Audi expects to sell at 80 000 A1 in the year

Audi The company expects that its brand new model A1, sales of which start this year, will become a real bestseller. Told reporters board member Peter Shvartsenbauer Audi AG, forecast sales in the first year is 80 000 units. The Audi explain this optimism growing popularity of compact models and the overall recovery of the world auto market. "Those people who, for practical reasons to choose small cars, are tired of the" boxes on wheels "- explained P. Shvartsenbauer. - Now they need not just a set of basic functions, and a full design and latest technological advances."

The world's first compact car, referring to the premium segment, will debut at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2010. Audi A1 will be produced in a hatchback with three and five doors, will receive a sports version of S1, and later the possible transformation of the model in the cabriolet.