AUDI POSTS NEW SECTOR-LEADING QUARTERLY UK SALES RECORD

April 8, 2016 by Audi

◾Record-breaking Audi UK monthly and quarterly sales

◾March customer deliveries up 4.6% on the same period in 2015, quarterly sales up 5.5% YoY

◾Evenly spread demand and carefully managed supply across 43 model lines underpins success

Milton Keynes, April 8, 2016 – Audi UK has rounded off the first quarter of 2016 on a buoyant note with a sales result that not only confers number one premium brand status on the German car maker in passenger car retail terms but also establishes new domestic sales records not only for the quarter but also for the key month of March. A total of 47,380 Audi models found homes in the UK in the first three months of 2016, an increase of 5.5% on the same period last year. Of these, 30,483 sales were completed in the traditionally important plate change month.

As significant as the sector-leading total is the carefully planned route taken to reach it. It has remained true to the brand's long-held 'true premium' operating philosophy, avoiding dependence on any single model line and entailing prudent management of the various supply channels.

Further evidence of the brand's disciplined approach can be seen in the fact that quarter one has seen Audi consolidate its sales lead in retail and true fleet channels, the traditional indicators of brand health and desirability.

'In the wake of a record-breaking full-year sales figure in 2015 this latest result bodes very well for our continued growth in 2016 and beyond,' commented Audi UK Head of Sales Cian O'Brien.

'Our upward trajectory is being achieved organically by virtue of rising demand that isn't centred on any one model. That demand is augmented each time we enter new segments with acclaimed new models, and is leveraged by the inherent strength of our distinctively premium brand image,' he added.

Audi has posted new car sales records in 12 of the past 15 years, finishing 2000 with 43,600 customer deliveries and almost quadrupling this figure in 2015 with a final total of 166,709 sales. Over the past four years the Audi UK market share at full year has grown from 5.9 per cent in 2011 to 6.3 per cent for the full year 2015.