Audi Group generates first-half operating profit of E2.9 billion

Ingolstadt (ots) -

- Deliveries target of more than 1.4 million for 2012 confirmed
- CFO Axel Strotbek: "The high demand in the first half is a
testament to the success of our model strategy."
- New Audi A3 at dealers from end of August

E25.0 billion revenue, an operating profit of E2.9 billion, and an
11.5 percent operating return on sales. These figures demonstrate how
the Audi Group succeeded in adding yet another chapter to its success
story in the first half of the year, despite weaker economic growth
and the contraction of many car markets.

Axel Strotbek, Member of the Board of Management of AUDI AG for
Finance and Organization, emphasized: "The high demand in the first
half is a testament to the success of our model strategy." The
Company delivered 733,237 (2011: 652,892) vehicles of the Audi brand
to customers, an increase of 12.3 percent on the first six months of
2011. Demand was especially high for the new Audi Q3 as well as for
the Q5, A6, A7 and A8 models.

The increase in deliveries pushed revenue up to E25,022 (21,526)
million - a rise of 16.2 percent on the previous year. The Audi Group
increased its operating profit by 13.2 percent to E2,876 (2,540)
million. This was despite the stronger recessionary tendencies above
all in southern EU countries. The operating return on sales of 11.5
(11.8) percent was thus kept at the high level of recent quarters.

Following the healthy first-half business performance, the Audi
Group plans to deliver a total of more than 1.4 million cars of the
Audi brand in 2012 as a whole. The Audi A1 Sportback, the Q3 and the
new A3, which appears on the market in the late summer, will help
Audi towards this goal and secure growing market shares in many sales
markets.

The publication of the Interim Financial Report prompted CFO
Strotbek to confirm another annual target of the Audi Group:
"Provided the economic framework does not deteriorate further, we
expect operating profit to remain on a par with 2011 despite higher
expenses for new products, technologies and expanded production
structures."

Interim Financial Report 2012 available from 10 a.m. CEST at:
www.audi.com/interimreport www.audi.de/halbjahresfinanzbericht
(German)

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The Audi Group delivered 1,302,659 cars of the Audi brand
to customers in 2011. In 2011, the Company posted revenue of
E44.1 billion and an operating profit of E5.3 billion. Audi
produces vehicles in Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm (Germany), Gy?r
(Hungary), Changchun (China) and Brussels (Belgium). The Audi Q7 is
built in Bratislava (Slovakia). In July 2010, CKD production of the
Audi Q5 was added to the existing Audi A4 and A6 manufacturing
operations in Aurangabad (India). At the Brussels plant, production
of the Audi A1 has been running since 2010, while production
of the new A1 Sportback began in 2012. The Audi Q3 has been
built in Martorell (Spain) since June 2011. The Company is active
in more than 100 markets worldwide. AUDI AG's wholly owned
subsidiaries include AUDI HUNGARIA MOTOR Kft. (Gy?r/Hungary),
Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. (Sant'Agata Bolognese/Italy),
AUDI BRUSSELS S.A./N.V. (Brussels/Belgium), quattro GmbH in
Neckarsulm and the sports bike manufacturer Ducati Motor
Holding S.p.A. (Bologna/Italy). Audi currently employs around
65,000 people worldwide, including around 48,000 in Germany.
Between 2012 and 2016 the brand with the four rings is planning
to invest a total of E13 billion - mainly in new products and the
extension of production capacities - in order to sustain the
Company's technological lead embodied in its "Vorsprung durch
Technik" claim. Audi is currently expanding its site in Gy?r
(Hungary) and will start production in Foshan (China) in late 2013
and in Mexico in 2016.

Audi has long been fulfilling its social responsibility on
many levels - with the aim of making the future worth living
for generations to come. The basis for Audi's lasting success
is therefore formed by environmental protection, the conservation
of resources, international competitiveness and a forward-looking
human resources policy. One example of AUDI AG's
commitment to environmental issues is the Audi Environmental
Foundation. Within the context of "Vorsprung durch Technik," which
extends far beyond its products, the Company is directing its
activities toward a major goal - comprehensive CO2-neutral mobility.

Contact:
Corporate Communications
Julio Schuback
Spokesman for Finance and Organization
Tel: +49 841 89-38455
e-mail: julio.schuback@audi.de www.audi-mediaservices.com