Audi Posts January Sales

German automaker Audi is not as popular as BMW or Mercedes-Benz. This is very apparent in the number of vehicles sold by these German automakers. But that does not mean that Audi is not making an attempt to get closer to BMW and Mercedes-Benz in terms of sales.

Recently, The Auto Channel reported that Audi published its sales report for January. Wow! January's over already. Anyway, the automaker reported its sale for the United States auto market which is considered to be the most important market in the world even with the economic downturn.

So, Audi reported that they have sold 6,418 units of high quality vehicles (I am quite sure that they are) for the month of January. That is 0.3 percent better than their sales in the United States last year for the same month. Although the increase is not as huge as I would have wanted it to be (I like Audi), it still shows that the automaker is making headway in its goal to challenge both BMW and Mercedes-Benz as the best German luxury automaker.

Johan de Nysschen, executive vice president of Audi America said: "We look forward to the continued momentum with the Audi brand in the United States in 2008."

Last month, the best selling Audis are the A4/S4/RS4. These are actually the same but the A, the S, and the RS stands for cool, cooler, and coolest in my books. The much awaited R8, the road car, not the race car of the past is now available to car enthusiasts. For the month of January, there were 61 units of the R8 sold. I wish though that it would have been 62; if only I had the money, I'd buy the 62^nd R8 instead of just buying a cargo liner.