Audi sees China car sales up 25% in Q1

Audi, Volkswagen's high-end line, saw a handsome increase of 25% year-on-year in China car sales in the first quarter of this year, according to Zhang Xiaojun, Deputy Managing Director of the FAW-Volkswagen Audi Sales Division.

The luxury auto maker sold 30,000 vehicles in the first three months in China, the largest overseas market for the brand, Zhang said.

Last year, Audi sold a total of 101,996 units in China, up 24.8% from the previous year, accounting for more than 10% of its global sales. It aims at selling 200,000 units annually in the country before 2015.