{"id":521569,"date":"2010-04-09T06:49:12","date_gmt":"2010-04-09T10:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/?p=54548"},"modified":"2010-04-09T06:49:12","modified_gmt":"2010-04-09T10:49:12","slug":"audi%e2%80%99s-quarterly-global-sales-top-mercedes-benz-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/521569","title":{"rendered":"Audi\u2019s quarterly global sales top Mercedes-Benz for the first time"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Audi passed Mercedes-Benz in global quarterly new-car sales for the first time ever. The Volkswagen owned luxury brand outsold Stuttgart’s Mercedes-Benz 264,100 to 248,500 during the first three months of 2010. The quarterly sales result was a new record and 25.9 percent above the same period last year for Audi.<\/p>\n

The move brings Audi closer to its goal to become the “most successful luxury automaker in the world by 2015,” at which point it hopes to sell 1.5 million cars a year.<\/p>\n

Audi came in at third place for all of 2009, behind Mercedes-Benz. BMW was ranked No. 1 for 2009. Analysts say that Mercedes-Benz may have trouble regaining second place as the year progresses.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe expect continued growth compared to last year in the second quarter of 2010,\u201d Audi sales chief Peter Schwarzenbauer said in a statement.<\/p>\n

We’re guessing the new compact Audi A1<\/a> will also help boost 2010 sales.<\/p>\n

– By: Omar Rana<\/em><\/p>\n

Source: Automotive News<\/a> (Subscription Required)<\/p>\n

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Audi passed Mercedes-Benz in global quarterly new-car sales for the first time ever. The Volkswagen owned luxury brand outsold Stuttgart’s Mercedes-Benz 264,100 to 248,500 during the first three months of 2010. The quarterly sales result was a new record and 25.9 percent above the same period last year for Audi. The move brings Audi closer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-521569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=521569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521569\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=521569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=521569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}