Two wins for Audi in ‘Best Cars 2015’

April 08,2015

Audi notched two overall victories in this year’s “Best Cars” survey which polled readers of “auto motor und sport” magazine.

 

Prof. Dr. Ulrich Hackenberg, board member for Technical Development at Audi AG: “We are extremely happy about this important honor. It confirms the success of our brand in the small car and compact segment.”

 

Luca de Meo, board member for Sales at Audi AG, added: “More than 500,000 A1 cars have been sold since its market launch. The Q3 is also conquering a lot of market share for our brand and is the most popular premium SUV in its segment.”

 

Readers chose from a total of 386 models in 11 categories in the “Best Cars” survey. In each category, readers selected an overall winner and a top import. The A1 took first place in the “Small Car” category with 25 percent of the readers’ votes. The Audi Q3 came out on top in the “Compact SUV” category with 19 percent of the votes. In addition, the brand took second place in the “Upper Midsize Class” category with the Audi A6. Among the compact cars, the Audi A3 took third place. More than 112,471 readers participated in this year’s “Best Cars” vote, which was being held for the 39th time this year.

 

The Audi Group delivered approximately 1,741,100 cars of the Audi brand to customers in 2014. As one of the most successful models, the Audi A3 has been awarded the title of “World Car of the Year 2014“ by an international jury of journalists. In 2013, the company reported revenue of 49.9 billion euros and an operating profit of 5.03 billion euros.

 

The company operates globally in more than 100 markets and has production facilities in Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm (Germany), Gyor (Hungary), Brussels (Belgium), Bratislava (Slovakia), Martorell (Spain), Kaluga (Russia), Aurangabad (India), Changchun (China) and Jakarta (Indonesia). Since the end of 2013, the brand with the Four Rings has also been producing cars in Foshan (China). As of mid-2015, Audi will operate a production facility in São José dos Pinhais (Brazil), followed by San José Chiapa (Mexico) in 2016. Wholly owned subsidiaries of Audi AG include quattro GmbH (Neckarsulm), Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. (Sant’Agata Bolognese, Italy) and Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A. (Bologna, Italy), the sports motorcycle manufacturer.

 

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