Audi Sees New Performance Cars Joining A3 to Drive 2013 Growth

Audi AG, the world’s second-largest maker of luxury cars, said high-performance cars like the RS5, as well as the new version of the A3 compact, will help propel sales this year amid intensifying economic headwinds.

“We aim to increase sales of high-performance cars by one third” in 2013, Chief Executive Officer Rupert Stadler said today in the text of a speech to be delivered at the manufacturer’s annual shareholders meeting in Neckarsulm, Germany. Audi sold about 11,000 of its RS and R8 sports cars last year. “We want to, and we will, grow further in 2013.”