Audi has managed to become the best selling premium brand in Western Europe for the month of January. Despite a global financial crisis that has left American auto manufacturers on the brink of collapse and the German auto manufacturers reeling with global sales down over 20% each for the month of January, Audi has managed to claw away marketshare from its two larger German rivals, BMW and Mercedes-Benz.
Audi's marketshare increased from 3.9% to 5.1% in the Western European market. It was reported right here on Autospies that Audi's A4 has managed to outsell BMW's 3-series in its home market of Germany for January 2009 as well.
Audi is poised to remain on the offensive launching 6 new models in the first half of 2009.
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