Luca De Meo

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 »

 

AUTOMOTIVE NEWS EUROPE CONGRESS

How to prosper during tough times

April 8, 2013 06:01 CET
With sales slowing and government debt a growing crisis, the European auto industry is in for a rough ride over the next few years. What are the solutions? Which companies will emerge as winners? The 16th Automotive News Europe Congress will explore answers to those questions on June 12 in Paris.... Read More »

 

SALES

Audi sets March and first-quarter sales records

April 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 »

 

BMW appoints ex-Audi sales chief Schwarzenbauer chief of Mini, Rolls

8:26 am U.S. ET | March 14, 2013
BMW Group has hired Peter Schwarzenbauer, the former Audi sales chief, to head its Mini and Rolls-Royce brands and named Harald Krueger as its new head of production. Krueger succeeds Frank-Peter Arndt, who is leaving the company due to health reasons.... Read More »

 

BMW names ex-Audi sales chief Schwarzenbauer boss of Mini, Rolls

March 14, 2013 14:26 CET
BMW Group has hired Peter Schwarzenbauer, the former Audi sales chief, to head its Mini and Rolls-Royce brands and named Harald Krueger as its new head of production. Krueger succeeds Frank-Peter Arndt, who is leaving the company due to health reasons.... Read More »

 

Audi counts on SUVs to drive past BMW

March 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 »

 

Audi sales rise 16% in January on robust China, Europe growth

Feb. 6, 2013 15:10 CET
Audi's global sales rose 16.3 percent to 111,750 in January, boosted by strong growth in China and Europe, the carmaker said on Wednesday.... Read More »

 

Audi shuffles top sales execs in Europe, China, Germany

Jan. 29, 2013 06:01 CET
Audi sales chief Luca de Meo has reshuffled top executives in the three regions where the brand has its biggest unit sales.... Read More »

 

Audi names former Lancia boss to head Italy operations

Jan. 11, 2013 12:11 CET
Audi has named former Lancia boss Fabrizio Longo to run its Italian operations. Longo was a mentor to current Audi sales boss Luca De Meo when they both worked at Lancia parent Fiat.... Read More »

 

Audi sells record 1.45 million vehicles in 2012 on U.S., China demand

Jan. 10, 2013 15:28 CET
Audi sold a record 1.45 million vehicles globally in 2012, driven by strong growth in the United States and China and beating a previous sales target of 1.4 million.... Read More »

 

China, U.S. boost Audi's November car sales

Dec. 10, 2012 14:23 CET
Global sales of Audi's vehicle sales grew by 10.9 percent to 123,600 in November, helped by strong growth in China and the United States.... Read More »

 

Audi global sales rise 13.9% in October on strong China gains

Nov. 7, 2012 13:14 CET
Audi's global vehicle sales grew by 13.9 percent to 123,600 in October, helped by strong growth in China and the United States.... Read More »

 

Audi narrows sales gap with BMW as brand's global deliveries rise 14.9% in August

Sept. 10, 2012 13:36 CET
Audi new-car sales rose 14.9 percent to 108,100 last month, a record for August that further narrows the gap in eight-month sales with the best-selling premium brand BMW.... Read More »

 

GUIDO REINKING

How independent can Audi still be?

12:01 am U.S. ET | Sept. 4, 2012
On Monday, three new Audi board members joined the company from different brands within the Volkswagen Group. They'll take their seats on a seven-person board that arguably only has one member left who can be called a true dyed-in-the-wool Audi person.... Read More »

 

GUIDO REINKING

VW's Winterkorn sends a tough message to his executive team

12:01 am U.S. ET | June 11, 2012
Volkswagen Group CEO Martin Winterkorn sent an unmistakable message this month when he orchestrated a series of senior management changes. To reach the pinnacle of the global auto industry -- VW's declared ambition -- you must be tough and sometimes even cruel Guido Reinking is editor-in-chief of Automobilwoche, a corporate sibling of Automotive News.... Read More »

 

Winners and losers in VW's management overhaul

June 4, 2012 14:57 CET
Volkswagen's overhaul of senior management aims at improving the group's performance in three key areas: China, Audi and heavy trucks. The reshuffle creates a management board position dedicated solely to China and replaces three board members at Audi, the premium brand that drives the group's profitability.... Read More »

 

Audi gets new sales, purchasing, development bosses as part of VW shake-up

June 2, 2012 15:04 CET
Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn replaced three Audi board members and added a board level post for China as part of a shake-up of top management to push forward his growth plans for the automaker.... Read More »

 

LUCA CIFERRI

With Mazda, Alfa may have the right partner for a Spider revival

12:01 am U.S. ET | May 23, 2012
With Mazda, Alfa Romeo may finally have found the right partner to help it replace its front-wheel-drive Spider roadster.... Read More »

 

LUCA CIFERRI

With Mazda, Alfa may have the right partner for a Spider revival

12:01 am U.S. ET | May 23, 2012
With Mazda, Alfa Romeo may finally have found the right partner to help it replace its front-wheel-drive Spider roadster.... Read More »

 

FINAL ASSEMBLY

German press expects Audi to shuffle exec deck

12:01 am U.S. ET | May 21, 2012
A senior management shake-up is in the works at Audi. According to German media reports, Volkswagen marketing chief Luca de Meo will replace Audi sales boss Peter Schwarzenbauer, who once headed Porsche's North American sales arm.... Read More »