Audi India starts the year with record growth
- Vehicle sales in January 2010: 306 cars
- Growth of 181 percent to previous period
Mumbai - Audi, the German luxury car manufacturer, has made a great start to 2010 with an impressive 181 percent growth in India for January 2010. Audi India's countrywide vehicle sales in January this year grew to 306 cars as compared to 109 units sold in January 2009.
Despite the challenging market conditions prevalent during the last year, Audi India registered record sales of 1,658 cars, a growth of 58 percent for the calendar year 2009.
“Audi India posted continuous sales growth all through 2009 and we start the New Year with record sales. In January 2010 our sales more than doubled from last year. We look forward to keeping this momentum through the rest of the year. In keeping with our India strategy, our focus this year will be on network expansion and consolidation. We plan to expand our dealership network to mini-metro cities in addition to introducing new offerings. This reaffirms our commitment of superior performance and great value, to the Indian customer, which is at the core of our philosophy of 'Vorsprung durch Technik’." said Benoit Tiers, Managing Director, Audi India.
Following an impressive growth of 58 percent last year (1,658 cars), Audi India has set an aggressive growth target of 40 percent for Year 2010 (2,300 cars). The growth figures for January indicate Audi’s progress in the right direction.
The Audi model range in India includes the Audi A4, the new Audi A6, the Audi A8, the Audi Q5, the new Audi Q7, the Audi TT and the super sports car Audi R8. The entire Audi model range is available at eight showrooms across the country: in Gurgaon, Chandigarh, Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Kochi. Early 2010 will witness the opening of new showrooms in Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai (West), Jaipur, Chennai, Ludhiana. Further developments include Lucknow, Coimbatore and Nagpur.
