Audi Reports August 2004 Sales

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Sept. 1 -- Audi of America, Inc. sales for the month of August were 6,473 compared to 8,281 in August 2003. Audi year-to-date sales are 51,464 vs. 57,343.

Both the all-aluminum A8 and sporty A4/S4 reported increases for the month of August. The A8 was up 22.0 percent with August sales of 666 vs. 546, and the A4/S4 Cabriolet increased sales by 9.2 percent with sales of 806.

Audi Certified Pre-Owned (CPO) business continued its positive results with 2,225 units sold for the month of August. Year-to-date CPO sales are 15,878, up 15.8 percent from 2003 year-to-date sales of 13,750.

                             AUDI OF AMERICA
                               AUGUST, 2004

  Audi-US Snapshot                                   YEAR-TO-DATE

            Aug-04     Aug-03   Yr/Yr %  Aug-04 YTD  Aug-03 YTD   Yr/Yr %
            Actual     Actual   change     Actual      Actual     change

  TT          372       793     -53.1%      3,863       5,700     -32.2%
  A4        2,902     4,168     -30.4%     24,063      28,091     -14.3%
  A4/S4
   Cabriolet  806       738       9.2%      6,200       5,940       4.4%
  A6        1,273     1,491     -14.6%     10,408      11,988     -13.2%
  Allroad     454       545     -16.7%      3,381       3,717      -9.0%
  A8 / S8     666       546      22.0%      3,549       1,907      86.1%
     TOTAL  6,473     8,281     -21.8%     51,464      57,343     -10.3%