By William Stolerman

Audi delivered 109,887 vehicles to China (including Hong Kong) in the first half of the year. It is the first time the company has sold more than 100,000 cars in China in a six month period and represents a leap of 64 percent year-on-year.

Peter Schwarzenbauer, Member of the Board of Management for Marketing and Sales at AUDI AG, said: “2010 will be another record year in Audi’s history in China. We will exceed the mark of 200,000 vehicles delivered more quickly than originally anticipated.”

The surge was driven largely by sales of the Audi A4L (their first long-wheelbase version of a midsize sedan) which was bought by 26,622 Chinese customers, doubling its sales to 95 percent.

Audi has been operating in China for 22 years.

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