Audi India, the leading luxury car maker in the Indian auto market, is all set to launch its much popular luxury sports utility vehicle (SUV) – Audi Q7 – in the country in the second quarter of this year.
The Q7 crossover will be brought to the Indian market through CKD (completely knocked down) unit route, followed by its assembling at the firm’s Aurangabad based manufacturing unit in Maharashtra. Importing the vehicle through CKD route will enable the firm to price this model more competitively, as it will be attracting lesser excise duty as compared to the CBU (completely Built Unit) route.
As per the unconfirmed media reports, the after launching the Q7 model by the mid of this year, Audi India will start the assembling operations of the car by the end of year 2012, which means the interested buyers will be able to get their vehicles by early next year.
Audi India has been planning to start assembling its popular luxury vehicles like Q7. The company has already commenced assembly operations of the Q5 Crossover at its Aurangabad based manufacturing unit from last year.
![Audi Q7 [2015-2020]](https://imgd-ct.aeplcdn.com/160x89/cw/ec/26521/Audi-Q7-Right-Front-Three-Quarter-165498.jpg?wm=0&q=80 "Audi Q7 [2015-2020]")
