German luxury car-maker Audi has said it will increase its production by 50% in India to around 3,000 units next year. It is also gearing up to venture into the used-car business by 2011.
The company’s fully-owned associate, Audi India is also planning to introduce the luxury sedan A7 and will start a market study for the same.
Michael Perschke, Audi India Head said, “Seeing the demand that we are having for our products, I think that we will have to start the second shift at our plant. Our production from the plant will be exceeding 3,000 units next year”.
The company presently assembles luxury sedans A4, A6 and sports utility vehicle Q5 at its Aurangabad unit, and anticipates manufacturing around 2,000 units this year, he added.
Perschke said the company will introduce a new model of A6 next year from the unit. The plant has a fitted manufacturing capacity of 6,000 units.
He said, “We will also launch a completely new A8 and a 4.2 litre TDI version of Q7. These two cars will be imported,” he added. When asked if the company is planning to introduce any new model in India. We are looking very seriously for the A7. We will do a market research and evaluate its demand in the country.”