Despite challenging conditions, Audi reported a positive performance of deliveries to customers for 2019, with the total of about 1,845,550 cars representing an increase of 1.8%. In all three core markets, the company delivered more cars in 2019 than in the previous year.

In China, the company (www.audi.com) set a new record with a total of 690,083 vehicles delivered (+4.1%). In the USA, deliveries continued at the very high level of 2018 with an increase of 0.4%, while demand in Germany increased by 4.3%. In December alone, the company delivered about 176,000 cars, 13.9% more than in Dec-ember 2018.

In terms of the model range, Audi increased its deliveries in the C-SUV segment in 2019 by 46.2% compared with the previous year.

This is primarily due to the ‘positive performance’ of the Audi e-tron and Audi Q8, although these models have only recently become available in all core regions.

The first all-electric large-scale production model — the Audi e-tron — was launched in Europe in March, came to North America in early summer, and has been available as an imported model in China since November.

In a cross-segment electric-SUV comparison, it is the market leader in Germany, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden and Austria.