Archive for the ‘Audi China’ category
New Audi A4 All Roader Sighted in China
The Audi A4 has been a killer car for Audi in the Chinese market, the compact sedan became a mid size sedan with the addition of extra leg room for rear passengers as business focused consumers would use the A4 as a chauffeured vehicle. In recent months luxury car manufacturers have been putting a greater [...]
Audi A4L to get a facelift for 2012 onwards
The Audi A4L has been a big seller in the Chinese market and took Audi’s German rivals by surprise, other manufacturers have struggled to keep up with the march of the A4L into the business, government and family use market over the past 18 months the car has been on the market. For 2012 Audi [...]
Audi not sexy enough for Chinese consumers
Business Week are reporting that Audi is loosing its sex appeal to its rivals BMW and Mercedes, but is that really the case? The A6L is the cornerstone of the Chinese governments automotive fleet, but the last generation A4 was certainly a ‘personal use’ vehicle and the new A4L seems to span the lines of [...]
Next Generation Audi A6 prowling the roads in China
Audi was the first luxury car maker to enter the Chinese market, and they have exploited that early entry with great success, in 2010 their sales reached 240,000 vehicles and are continuing to improve into 2011. On the other hand, Mercedes and BMW entered the Chinese market relatively late and have been trying to catch [...]
Audi A1 readying for launch in China, to be priced from 220,00rmb and rising
The Audi A1 has already hit the market in certain Western countries, but it has yet to take to the roads in China, but thanks to a material leak it appears that the A1 will be hitting Chinese roads in mid October. The A1 sits on the PQ25 platform which is already shared with the [...]
Audi to expand capacity to 700,000 units per year in China
FAW-Volkswagen’s general manager Mr. An Tie Cheng revealed on July 11 that Audi plans to raise its capacity in China from near 300,000 units to 700,000 units, and to increase the number of dealers from 185 to 500 by 2015. Meanwhile, Audi will launch mild hybrid versions of its full product series next year. The [...]
Chinese made Audi A6L to launch in early 2012
The Chinese business and civil service communities were obviously exited yesterday when news of the new Audi A6L being launched in China was aired. The A6L is a staple of government departments and business users across China where it is often used as a chauffeured vehicle, with extra room in the back for business users, [...]
Audi Q3 will be made in China next year
Previous reports indicated that the new Audi Q3 will be made in China in 2013, and it may be imported to China as early as next year. However, according to the latest Chinese media reports, the Audi Q3 is now under trial production in FAW’s Changchun factory, and will be made in China and launched [...]
Next generation Audi A6 spotted in China, to hit the market soon
Any new models from Audi are bound to become big headlines in the Chinese media, the Audi A6 is no exception. The A6 was one of the first models to make Audi a major brand in China, the previous Audi 100 and Audi 200 models did sell well but the A6 was what defined the [...]
Audi A6 spied out testing, has Chinese media in a frenzy
There are two things that can excite the Chinese automotive media: the Audi A4L and the Audi A6L. The Audi brand is traditionally the weakest of the German three, but owing to Audi’s early entry into the Chinese market Audi were able to gain a massive market share way ahead of their German rivals, and [...]
Audi RS5 for China – spied in a parking lot
The Audi RS5 was on show at the Shanghai Auto Show, and now its out testing ahead of a launch later this year. China has gone through its sedan stages, and is now finally moving into the performance era. The Audi A5 has been on the market for sometime already, along with an S5 model [...]
Audi Q3 released ahead of Shanghai Auto Show
China is Audi’s biggest market in terms of sales, especially as they cleared sales of over 220,000 vehicles in 2010 based on a line up of three locally made cars (Q5, A4L, A6) and 5 imports (A3, A5, A8, Q7, TT). The Q3 will be having its premier in Shanghai rather than New York or [...]
Audi Q3 Confirmed for Shanghai Auto Show
Earlier this week the Western automotive press went crazy for the new Audi Q3 SUV, being a Chinese car focused blog this kind of slipped off radar, our bad. The market for luxury crossovers has boomed in China, Audi were the first to introduce the Q5 as a locally produced vehicle into China with their [...]
Audi A1 S-Line sighted in China
The market for small premium cars is heating up fast in the Chinese auto market with several companies offering their mini luxury models in the PRC. Audi are expected to join the fray with their redesigned Audi A1 model in 2011, the A1 has been spotted out testing once before in China but this is [...]
Next generation of Audi A6L spotted out testing in China
The Audi A6L has been a top seller in the Chinese market and has captured the entire executive business use market and also the government minister market in a single swoop, its German rivals in the form of the Mercedes-Benz E-Class and BMW 5-series can barely keep up with the A6L’s popularity in China. The [...]
2011 Audi A6L launched in China
The 2012 Audi A6 may have only just been released at the North American International Auto Show, but for the Chinese market the A6 is getting a slight make over for 2011. The 2012 model is expected to launch towards the end of the year, although we might see it at the Shanghai Auto Show [...]
Audi A8 breaks cover in China to an impressed audience
The Audi A8 had its Chinese launch in Guangzhou yesterday and left audiences impressed with the latest incarnation of the popular full size sedan. The A8 is imported into China from Germany and has found itself a niche market in the high end sedan market where the A8 is almost exclusively used as a chauffeured [...]
China will become Audi’s biggest market in 2011
From Bloomberg: Volkswagen AG’s Audi luxury unit said China will replace Germany as its biggest market in 2011 “at the latest” as sales in the country boom, Audi Chief Financial Officer Axel Strotbek. Audi aims to deliver one million vehicles in China, where it outsells rivals Bayerische Motoren Werke AG and Daimler AG’s Mercedes-Benz, over [...]
Audi A3 Sedan to be built in China
The Audi A3 was recently succesfully introduced into China with 1.4TSI and 1.8TSI engine, but joint venture partners Audi and First Automobile Works are planning to capitalize on the A3′s recent media popularity by producing the yet to launch A3 Sedan in the Chinese market. Audi have been without a compact sedan offering since they [...]
Audi A1 out testing in China – to be launched soon?
The Audi A1 has only just gone on the market in Europe following its Geneva launch in early 2010, but it appears that Audi are moving fast to get it on the market in China also. The premium super mini segment has so far been controlled by MINI, but with Audi and BMW both having [...]
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