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Audi Sets New U.S. Sales Record of 139,310 Vehicles in 2012; December Ranks as Best Month Ever

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•Sales mix for Audi S / RS performance models finished the month at 16% for the S4; 40.2% for the S5 coupe/ RS 5 coupe; 29.2% for the S5 Cabriolet; 6.2% for the S6; 12.6% for the S7; 14.7% for the S8; 29.5% for the TTS Roadster, and 57.6% for the TTS and TT RS coupe.•The Audi allroad finished the month at 435 sales (in addition to two Audi A4 Avant sales), compared to 260 Audi A4 Avant sales in December 2011. For the year, allroad sales amounted to 3,115 units (in addition to 1,252 A4 Avant sales in 2012) compared to 3,505 A4 Avant sales in 2011. The Audi allroad went on sale in the summer of 2012.•Audi A5 sales increased 23.5% compared to December 2011; YTD sales rose 12.3% compared to 2011.•Sales of Audi A6 increased 1.1% compared to December 2011; 2012 sales rose 70.8% compared to 2011.•Sales of Audi A8 increased to 900 units, up 32.7% compared to December 2011; YTD sales rose 5.3% compared to 2011.•Sales of Audi Q5 increased 55.2% compared to December 2011; YTD sales rose 15.1% compared to 2011.•Sales of Audi Q7 increased 62.5% compared to December 2011; YTD sales rose 22.3% compared to 2011.•Sales mix for Audi TDI clean diesel models finished the month at 53.1% for the A3 TDI and 27.7% for Q7 TDI. Sales mix over all of 2012 for the A3 TDI stood at 53.4% and at 30.4% for the Q7 TDI.•For the record-setting year, three Audi models recorded year-over-year sales increases of 20% or more -- the A6, A7 and Q7.

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AUDI US SNAPSHOT                                --YTD--                  December  December            December  DecemberModel Line        '12       '11       Yr/Yr %   '12 YTD   '11 YTD   Yr/Yr %                  Actual    Actual    change    Actual    Actual    changeA3                397       635       -37.5%    7,205     6,561     9.8%A4 / allroad      3,806     3,722     2.3%      38,530    35,234    9.4%A5                1,572     1,273     23.5%     17,270    15,385    12.3%A6                1,875     1,855     1.1%      18,998    11,124    70.8%A7                926       887       4.4%      8,598     6,270     37.1%A8                900       678       32.7%     6,002     5,700     5.3%Audi Q5           3,626     2,337     55.2%     28,671    24,908    15.1%Audi Q7           1,493     919       62.5%     11,008    8,998     22.3%R8                51        133       -61.7%    802       1,145     -30%TT                195       216       -9.7%     2,226     2,236     -0.4%Total Audi Sales  14,841    12,655    17.3%     139,310   117,561   18.5%Total CPO Sales   3,321     3,406     -2.5%     36,469    37,259    -2.1%



NOTES:

- 2012 A4 includes Audi A4 Avant, A4 sedan, S4 sedan and Audi allroad models.
- 2012 A5 includes Audi A5 coupe, S5 coupe, RS 5 coupe, A5 Cabriolet and S5 Cabriolet models.
- 2012 A6 includes Audi A6 sedan and S6 sedan.
- 2012 A7 includes A7 sedan and S7 sedan.
- 2012 A8 includes Audi A8 sedan, A8L sedan and S8 sedan models.
- TT includes Audi TT, TTS, TT RS coupe'; TT and TTS roadster models.
- R8 includes Audi R8 coupe and R8 Spyder models.



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