Audi, the premium brand positioned within the leading automotive conglomerate, Volkswagen Group has attained record sales for the month of May on the global platform. The sales growth witnessed a shoot up by 13.7 percent with a hike in sales quantum to 1,28,900 units of its luxury cars and SUVs sold in the international auto market.
In the initial five months of the current calendar year, the Germany based luxury car brand has scored an impressive sale of 6,00,200 units across the world, which indicates a surge by around 12.1 percent as compared to the sales achieved during the corresponding period last year.
Mr. Peter Schwarzenbauer, Board Member for Marketing & Sales, Audi, was quoted as saying, "The current order intake proves that for the first half of the year, we will exceed our expectations in all regions."
The sales growth attained by the company during the month of May this year highlight the fact that the major chunk has been contributed by the sales in the Chinese and the U.S market. The sales numbers in China stood at 36,278 units in the last month with sales growth measured at around 44 percent. With 10 percent growth in the sales volume, the units sold in the U.S market was totalled at 11,503 vehicles.
Moreover, the sales growth recorded for the respective month in Europe is around 3.8 percent, which is comparatively lower as against the sales growth reported in China and US owing to the fact that the economic conditions persisting in Europe is currently not growth affable.
