12.7.2019. Audi has delivered in June around the world 166.700 Premium Automobiles, which were 1.7 per cent more than in the same period last year. For global growth, in particular, the largest single market of China (+22,2%), who graduated in June with a new record made.
Across all markets, particularly the Premium flagship of the brand, the Audi A8 what is in demand last month, with an increase of 53.2 percent. Global growth at Audi Q2 (+46,2%), Audi Q5 (+32,1%) or the new Audi Q3 in Europe (+51.0%) and for the continuing popularity of the SUV range. Since January, the brand with the Four rings handed over around 906.200 cars (-4,5%) to customers.
“The first half of the year was still many challenges on how to Model changes in volume models, and late effects of the WLTP conversion dominated,” says Martin Sander, who had led in the first half of the year, the Board of management responsible for sales and Marketing operations. 1. In July, he took over the leadership of the new division of sales in Europe, which includes, in addition to the European export markets for the first time, Germany.
“The good June results us for the second half of the year optimistic. We expect the impulses for growth, because our model offensive is about to unfold with the new Audi Q3 Sportback, the revised Q7 and A4 models, and our Plug – in Hybrid models are increasingly effective. At the same time we prepare the transition to the test procedure WLTP 2nd Act-intensive,“ says Sander.
Audi Q7 (photo: AUDI AG)
In China, the number of deliveries rose in June to 58.877 vehicles, which represents an increase of 22.2 percent. Among the most highly sought after models such as the Audi A4 L (+11,7%) or the Audi Q5 L (+64,8%). The China-specific long wheelbase version of the City-SUV, the Audi Q2 delivery with 3.806 units sold very successfully. Since the beginning of the year the brand delivered with the Four rings in the middle Kingdom, 312.502 cars to customers, an increase of 1.9 percent. Thus, the company closed the first half of the year with a new record.
In the United States, Audi was able to hold in June, the record level of the previous year. In a still weak overall market, and in spite of the model change in the volume model, the Audi Q3, which comes only in the second of the year, the dealers delivered the company 19.409 units helped.
Audi Q3 (photo: AUDI AG)
Compared to the previous month, this represents a slight decline of 0.3 percent. A positive impact of the full availability of the range of the upper class models A6, A7, Q7, Q8 and A8 recorded strong growth compared to the same period last year (+47,7%) made since the beginning of the year. Demand for the Audi Q5, as most popular Audi model in the United States, increased only in June to 42.7 percent. In the first of the year, the company handed over a total of 101.440 cars below (-6.0%) to customers helped. The North America Region in the first six months with a fall of 8.6 percent to around 123.350 units. In June, the number of deliveries what approximately 23,200 (-5,5%).
In Europe, Audi handed over in June, around 76.050 Premium Automobiles (-3,4%) to customers. Since the beginning of the year, the number of deliveries totalled around 419.450. This corresponds to a Minus of 4.5 percent. The Positive half was the first year in France (+5,4%), Denmark (+23,3%) and Norway (+13,7%). Germany closed the first half of the year, with 152.431 vehicles sold (-3,0%).
In June, the home market what due to the upcoming model change, among other things, the most popular model, the Audi A4, as well as an overall restrained market environment weaker: The number of deliveries what 25.318, a decrease of 8.3 percent compared to the same month last year. A particularly strong about the Audi Q3 (+60.8%) and the Audi A6 (+11,4%) were in demand on the German market in June.
Audi A8 (photo: AUDI AG)
