Tariff played a role in Mexico winning Audi plantMay 17, 2013 06:01 CET  At the groundbreaking for the Q5 plant in San Jose Chiapa, Mexico, Audi CEO Rupert Stadler offered another explanation for deciding not to locate in the United States: The European Union slaps a 10 percent tariff on U.S.-built vehicles.... Read More »
FINAL ASSEMBLY Tariff played a role in Mexico winning Audi plant 12:01 am U.S. ET | May 13, 2013  At the groundbreaking for the Q5 plant in San Jose Chiapa, Audi CEO Rupert Stadler offered another explanation for deciding not to locate in the United States: The European Union slaps a 10 percent tariff on U.S.-built vehicles.... Read More »
Audi April sales up 7% on China, U.S.May 7, 2013 13:42 CET  Audi sales rose 7 percent in April to 133,500 vehicles on strong demand in China and the United States, pushing four-month sales to 503,000. It is the first time that Audi has topped a half million deliveries in just four months, the automaker said Tuesday.... Read More »
With Mexican plant, Audi aims to end U.S. shortageMay 4, 2013 22:47 CET  Audi broke ground on a $1.3 billion assembly plant southeast of Mexico City, marking a push into North American production that will put the Q5 crossover closer to customers in the United States.... Read More »
With Mexican plant, Audi aims to end U.S. shortage 4:47 pm U.S. ET | May 4, 2013  Audi broke ground on a $1.3 billion assembly plant southeast of Mexico City, marking a push into North American production that will put the Q5 crossover closer to customers in the United States.... Read More »
Audi's new Mexico SUV plant aimed at unseating BMWMay 3, 2013 06:01 CET  Audi executives plan to break ground on a $1.3 billion factory in Mexico with a capacity of some 150,000 cars a year. The plant will be instrumental in Audi's push to topple BMW as the world's No. 1-selling premium automaker.... Read More »
SALES Audi sets March and first-quarter sales recordsApril 8, 2013 11:16 CET  Audi said today it increased global vehicle sales 3 percent in March to a record 147,700 because of strong demand for its SUVs. The Volkswagen Group subsidiary finished the first-quarter will an all-time high of 369,500 sales, up 6.8 percent on the year-ago period.... Read More »
Audi counts on SUVs to drive past BMWMarch 13, 2013 06:01 CET  Audi is counting on its growing Q line of SUVs to help it drive past the BMW brand to No. 1 in global luxury car sales by 2020. Audi CEO Rupert Stadler said Tuesday that the automaker's Q range would account for 33 percent to 40 percent of its planned 2 million global sales in 2020, up from a quarter now.... Read More »
Q5 becomes Audi best-seller; VW sales slow again 12:40 pm U.S. ET | March 1, 2013  Now that Audi AG has shuffled production schedules to build more crossovers, the automaker expects to have a new U.S. best-seller this year. Audi of America sold 2,753 units of the five-seat Q5 crossover in February, up 57 percent from a year ago. It also sold 920 units of the seven-seat Q7, up 147 percent, leading the entire brand to a 28 percent sales increase for the month.... Read More »
Audi will boost German output further on U.S. demandFeb. 26, 2013 16:46 CET  Audi will further expand production at its two German factories, citing stable demand for luxury vehicles especially from the United States.... Read More »
Audi set to double SUVs to close BMW's luxury leadFeb. 20, 2013 08:19 CET  Audi plans to double its lineup of sport-utility vehicles to close the sales gap behind BMW as more customers seek high-riding vehicles with the cachet of a luxury brand. Audi is developing the Q2, Q4 and Q6 as a sportier alternative to its current range of three SUVs.... Read More »
L.A. AUTO SHOW Audi to expand diesel option to A8, A7, A6 and Q5 4:17 pm U.S. ET | Nov. 19, 2012  Audi will begin offering 3.0-liter V-6 diesel engines in the A8, A7 and A6 cars and the Q5 crossover beginning next year. The four TDI diesel-equipped models will make their debuts next week at the Los Angeles Auto Show. Audi already offers a diesel powerplant in the Q7 crossover, but the 2013 model features an updated engine. The A3 TDI has been dropped but will return with the launch of the redesigned A3 in early 2014.... Read More »
Porsche raises production forecast for Macan by 30,000 next year, report saysSept. 10, 2012 10:16 CET  Porsche expects output of its new Macan compact sports utility vehicle to reach 75,000 in its first year of production in 2013, up from an initial forecast of 45,000 vehicles, a German weekly reported, without citing sources.... Read More »
Audi chases BMW with overseas expansion driveJuly 17, 2012 06:01 CET  Audi is investing hundreds of millions of euros in Germany and abroad in a bid to take on rivals like BMW and Mercedes. Audi's Ingolstadt plant is being upgraded to build more cars and to become the training ground team that will work in plants in China and Mexico.... Read More »
Audi car sales in China rise 20% in JuneJuly 5, 2012 12:20 CET  Audi new-car sales rose 20.4 percent to 33,309 in China last month, helped by strong demand for the Q5 mid-sized SUV, the automaker said in a statement on Thursday.... Read More »
CARS & CONCEPTS Audi SQ5 brings diesel power to S-line crossover 12:01 am U.S. ET | June 25, 2012 Audi's SQ5 addition to the Q5 crossover range gets 20-inch wheels, a lowered sport suspension, an interior swathed in Alcantara fabric and diesel power. It is the first diesel in Audi's S line of performance vehicles.... Read More »
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