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Like most of the luxury manufacturers selling their wares in China, Audi has been unloading product hand over yuan-stuffed fist. Audi's 2007 sales were up 25-percent over the previous year and it's looking to draw in more buyers to its showroom by offering its halo sports car, the R8, to the up-and-coming executive class. Audi also plans to begin importing the A5 and S5, but buyers better be bathing in cash to afford the R8. 1.79 million yuan is the cost of entry, or about $246,000 for Audi's mid-engine hotness.
[Source: Reuters]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
sk @ Jan 18th 2008 3:07PM
And it will arrive it a lot of other countries too. Wow, what a news story
blogged to death @ Jan 18th 2008 3:15PM
What I think will be news is 1 year later the Oowdi Ahr8 will be a carbon copy knock off by name and looks.
geo.stewart @ Jan 18th 2008 3:17PM
:-)
Zane @ Jan 18th 2008 4:00PM
Uh oh .. I thought you said "carbon-fiber copy". :)
I wouldn't mind one if that were the case.
LloydChiro @ Jan 18th 2008 5:35PM
Except it will have only two circles on the hood instead of four.
tekdemon @ Jan 20th 2008 8:41AM
Haha, make it $10000 and it's a deal!
duders @ Jan 18th 2008 4:13PM
A multinational corporation exporting product? Jeez....
madgamer @ Jan 18th 2008 6:54PM
Thats even more than dealer/ebay markup here. I wonder how many are going to China?
Sid @ Jan 18th 2008 7:06PM
I love this movie!!
Sid @ Jan 18th 2008 7:08PM
The import tax is the reason why the cost is so high! Not the markup from Audi itself...
lovice @ Jan 19th 2008 6:58AM
It's both!
bert @ Jan 19th 2008 2:27PM
It's high because supply and demand too. As a westerner if you engage in coop business you can import your vehicle. I had a couple friends who as part of starting a business in Shanghai a few years ago for their startup capital bought a couple BMW X5's with salvage titles for ~$15k each and sold them in China for over $100k.