Audi Opens Hong Kong's Largest showroom

Awww yes, the Audi Q7 will be a smash in Hong Kong.

disagree with you EL34.

I don't believe it will be a smash. Majority of HK citizens are not focused on cars w/demonic speed and cornering. HK streets are so damn congisted that most people or vacationers alike rather walk to get from point A to B.
====which comes to my second part of criticism for VW/Audi.

I'm already beginning to see a mistake Germans are making and it parallels with what the U.S. has done almost exactly in the past that has cost them the competitive edge to be sunk to the bottom.

Simplified example:
American phone Company named Motorola was a very competitive and played dominant role once on the Cellular phones. It was an high achiver no doubt.

Motorola eventually gained high interest to sell their cellular phones in Japan and Korea. They obviously witnessed a potential. Mistake #1: Sure there were great potential that Motorola would sell, however, it was a market place (Japan) where electronics are practically everywhere and miniturization was also more advanced than that of a Motorola any cell-phones. The sales were decent at first but within short period..the sale dropped off from actually making a profit to a losing a profit. How could this happened? They tried to figure it out...The answer was this: 1) The product was based on the American market but not the Japanese or Koreans. 2) Their cellphone explosion occured with Sanyo about to make a gigantic splash in Japan - Samsung samething in Korea.

The lesson here is this. Don't try to impress certain market places with light strobes and dancers. Especially in the Asian Market. Instead, be humble and build a product for the Asians. Change the Name from German to Chinese. Become Chinese if you are going to sell a product to 1.3 billion Chinese. This Audi will make a splash but it isn't designed for Chinese. This is where German AGs keeps on falling short. They have decent marketing in China but still are building what the Germans people desire. Rather it should be what Chinese people desire or expect in a decent car. Which comes to my conclusion....Believe me..in HK or many other parts of China, Korea or Japan, most German cars are still havent adopted to their catering. Something they will have to be forced to learn. Remember VW AG's major profit (70% - ?)comes from the Chinese market, currently! But much like the story of American trying to sell U.S. built Motorola cell phones in Jpan and korea..it may sell for awhile but unless they are prepared to face a stiff competition in the very near future..expect your market will be doomed eventually in a short time because your competitor will tear you apart just like Motorola cellphones attempt to market in Japan and Korea which btw, didn't last too long. Could something like this happen to German companies currently selling in China? I think so and I truely believe at the current time..German Car company will lose out major market stardom in China to much better equipped competitors..c

MDalle surely nicehomer doesn't know what he's talking about.
For the germans, China is the fastest growing market and they rule the premium segments.

The Audi A6 sells twice as much as all the BMWs combined in China.

Nice.

"Hmm... They might be if you include China, but in Hong Kong you don't see that many Audis (compared to BMW's and especially MB's)!"

Nice. Hong Kong is in China, ignoramous.

Why brush off the entire country? It's just fact. If Audi sells about four times as well as BMW there, so be it!

So exactly where in HK will be? HK island?

As for the Q7, I don't see that doing well at all. I have seen very few SUVs there.

it wont. i just got back from there.. its feels like the US.. totoally outclassed and outnumberered (probably for good reason)

Forget about the ugly Audi,damn that girl is hot !!

The only knowledge I have of Asia is from the buffet troughs of my local Chinese restaurant.

yes, you are right..they still live inside caves and hunt wolly mammoth in Beijin. Current over population of Neanderthals and Homo electus is having a squable over a banana planation which will cause lots of problems in Beijing for next Olympic Game. I also heard theirs King KOngs and Godzillas and giant Mothera dueling out in Tokyo.