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Awards for Audi from March to May 2017
Ingolstadt, May 19, 2017
Audi Q2 wins gold in Germany’s Biggest Ladies’ Choice
Exactly 4,189 women with a driver’s license between the ages of 18 and 69 selected their
favorite SUV at the behest of Bild am Sonntag newspaper and the Innofact market research
firm. The design, price and the desire to own were included in the assessment. The results were
clear: Germany’s women rated the Audi Q2 number one among 93 competitors – a major
triumph for the brand with the four rings, just eight months after its market launch in Germany.
(May 17, 2017)
Audi the most innovative brand in the Automotive Innovations Award
For the second consecutive time, Audi achieved overall victory in the Automotive Innovations
Award in the premium manufacturer category. “With 84 new improvements in the reporting
period, Audi showed the most innovation of all brands (volume and premium brands) and is
therefore the most innovative brand overall,” the jury stated in its explanation for the decision.
Four subject areas were incorporated into the evaluation: automotive drive systems,
autonomous driving and safety, vehicle concepts and body, and interface and connection. In
addition, Audi garnered awards as the most innovative brand in the two last-named individual
categories. (May 5, 2017)
Red Dot: Best of the Best Award for the Audi Q2
The Audi Q2 has been honored in the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2017, one of the most
prestigious design competitions worldwide. This year the independent, international jury of
experts received and assessed submissions from 54 countries.
The Red Dot jury awarded the Red Dot: Best of the Best prize to the Audi Q2 for its superior
design quality and trendsetting design. (April 2017)
Audi Sport quattro from 1983 victorious in the Motor Klassik Awards
Audi celebrated a big win at the Motor Klassik Awards 2017. The Audi Sport quattro from 1983
won in the “Classic of the 1980s” category with 27.2 percent of all votes. More than
22,000 readers of the popular classic car magazine participated in the voting. The Audi Sport
quattro was built in very low volumes and only 214 units were sold in the market. With a price of
200,000 deutsche marks (about EUR 102,000) the “short one,” as it was known by its fans, was
long the most expensive car from the brand. (April 4, 2017)
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Double win in Auto Bild Allrad reader poll
Readers of Europe’s biggest all-wheel drive vehicle magazine have voted and Audi was victorious
not once but twice: The Audi Q5 was the overall winner in the “All-terrain vehicle and SUV from
EUR 30,000 to 50,000” category. The Audi A6 Allroad won in the “All-wheel Drive Crossover”
category. There were a total of 170 models in 10 categories to choose from. (March 22, 2017)
International honors:
Middle East: Nine awards for Audi in the region
Audi shines in the Middle East sales region with a wealth of prizes. The Audi S8 plus, for
instance, (combined fuel consumption in l/100 km: 10 [23.5 US mpg]; combined CO2 emissions
in g/km: 231 [371.8 g/mi]) was honored as Luxury Saloon Car of the Year by Wheels Magazine
Middle East. The Audi R8 won in the “Best Super Sport Car” category at the OKAZ PR Arabia
National Auto Awards. In Abu Dhabi, the Audi R8 took not one but two prizes in the Middle East
Car of the Year Awards: Overall Car of the Year and Supercar of the Year. Additional awards at
the same event went to Audi models A4, TTS (combined fuel consumption in l/100 km: 7.5 –
6.9* [31.4 – 34.1 US mpg]; combined CO2 emissions in g/km: 173 – 159* [278.4 – 255.9 g/mi]),
RS Q3 (combined fuel consumption in l/100 km: 8.6 – 8.4 [27.4 – 28.0 US mpg]; combined
CO2 emissions in g/km: 203 – 198* [326.7 – 318.7 g/mi]) and S8 plus (combined fuel
consumption in l/100 km: 10 [23.5 US mpg]; combined CO2 emissions in g/km: 231
[371.8 g/mi]) in their respective categories.
Audi Middle East was also victorious at the Middle East Car of the Year (MECOTY) Awards. Here
the brand with the four rings was successful in almost every category in which it was nominated.
(March 2017)
Australasian NCAP: Five-star crash ranking for the Audi A5 Coupé and A5 Sportback
The Audi models A5 Coupé and A5 Sportback achieved the maximum 5-star rating in the
Australasian NCAP crash test for excellent active and passive safety. The institute has carried
out crash tests for the Australian and New Zealand region since 1993 and to date has tested
590 passenger cars and light-duty commercial vehicles. (March 2017)
Singapore: the Audi A4 is Car of the Year
Technology and lifestyle magazine Stuff Singapore has selected the Audi A4 as Car of the Year
from a large field of competitors. The magazine rated the car as a trendsetter and especially
praised the many assistance systems as well as the traffic jam pilot. (March 2017)
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Further information on official fuel consumption figures and the official specific CO2 emissions
of new passenger cars can be found in the “Guide on the fuel economy, CO2 emissions and
power consumption of all new passenger car models,” which is available free of charge at all
sales dealerships and from DAT Deutsche Automobil Treuhand GmbH, Hellmuth-Hirth-Str. 1,
73760 Ostfildern-Scharnhausen, Germany (www.dat.de).
The Audi Group, with its brands Audi, Ducati and Lamborghini, is one of the most successful manufacturers
of automobiles and motorcycles in the premium segment. It is present in more than 100 markets worldwide
and produces at 16 locations in 12 countries. 100 percent subsidiaries of AUDI AG include Audi Sport GmbH
(Neckarsulm), Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. (Sant’Agata Bolognese, Italy) and Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A.
(Bologna, Italy).
In 2016, the Audi Group delivered to customers about 1.868 million automobiles of the Audi brand,
3,457 sports cars of the Lamborghini brand and 55,451 motorcycles of the Ducati brand. In the 2016 fiscal
year, AUDI AG achieved total revenue of €59.3 billion and an operating profit of €3.1 billion. At present,
approximately 88,000 people work for the company all over the world, more than 60,000 of them in
Germany. Audi focuses on sustainable products and technologies for the future of mobility.
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