{"id":16787,"date":"2016-06-09T20:15:37","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T12:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/?p=16787"},"modified":"2016-06-09T20:15:37","modified_gmt":"2016-06-09T12:15:37","slug":"audi-sales-increase-by-6-7-percent-in-may-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/2016\/06\/audi-sales-increase-by-6-7-percent-in-may-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Audi sales increase by 6.7 percent in May 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/fb:like>

AUDI AG sold around 164,150 cars to customers in May, representing a global increase of 6.7 percent year on year. With their new model generations, growth for the A4 Sedan and the A4 Avant reached 16.2 percent. The new Q7 full size SUV also continued its successful start, up 79.6 percent in May. For the entire model lineup, Audi sales increased in all of the brand\u2019s three key regions \u2013 by 9.7 percent in Europe, by 5.7 percent in Asia Pacific and by 3.8 percent in North America. Worldwide deliveries since January rose to around 784,250, up 5.3 percent compared with the same period in 2015.<\/p>\n

\"Audi<\/p>\n

\u201cMay once again showed that our new\u00a0models are finding strong\u00a0acceptance in the market,\u201d says Dietmar\u00a0Voggenreiter, Member of the Board\u00a0of\u00a0Management for Sales\u00a0and\u00a0Marketing at AUDI\u00a0AG. \u201cThis is a strong signal for the Audi\u00a0Q2 and the new\u00a0A5, which we presented a few\u00a0days ago. Like its predecessor, the new\u00a0A5\u00a0Coup\u00e9 will win over customers with particularly high demands in terms of design and performance, giving Audi an even sportier boost.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Audi\u00a0Q2 and the second\u00a0generation of the A5\u00a0Coup\u00e9 will arrive at dealers in the fourth\u00a0quarter, initially in Europe. Audi already sold around 320,000\u00a0cars of the current A5\u00a0Coup\u00e9\u00a0generation; the United\u00a0States is the highest selling market for the model. In 2015, one\u00a0in\u00a0four A5\u00a0Coup\u00e9 models sold to customers was a very sporty S\u00a0or\u00a0RS\u00a0model.<\/p>\n

Besides the Q7 (+79.6% to around 9,050\u00a0cars) and the A4\u00a0Sedan and Avant\u00a0models (+16.2% to around 31,000\u00a0cars), the TT and Q3 also recorded high\u00a0growth\u00a0rates last month: Global demand for the compact sports car increased by 18.2\u00a0percent to around 2,900\u00a0units, while the Q3 was up 19.7\u00a0percent with around 19,700\u00a0units.<\/p>\n

In Europe, a total of around 76,000\u00a0customers chose an Audi in May, amounting to 9.7\u00a0percent more than a year ago. While the UK (+2.8% to 14,020\u00a0cars) reported moderate growth for the four\u00a0rings, especially Germany (+13.4% to 28,031\u00a0cars) and Spain (+20.2% to 4,860\u00a0cars) stood out among the major markets. In Europe overall, the new Q7 is making a significant contribution to the positive development for Audi. With around 17,650\u00a0units of the full\u2011size\u00a0SUV since January, Audi handed over more Q7 in only five\u00a0months than in the last\u00a0full\u00a0year of its predecessor\u00a0model. In 2014, sales of the Q7 in the region amounted to 13,281\u00a0units.<\/p>\n

Audi\u2019s\u00a0large\u00a0SUV is also highly popular with customers in the United\u00a0States. Across the entire model\u00a0portfolio, Audi\u00a0of\u00a0America\u2019s\u00a0sales in May slightly exceeded the 2015\u00a0reference\u00a0value (+1.6% to 18,728\u00a0cars), although the month was two\u00a0selling days shorter this year. Cumulative\u00a0sales of 78,489\u00a0Audi\u00a0cars in the United\u00a0States since\u00a0January are 4.2\u00a0percent higher than in the same\u00a0period\u00a0last\u00a0year. In Mexico (+10.3% to 1,303\u00a0cars), the four\u00a0rings continued to make significant\u00a0gains in May as the new A4 and the new\u00a0Q7 have become successfully established in the market. Total sales for the month on the entire American\u00a0continent were thus favorable despite the difficult market\u00a0trend in Brazil (-35.9% to 825\u00a0cars): Around 25,000\u00a0deliveries amounted to an increase of 2.1\u00a0percent in the region.<\/p>\n

