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Since Audi won 726288 new cars in the Chinese market last year, with a year-on-year growth of 5.4%, the information of the new company has also been continuous, which means Audi continues to accelerate the layout of the domestic market and accelerate Audi's competitiveness in China. Recently, there is news that SAIC Audi's second production model has been exposed.

According to a document exposed by the media, the Ningbo branch of SAIC Volkswagen Co., Ltd. will continue to expand the production of 75,000 Audi C-class SUV models, and the expansion project is currently under approval. According to the plan, the commencement time is February this year, and the expansion plan is expected to be completed in June 2022, which means that SAIC Audi C-class SUV models will be put into production as early as the second half of 2022.

According to the current Audi brand layout, C-class SUV only Q7 and Q8 models, and according to SAIC Audi's first Audi A7L (four-door coupe), it is expected that SAIC Audi will put into production C-class SUV or Q8 model, after all, Q8 is also a positioning coupe SUV model.

In fact, as early as the end of last year, SAIC Audi model production plan has been news, including this exposure of the document part of the news. According to SAIC Audi's plan, the first model has been identified as the Audi A7L, a model based on the imported A7 model, which will be lengthened in addition to its similar overall appearance and has been adjusted from a hatchback design to a three-compartment model.

According to domestic media reports, Volkswagen Group (China) CEO Feng Sihan said in an interview recently that SAIC Audi's first model will be delivered in early 2022. From the previously exposed body-in-white and spy photos, the new tail logo will be replaced with A7L, and the logo of "SAIC Audi" will be added, which also indicates that Audi A7L will also be listed in China as a "special model" in the future.

Earlier, more media exposure SAIC internal data, content shows, SAIC Audi will take the lead in domestic A+ SUVe, A7L Limousine, B SUV, C SUV four models. Among them, A+ SUVe is the previously exposed Q4 e-tron model, but at present Q4 has become FAW's subordinate. SAIC Audi's domestic A7L model will also be based on Hehui's MLB Evo platform. In addition, the models of B-and C-class SUVs have not yet been finalized.

The establishment of SAIC Audi is actually the final result of the balance of interests among the three parties. In November 2016, SAIC signed a non-binding agreement with Audi to cooperate in the production and sales of Audi brand cars. However, after the news came out, it was soon met with full opposition from FAW Audi dealers, and negotiations with Audi executives were held to explicitly oppose the SAIC Audi project. In order to resist the landing of SAIC Audi project, FAW Audi dealers even negotiated at the cost of "stopping the purchase of Audi new cars" and "demanding Audi to compensate tens of billions".

After many games and negotiations, in the first half of 2017, Audi and FAW Audi dealers reached an agreement on differences and determined the future "one sales company and one network". Including the recent establishment of China FAW and Audi "third" Audi PPE new energy company will also be the same, the three joint ventures have reached a consensus: in the future, SAIC Audi, Audi FAW products will be FAW-Volkswagen Audi investor network sales related services and after-sales service.

As Audi has three more joint ventures in China, this will also promote the introduction of Audi brands in the Chinese market to achieve more models, enrich the products of domestic models, especially the "special models", after all, the current domestic A3, A4L, A6L and Q5L have shown good sales in the domestic market, and support Audi performance in China.

Of course, as long as the new model plan has not been officially exposed, it is possible to be Q7 or Q8. From the previous media news, The competing model of Brilliance BMW has completed the BMW X5 model production, And Mercedes-Benz is also planning domestic GLE plan, After all, With the domestic high-end luxury models in further price exploration will also promote sales higher, At that time luxury brand top SUV model market competition will also become more intense.

Audi has delivered nearly 7 million vehicles in China. In 2020, Audi sold 726,288 vehicles in China, setting a new high for Audi in more than 30 years since entering the Chinese market.

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