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Audi:- August Horch, who founded the Company HORCH & CO in 1899.

German manufacturer of a
range of automobiles.

Current issue:- Michael Perschke, head of Audi India said Announced on 18 jan 2011 "We will be adding
three more cars to our basket in India in 2011. The Audi A8 model will hit roads beginning February,
Audi A7 will be made available by June while Audi A6 can be seen on India roads in the fourth quarter of
this year,"

Reason to invest in audi:-

May 3, 2010

Audi Group substantially increases operating profit in first quarter

The Audi Group has underlined its strength in the premium segment with an increase in operating profit
well above its rise in revenue. The models of the brand with the four rings achieved double-digit growth
rates in all regions in the first quarter. Total deliveries of 264,100 units were 25.9 percent up on the
previous year.

Audi profited significantly from the success of its models in many regions of the world to produce a
strong performance in the first quarter of the current year. In the first three months the Group generated
revenue of 8,260 million euros (2009: 6,700 million euros), representing a 23.3 percent rise against the
same period of last year.

Operating profit rose more than 30 percent to 478 million euros (2009: 363 million euros), clearly
outperforming the rise in revenue. “This very good result impressively demonstrates the success of our
efforts to optimize costs on a sustained basis at all our sites,” comments Axel Strotbek, Member of the
Board of Management for Finance and Organization at AUDI AG. The operating return on sales of 5.8
percent (2009: 5.4 percent) also once again underlines the Company’s outstanding position within the
automotive sector.

“The first-quarter result is a sound foundation for us to attain our goal of surpassing our 2009 revenue and
operating profit levels,” Strotbek states. Audi is again targeting deliveries of over one million in 2010,
following on from its record year in 2008.

Audi will once again be pursuing its model initiative at a rapid pace through the current year. The brand
with the four rings will be bringing a total of 12 new models to market in 2010, including the recently
launched new flagship A8, the R8 Spyder, the A7 Sportback and the A1, the first Audi premium model in
the small car segment.

With the A1, Audi is for the first time appealing to a more youthful, urban target group. The model,
offering a wide range of customization options, represents the entry level to the premium world of Audi,
and will be launched in late August. Advance sales will be starting in the next few days, though 38,500
people in Germany alone have already logged on to Audi online in order to register their interest. Back in
January the model was voted the most exciting car of 2010 by the readers of “What Car?” magazine.

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