In China, Audi once again benefited from its pioneering\u00a0role in the local premium compact\u00a0segment last\u00a0month: Dealers handed over 7,359\u00a0units of the A3, 14.8\u00a0percent more than a year\u00a0ago. For the Q3, sales\u00a0figures show 7,246\u00a0Chinese customers in May, up 29.1\u00a0percent. Sales of all Audi\u00a0models in China increased last month by 5.5\u00a0percent to 50,002. Among the other markets in the region, which have developed heterogeneously of late, Australia provided positive momentum for Audi with an increase of 4.0\u00a0percent to 2,002\u00a0cars delivered. Overall, the brand with the four\u00a0rings closed out the month of May in the Asia\u2011Pacific region with a sales increase of 5.7\u00a0percent to around 58,300\u00a0units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Sales for<\/strong>
\nAUDI AG<\/strong><\/td>\n		In May\u00a0 <\/strong><\/td>\nCumulative <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n2016<\/strong><\/td>\n2015<\/td>\nChange from 2015<\/strong><\/td>\n2016<\/strong><\/td>\n2015<\/td>\nChange from 2015<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
World<\/strong><\/td>\n164,150<\/strong><\/td>\n153,854<\/td>\n+6.7%<\/strong><\/td>\n784,250<\/strong><\/td>\n744,863<\/td>\n+5.3%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Europe<\/strong><\/td>\n76,000<\/strong><\/td>\n69,251<\/td>\n+9.7%<\/strong><\/td>\n376,600<\/strong><\/td>\n348,193<\/td>\n+8.2%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
– Germany<\/strong><\/td>\n28,031<\/strong><\/td>\n24,727<\/td>\n+13.4%<\/strong><\/td>\n138,138<\/strong><\/td>\n123,598<\/td>\n+11.8%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
– UK<\/strong><\/td>\n14,020<\/strong><\/td>\n13,641<\/td>\n+2.8%<\/strong><\/td>\n75,405<\/strong><\/td>\n72,548<\/td>\n+3.9%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
– France<\/strong><\/td>\n5,232<\/strong><\/td>\n4,851<\/td>\n+7.9%<\/strong><\/td>\n26,500<\/strong><\/td>\n25,172<\/td>\n+5.3%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
– Italy<\/strong><\/td>\n5,520<\/strong><\/td>\n5,336<\/td>\n+3.4%<\/strong><\/td>\n26,312<\/strong><\/td>\n23,157<\/td>\n+13.6%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
– Spain<\/strong><\/td>\n4,860<\/strong><\/td>\n4,043<\/td>\n+20.2%<\/strong><\/td>\n23,699<\/strong><\/td>\n20,468<\/td>\n+15.8%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
USA<\/strong><\/td>\n18,728<\/strong><\/td>\n18,428<\/td>\n+1.6%<\/strong><\/td>\n78,489<\/strong><\/td>\n75,353<\/td>\n+4.2%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mexico<\/strong><\/td>\n1,303<\/strong><\/td>\n1,181<\/td>\n+10.3%<\/strong><\/td>\n6,054<\/strong><\/td>\n5,333<\/td>\n+13.5%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brazil<\/strong><\/td>\n825<\/strong><\/td>\n1,288<\/td>\n-35.9%<\/strong><\/td>\n5,838<\/strong><\/td>\n7,158<\/td>\n-18.4%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
China <\/strong>
\n(incl. Hong Kong)<\/strong><\/td>\n		50,002<\/strong><\/td>\n47,410<\/td>\n+5.5%<\/strong><\/td>\n239,118<\/strong><\/td>\n226,021<\/td>\n+5.8%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/fb:like>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AUDI AG sold around 164,150 cars to customers in May, representing a global increase of 6.7 percent year on year. With their new model generations, growth for the A4 Sedan and the A4 Avant reached 16.2 percent. The new Q7 full size SUV also continued its successful start, up 79.6 percent in May. For the …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":16788,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[351,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-audi","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16787"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16789,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16787\/revisions\/16789"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}