Audi India will launch its latest generation A4 in India in July, a company press release has said. The car has been comprehensively reworked and it now 4.7 metres in length, meaning more legroom and luggage space. The engine options include the 2.0 TDI with a power output of 143 bhp and 3.2 FSI Petrol with a power output of 265 bhp. The considerably more powerful petrol engined car will also come with Audi’s famous Quattro 4-wheel drive technology.

The booking for the new Audi can be placed with any of its dealers in Delhi, Gurgaon, Chandigarh, Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad and Bangalore. The prices for the new A4 start at 2,900,000 INR Ex-Showroom Mumbai, CST and transportation charges are extra.

Here’s the press release from the company.

Audi, the German luxury car manufacturer, will launch its new Audi A4 sedan in July this year

Audi’s completely new developed luxury mid size sedan takes Audi into a new dimension in this segment with a more sporty and stylish design and is ready to order now in the exclusive Audi dealerships.

Audi India Managing Director Mr. Benoit Tiers expresses, “The new Audi A4 will be a very important model for India and we hope that this award-winning car will take the hearts of our customers by storm! The Audi A4 holds a special significance with respect to achieve our proposed goal of more than 1,000 sold cars in India by the end of this year.”

At an overall length of 4.70 metres, the new A4 is a large saloon. It boasts a substantial, powerful road presence. Its 480-litre boot and the legroom for rear passengers are larger than of any of its direct competitors.

Inside the new A4, the ambience is spacious and full of light, as would be expected in a much larger model. It embodies the traditional Audi strengths - a distinguished appearance, no-compromise high-quality workmanship with close attention to detail and logical, intuitive controls.

The Audi A4 comes with high standard equipment to India, including features previously known only from upper segments. Audi brings the Multi Media Interface (MMI) as available option to the Audi A4, additionally the Optical Parking System with rear-view camera and the Bang & Olufsen Sound System.

The system Audi Drive Select will give the customers ‘three cars in one’ by the possibility to select three different modes for agility and comfort. Audi Drive Select ensures that the vehicle characteristics are adjusted on the driving situation, road conditions or personal requirements.

The new Audi A4 is being launched in India first with a choice of two refined, powerful engines - the refined 2.0 TDI multitronic with a power-output range of 105 kW (143 bhp) and the 3.2 FSI tiptronic Quattro with 195 kW (265 bhp). Both of them use the direct fuel injection principle - FSI technology for the petrol engine and the common-rail system for the TDI unit.

Orders for the new Audi A4, who won already several awards in Germany and Europe, can be placed from now onwards in the exclusive Audi dealerships in Delhi, Gurgaon, Chandigarh, Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad and Bangalore. The prices for the Audi A4 start at 2,900,000 INR (Ex-showroom Mumbai without C.S.T., transportation etc.)

AUDI AG

AUDI AG develops and produces cars for the luxury car segment worldwide. The company achieved its twelfth consecutive record year in 2007, with 964,151 cars sold and a revenue of 33,617 million Euros and profit before tax of 2,915 million Euros, the company attained its best figures ever. Audi produces vehicles in Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm (Germany), Gyor (Hungary), Changchun (China) and Brussels (Belgium). At the end of 2007, production of Audi A6 started in Aurangabad, India.

The company is active in more that 100 markets worldwide. AUDI AG’s wholly owned subsidiaries include Lamborghini S.p.A in Sant’Agata Bolognese, Italy, and quattro GmbH in Neckarsulm. Audi employs more than 54,000 people worldwide, including 45,000 in Germany. The brand with the four rings invests more than €2 billion each year in order to sustain the company’s technological lead embodied in its “Vorsprung durch Technik” slogan.

In 2007 Audi India, based in Mumbai, commenced its business activities. The Audi model range in India includes Audi A8, Audi Q7, Audi A6, Audi A4 and Audi TT and is available at present in seven dealerships across the country: in Delhi, Gurgaon, Chandigarh, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Pune.