For the first eight months of the year, the brand sold around 1,030,450 models; up by 7.2%. August alone also saw strong sales, up 9.8% to around 118,650 deliveries.

Audi’s leading markets were North America (+19.6%) and in the Asia-Pacific region (+22.4%).

However, sales figures in Europe were down 3.4% in August to around 46,100 units while deliveries were down 2.3% year-to-date at about 490,450.

‘With double-digit growth, the United States and China again take the lead in Audi’s positive performance in August. We are therefore well on track to reach our strategic target of 1.5 million deliveries this year,’ said Luca de Meo, member of the board of management for sales at Audi AG. ‘In Europe, there is still a strong headwind in many markets. The A3 Sedan will be launched here beginning next week and will provide an additional impulse.’

Strong sellers included the Q3, with deliveries in August up by 45.0% to around 10,750 units, while Q5 sales were up 40.9% last month to around 19,800 units.