{"id":969,"date":"2026-01-14T16:30:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T16:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in4ride.com\/?p=969"},"modified":"2026-01-14T16:30:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T16:30:13","slug":"audi-loses-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in4ride.com\/?p=969","title":{"rendered":"AUDI LOSES SALES"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-auto kksr-align-left kksr-valign-top\"\n    data-payload='{&quot;align&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;969&quot;,&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;valign&quot;:&quot;top&quot;,&quot;ignore&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;reference&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;count&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;legendonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;readonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;score&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;starsonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;best&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;gap&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;greet&quot;:&quot;Rate this post&quot;,&quot;legend&quot;:&quot;0\\\/5 - (0 votes)&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;AUDI LOSES SALES&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;_legend&quot;:&quot;{score}\\\/{best} - ({count} {votes})&quot;,&quot;font_factor&quot;:&quot;1.25&quot;}'>\n            \n<div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 0px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                \n\n<div class=\"kksr-legend\" style=\"font-size: 19.2px;\">\n            <span class=\"kksr-muted\">Rate this post<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\"><strong>Audi<\/strong> reported <strong>total sales<\/strong> of <strong>1 623&nbsp;551 cars<\/strong> for <strong>2025<\/strong> in the global sphere, representing <strong>2.9% fewer<\/strong> than it sold in 2024. Of these, <strong>223&nbsp;000<\/strong> were <strong>fully-electric<\/strong> cars (EVs), mainly led by the new <strong>A6 e-tron<\/strong> (37 000 units) and the <strong>Q6 e-tron<\/strong> (84 000). That Q6 e-tron was previously promised to Mzansi by <strong>Audi South Africa<\/strong> executives for 2025, but it never arrived. Perhaps in 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"941\" data-id=\"974\" src=\"https:\/\/in4ride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IN4RIDE-Audi-S-Q8-2-1024x941.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-974\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in4ride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IN4RIDE-Audi-S-Q8-2-1024x941.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/in4ride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IN4RIDE-Audi-S-Q8-2-300x276.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in4ride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IN4RIDE-Audi-S-Q8-2-768x706.jpg 768w, https:\/\/in4ride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IN4RIDE-Audi-S-Q8-2-1536x1411.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/in4ride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IN4RIDE-Audi-S-Q8-2.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"926\" data-id=\"975\" src=\"https:\/\/in4ride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IN4RIDE-Audi-S-Q8-3-1024x926.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-975\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in4ride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IN4RIDE-Audi-S-Q8-3-1024x926.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/in4ride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IN4RIDE-Audi-S-Q8-3-300x271.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in4ride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IN4RIDE-Audi-S-Q8-3-768x695.jpg 768w, https:\/\/in4ride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IN4RIDE-Audi-S-Q8-3-1536x1390.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/in4ride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IN4RIDE-Audi-S-Q8-3.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Simultaneously the company\u2019s hi-performance division \u2013 <strong>Audi Sport<\/strong> \u2013 delivered <strong>36&nbsp;000 cars<\/strong> branded <strong>S and RS<\/strong> to customers worldwide. This is a <strong>drop of 13%<\/strong> from 2024, which Audi attributes to fewer available cars due to <strong>model changeover<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"888\" data-id=\"970\" src=\"https:\/\/in4ride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IN4RIDE-Audi-A3-Black-Edition-1-1024x888.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in4ride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IN4RIDE-Audi-A3-Black-Edition-1-1024x888.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/in4ride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IN4RIDE-Audi-A3-Black-Edition-1-300x260.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in4ride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IN4RIDE-Audi-A3-Black-Edition-1-768x666.jpg 768w, https:\/\/in4ride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IN4RIDE-Audi-A3-Black-Edition-1-1536x1332.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/in4ride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IN4RIDE-Audi-A3-Black-Edition-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"885\" data-id=\"971\" src=\"https:\/\/in4ride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IN4RIDE-Audi-A3-Black-Edition-2-1024x885.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-971\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in4ride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IN4RIDE-Audi-A3-Black-Edition-2-1024x885.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/in4ride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IN4RIDE-Audi-A3-Black-Edition-2-300x259.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in4ride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IN4RIDE-Audi-A3-Black-Edition-2-768x664.jpg 768w, https:\/\/in4ride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IN4RIDE-Audi-A3-Black-Edition-2-1536x1328.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/in4ride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IN4RIDE-Audi-A3-Black-Edition-2.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"972\" src=\"https:\/\/in4ride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IN4RIDE-Audi-A3-Black-Edition-3-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in4ride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IN4RIDE-Audi-A3-Black-Edition-3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/in4ride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IN4RIDE-Audi-A3-Black-Edition-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in4ride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IN4RIDE-Audi-A3-Black-Edition-3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/in4ride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IN4RIDE-Audi-A3-Black-Edition-3-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/in4ride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IN4RIDE-Audi-A3-Black-Edition-3.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>leading regions<\/strong> for Audi in terms of sales were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>China \u2013 <strong>617 514<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Europe (excl. 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