported a jump of 65% in its May 2010 sales at 200 units as compare to the 121 units of its cars sold in May 2009.

The company has recently launched a Limited Edition of its largest selling luxury SUV Audi Q7 4.2 TDI Quattro in India, which is receiving a very good response from buyers of this segment.

The company sells some of its most popular global portfolio cars in India including 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. Audi India has large dealership base in the Indian market in more than a dozen cities across the country including Gurgaon, Chandigarh, Delhi, Pune, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai, Jaipur, Chennai and Ludhiana. The company is also planning to open new outlets in tier-II cities like Lucknow, Coimbatore and Nagpur.


 Audi reports 65% jump in its May 2010 sales

The Audi Group managed to sell around 950,000 units of its cars in the global market in year 2009 including 1,658 cars sold in the Indian market. The company has about five major production facilities in the foreign markets including Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm (Germany), Gyor (Hungary), Changchun (China) and Brussels (Belgium). It also has a manufacturing plant at Aurangabad where it produces its premium luxury sedans Audi A4 and A6.

Company is also expected to launch its much awaited luxury car Audi A1 in the Indian market by next year. The A1 model is currently under production at its Brussels plant.



Source:- Audi reports 65% jump in its May 2010 sales - New Cars

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Audi India to appoint new MD soon

Audi India, which is the third largest luxury car maker in the country, is going to have a new managing director soon as Mr Benoit Tiers, the current managing director of company will be vacating his position next month. Mr Tiers, who was appointed as MD of the company in June 2007, has done a great deal in building the brand name of the company in luxury car market of India. Mr Tiers, will be joining the Audi France in June this year, as the head of operations.





Heading the Audi France will be a huge responsibility on Mr Tiers, as it is one of the largest luxury car markets in the world where about 50,000 cars sold per year. In the tenure of Mr Tiers, Audi India witnessed a high growth momentum with surpassing the sales target, last year, by selling more than 1500 units of its luxury cars in India.

Though the company hasn't disclosed the name of the successor of Mr Tiers, it is widely speculated that Michael Perschke, who has worked for Volkswagen and Mercedes in the past, will hold this position. Moreover, Mr Perschke is not new to the Indian market as he has worked for Mercedes-Benz India, as a general manager of sales during 1995-1997. It is expected that the company will officially announce the appointment of Mr Perschke as its MD in a few days.



Source:- Audi India to appoint new MD soon - New Cars
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