The new Audi Q7 is proving to be a big seller. Although it was only launched at the start of March, more than 16,000 customer orders have already been received. The Q7 will have been launched in most European markets by the end of March, followed by the USA and China in June and all other markets in the second half of the year.
"The production lines are humming," says Dr. Jochem Heizmann, Audi Board Member for Production. The plan is to step up production from the current 200 units a day to 300 by the early summer. Heizmann: "We will pull out all the stops in order to meet our customers’ expectations. Organisational measures already introduced - such as production throughout the holiday period or in three shifts - will enable us to reach this goal." In the future, the annual production figure in a full year will be between 50,000 and 70,000 vehicles.
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