VW sales up

Published April 11, 2012

FRANKFURT, April 10: Audi, the car-maker owned by German auto giant Volkswagen, said on Tuesday it achieved record sales in the first quarter of 2012, thanks to strong demand in China.

Audi said it sold 346,100 cars worldwide in the January-March period, up 10.8pc compared with a year earlier.

“This past quarter was the best in our company’s history,” Audi said in a statement.

With Chinese sales soaring by 40.5pc to 90,063 in the three months, Audi also achieved its best quarter ever in China, it said.—AFP

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