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Audi Reports Best March Sales Ever

2 April 2000

54.4 Percent Increase Over March 1999

Editor's Note: The report of VW and Audi's sales being their best in two decades 
should not surprise anyone, every vehicle manufactured by VW/Audi is fantastic.  
If you haven't had the chance to drive one, you should take a test drive.

    AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - Audi of America, Inc. reported sales of 6,868 for the 
month of March, up 54.4 percent over the same month last year when sales were 
4,448.  It was Audi's best March ever.

    Increases were seen in every Audi model range.  The primary drivers were
the A6 with sales totaling 2,945, a 33.2 percent increase over March 1999 and
the A4 with 3,205 sales, up 57.3 percent.

    The TT continues to sell at a solid pace with 415 for the month.  For the
first time in its model history, TT sales include Coupe combined with the new
2001 Roadster, which went on sale in some parts of the country at the end of
the March.  The TT Roadster and 225-horsepower Coupe will be available
nationwide in early-April.

    Audi's all-aluminum flagship A8 climbed to 302 units sold, a 65 percent
increase over March 1999.  The long wheelbase version, the A8 L, accounted for
about 50 percent of the sales in March, the first full sales month since its
launch.