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2007, best year ever for Audi
By Yoann Besnard on 13 March 2008 | 
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Audi has announced record 2007 results Tuesday and said it aimed to sell more than one million vehicles this year.
The German carmaker sold 964,151 in 2007 compare to 905,188 in the prior year. Audi sold 254,014 cars in Germany . With a record market share of 7.9 percent, the company achieved its best level in the German competitive market in its history.
The company sold a record number of cars in Western Europe, at 650,407, a 3 per cent increase over 2006. The United Kingdom achieved the highest growth, with 100,712 cars sold, up by 17.1 percent. In Eastern Europe, vehicle sales increased by one-third to 36,073 units.
The biggest single foreign market in 2007 was China, including Hong Kong, with 101,996 cars sold, up by 24.8 percent. In China, Audi remains the market leader by some distance in the premium segment. The carmaker sold 93,506 cars in the USA (90,116, up 3.8 percent).
The subsidiary Lamborghini recorded 15 percent growth, selling 2,406 supercars during 2007.
"We are on the path this year to surpassing the level of one million deliveries," Audi chairman Rupert Stadler said.