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Rupert Stadler told Welt am Sonntag in an interview published on Sunday that he saw great opportunities in electric cars and expected diesel and battery technology to dominate in the coming five to ten years.
“By then we will offer cars without exhaust emissions,” Stadler said. More
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The company is also ready to start assembling its, yet to be launched, A4 variant in the country with an investment of 10 million euros.
“We are expecting to sell 1,200 of our cars in the Indian market in 2008 compared to 350 cars sold last year on the back of growing demand for luxury cars in the market,” said Audi India MD Benoit Tiers, who was here to launch a showroom. Read more
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“With Audi Pune, we inaugurate today the largest luxury car showroom in the town. We are opening this second dealership in Maharashtra for our customers to see and feel the exclusivity, sophistication and progressiveness,” Audi India Managing Director Benoit Tiers said in a statement.
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Audi India has commenced production of the Audi A6 at Aurangabad and expects to manufacture 300-400 units of the luxury midsize sedan, intended exclusively for the Indian market, by the end of 2008. It also plans to launch assembly of the Audi A4 later this year.
In a statement, Mr Rupert Stadler, Chairman, Board of Management, Audi AG said, ?Starting our own production there is the best way to adequately serve such a promising growth market like India?. He added that ?India is one of the components of our Strategy 2015, which aims to achieve sales of 1.5 million automobiles per year worldwide. We want to be the most successful premium brand in India as well?. More
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Luxury car maker Audi on Thursday said it has started production of its mid-size sedan A6 at its Aurangabad facility in Maharashtra following which the model will become cheaper by Rs 1.4-2.1 lakh.
The company is also investing 30 million euros (about Rs 180 crore) in Aurangabad to have a capacity of 2,000 A6 units by 2015. Read more
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DaimlerChrysler sees brisk sales of Merc in India
Published August 3rd, 2007 in DaimlerChrysler India, Volkswagen, Audi and BMW. 0 CommentsDaimlerChrysler sees brisk demand for its luxury Mercedes-Benz cars in India and is targeting a wider base of aspirational buyers through financing schemes.
DaimlerChrysler said sales of its premium Mercedes cars had reached almost 1,500 in the first seven months of 2007, up 22 per cent from the same period a year earlier.
The company, which competes with BMW, Volkswagen’s Audi and Porsche, sold 2,121 vehicles in 2006, an 11 per cent rise on 2005 sales. The increase comes despite five interest rate increases since June last year, which have hurt sales of other vehicles and motorbikes. More
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Bigger ‘n’ brawnier SUV mart
Published July 17th, 2007 in HM/Mitsubishi, Toyota India and Audi. 0 CommentsWesterners may be beginning to realise that gigantic gas-guzzling trucks (as they often refer to SUVs) are better suited for that occasional fling and a more fuel-efficient vehicle would suit the their daily routine better. However, fuel efficiency is the last thing on the mind of the affluent and hungry Indian auto buyers. More
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