Q7 sales to double - Motoring
Audi is very confident that its new Q7 will win plenty of buyers in Australia. That is despite the increasingly competitive market segment in which it sits – large SUVs above $70,000. Underlying that confidence, born out of new technology and much improved fuel efficiency, is one fundamental fact: The old Q7 never had the... Put it down to styling or resistance to a vehicle that arrived on the scene late and possibly not packaged as well as its rivals, but the Q7's sales have been inert over most of the eight plus years it has been on sale in Australia. Yet Australia is the sixth largest market in the world for Q7. And the SUV is more popular here, proportionally, than the rest of the Audi brand put together. Australia is the 10th largest market for the full range of Audi models combined. No wonder then that Audi Australia MD Andrew Doyle believes the new model, which is due to go on sale in September, can outsell its predecessor by a decisive margin. 0 has been on sale in Australia, its monthly sales rate has barely varied from roughly 110 units a month. In contrast, the segment in which it sells has grown consistently with each passing year, from 15,673 units in 2011 to 20,145 units last year. Source: www.motoring.com.au
