Audi US sales reports
 

https://media.audiusa.com/en-us/releases/289

Q5 and Q7 are two best selling cars in 2018.

Overall Audi sales were down, but the Q5 especially helped save them from being much worse...no surprise about the Q7...best large lux suv out there ...for now

https://www.automobilemag.com/news/y...tsellers-2018/

I'm surprised sales didn't slip more, the german brands are not a good value compared the newest, classed-up American and Japanese brands. Almost bought a 4Runner myself this time around. Also the luxury brands are all going 4 cyl turbos and not lowering their prices.

They still own what the competitors wish they had, and that is the drive

What's surprising is the A8 taking a 50% hit. I get it the A6 was old model and everyone saw how good the new one would be but the a8? crazy

Q3 sucks so no surprise there

A8 is not a surprise as the new one is on the horizon, and has been released elsewhere. Buyers are generally savvy in that segment.

U.S dealers are already selling the new A8. No V8 yet, however.

Recently started. Which means the rest of the year people waited for the new model

Correct

New A8 launched before the A6, A7.

The A8 is not a volume car - it never has been. At best it sells a few hundred units a month.

But you're spot on - 3 quaters of the year, there was no real A8 to be sold. Every dealer wanted to get rid of what they had in stock as early as possible. Same would have been true for the A6 and A7, but the recall forced us to be stuck with 'em.

Our C7 A6 sales were one of the best last month for us. People accepted the older platform for a discount.