Audi: Four "Auto Trophy" awards!

As reported yesterday, this year's "Auto Trophy" only saw one winner: the Volkswagen group! Audi scored 4 wins.

A triple win for Audi cars, a further triumph for the best advertising: this was how “Auto Zeitung” readers voted in the “Auto Trophy 2005” poll. The Audi A6, A8 and Q7 picked up three of the year’s most coveted awards. The A3 and A4 both finished as runners-up in their categories.

Readers were able to choose from a total of 372 models in 25 categories this year. Journalists at the “Auto Zeitung” magazine, which is published in Cologne, counted more than 90,700 votes.

The Audi A8 picked up 32.9 percent of votes in the luxury class, almost twice as many as the runner-up. The rest of the high-quality field of competitors finished some considerable way behind. This was the A8’s third triumph in a row, following wins in 2003 and 2004.

An even higher percentage of the vote went to the A6, which finished top of the executive class for the second year in a row: 34.4 percent of all voters chose it as their favourite. The runner-up in this category finished almost 15 percentage points behind the A6. The new Q7 was another clear winner, this time in the SUV category, capturing 15.3 percent of the vote even before its market launch.

Audi also scored well in the Image Report. According to 51.2 percent of readers polled, Audi has the best advertising.

The Audi brand has now won the coveted prize of the Auto Trophy 29 times in the 18-year history of these awards.