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Audi 1Q 2014 China sales up 21.1% to 124,520 units; “2nd home market”

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Audi sold 124,520 units during 1Q 2014 in China—an increase of 21.1% Audi began China production of the A3 Sportback in March; production of the A3 Sedan will start in the summer. Audi is also the only premium manufacturer to produce two SUVs locally, the Audi Q3 and the Q5. compared with the prior-year period.

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Audi’s new 3.0L diesel; ready for 48V mild hybrid system

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Audi engineers have intensively further developed the new 3.0 In the new Audi A5 and Q5 models, the V6 diesel outputs 210 kW (286 hp) as well as 620 N·m (457lb-ft) of torque (this engine version is not yet for sale. As with all V engines from Audi, its two banks lie at a 90-degree angle from one another.

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Volkswagen Group appoints new heads of Global R&D, Group Design, Group Product and Modular Toolkit Strategy

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He began his career at Audi in Ingolstadt in 1987. He held various responsibilities in the export section of Sales at Volkswagen AG from 1983. He was given responsibility for sales in North-West Europe at the Volkswagen brand from 1995. Wolfram Thomas takes charge of Group Production.

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Volkswagen Group closing in on 3M units sold in China this year

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Audi deliveries grew 19.7% over the January-November period in 2012, with 443,700 deliveries for the period in 2013. —Group Board Member for Sales Christian Klingler. The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand delivered more than 2.26 million units through November (January–November 2012: 1.92; +17.5 to 217,400. to 217,400.

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

Clean Fleet Report

Audi E-tron 5,612. It’s a robust list of a variety of models–the majority of which are focused on the hot crossover segment–with total sales of more than 150,000 from six major automaker groups. The German Juggernaut — the Volkswagen ID4, Audi E-tron(s) & Porsche Taycan. First Drive: 2013 RAV4 EV.

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Used electric vehicle pricing guide: How much you’ll pay for a pre-loved Tesla Model 3, Hyundai Kona Electric, MG ZS EV and many more

EV Central

These tiny i-MiEVs were the first EVs on sale in Australia in 2010. Only 250 sold – very few to private buyers at the silly $48,800 asking price – before being pulled in 2013. We found only four for sale, with $28,880 for a 190km range 2014 60Ah version with 100,000km the cheapest.

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Volkswagen Group delivers more than 10M vehicles in one year for first time

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December also turned in positive results, with deliveries running at 881,000 (December 2013: 857,600; +2.7%) units. We are also making good progress with our other main goals: return on sales, customer satisfaction and top employer. —Group Board member for Sales Christian Klingler. In total, 10.14