August 5, 2003 Strong growth in the rapidly expanding market of China Profit below previous year’s level INGOLSTADT, Germany – In the first six months of this year, Audi recorded its best first-half result to date, with sales of 387,767 cars worldwide (January – June 2002: 382,478), 1.4 percent more than in the same […] More »
By: admin | August 5, 2003
August 4, 2003 Audi is adding a thrifty sprinter to the range of versions of its compact sports model, the A3: inside its engine compartment, the A3 1.6 FSI has a four-cylinder engine with FSI petrol direct injection, developing 85 kW (115 bhp) and 155 Nm of torque. It propels the dynamic three-door model up […] More »
By: admin | August 4, 2003
August 3, 2003 During last weekend, Audi and Real Madrid presented their new premium partnership on the Asian market. Audi, which recently announced that it is the “royal” club’s exclusive automobile sponsor for the next three seasons, hosted the Spanish League Champions at its newly-opened Audi Forum in Beijing. The Forum is Audi’s ninth representative […] More »
By: admin | August 3, 2003
August 1, 2003 Audi of America, Inc. reported July sales of 7,973, representing an increase of 11.2 percent when compared to July, 2002 sales of 7,168. Strong sales of 408 for the all-new A8 L, combined with the success of the A4 Cabriolet and the Audi allroad, contributed to July 2003 being the second best […] More »
By: admin | August 1, 2003
July 24, 2003 Neckarsulm, Germany – At Audi’s Neckarsulm plant operations have begun in a EUR 19 million four-storey building which houses an extended emission test centre and offices for 200 Technical Development employees. One new feature is the SFTP (Supplemental Federal Test Procedure) rig. “This test dynamometer makes it possible to check the exhaust […] More »
By: admin | July 24, 2003
July 17, 2003 450 historic cars and 900 participants: these are the record figures expected at the 30th International Auto Union Historic Vehicle Meeting, to be held from August 1 to 3, 2003 at the Audi Forum in Ingolstadt. Cars and motorcycles built by Audi, Auto Union, DKW, Horch and Wanderer will be arriving from […] More »
By: admin | July 17, 2003
July 14, 2003 Audi continues its success story in China and is celebrating with the opening of an exclusive Audi Forum in the Chinese capital Beijing. This is the ninth Audi Forum worldwide after cities such as New York, Paris, London and Berlin, and the first in Asia. At the opening ceremony Erich Schmitt, Board […] More »
By: admin | July 14, 2003
