Audi,the luxury car maker has launched two new cars in India namely the A7 Sportback and the RS5 Coupe at a price tag of Rs.64 lakhs and Rs.76 lakhs respectively.A7 will be available in both petrol and diesel engine options whereas RS5 in only petrol version.
The A7 Sportback available in India features both 3 litre TDI and 3 litre TFSI petrol engines and is based on the Sportback concept.It offers both the elegance of a coupe and the comfort of a sedan.
Similarly,RS5 coupe,the another release of Audi is powered by a turbocharged V8 engine which pumps out a power of 450bhp at 8250rpm.This model features a capacity to move from 0 to 60mph in just 4.6 seconds.
Regarding this,the head of Audi India,Mr.Michael Perschke informed that going by the growth that they have seen in the first four months of this year, they believe that they can sell more cars in 2011 than they expected before.He also told that earlier, they were looking to sell about 4,500 units and now they think, they can sell between 4,800 units to 5,000 units this year.
The company has sold about 1986 units in this year during the period of January to April which was just 967 in the last year in this same period.Also,the company has sold 198 units last year in the month of April which now became 375 units this year in the month of April.