Audi Reports May 2005 Sales Results

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., June 1 -- Audi of America, Inc. reported May sales of 6,455, representing a slight decrease when compared to May 20, 200504 sales of 6,874. For the year, Audi sales are 30,492, almost on par with 2004 year-to-date sales of 31,023 (-1.7%).

"Year-to-date both our new A6 and the Audi A8 have shown a strong performance", says Audi of America Sales Director Reinhard Fischer. "January to May 2005 the Audi A6 is up 32% over last year, while our flagship model, the Audi A8, is up 7.2% over last year." Strong sales impulses are also expected by the new Audi A3 which was only released in May but is already represented with 561 units in Audi's May sales results. Says Fischer, "first customer orders for Audi's newest model are very encouraging. Dealers are reporting a tremendous interest in Audi's newest offering, aided by an entirely new and unconventional marketing campaign."

                             AUDI OF AMERICA
                              MAY 2005 SALES

  AUDI U.S. SNAPSHOT                                 YEAR-TO-DATE
              May-05    May-04    Yr/Yr %    May-05      May-04    Yr/Yr %
              Actual    Actual    change   YTD Actual  YTD Actual  change

  A3            561         -       N/A        736           -       N/A
  TT            293       557     -47.4%     1,336       2,395     -44.2%
  A4          2,672     3,149     -15.1%    13,812      15,440     -10.5%
  A4/S4
   Cabriolet    848       975     -13.0%     3,990       3,994      -0.1%
  A6          1,313     1,378      -4.7%     7,102       5,376      32.1%
  Allroad       316       434     -27.2%     1,274       1,726     -26.2%
  A8 / S8       452       381      18.6%     2,242       2,092       7.2%
  TOTAL       6,455     6,874      -6.1%    30,492      31,023      -1.7%