Audi Group continues to defy crisis in 3rd quarter: operating profit of EUR 348 million

INGOLSTADT, Germany, Oct 30, 2009 - Audi has shrugged off the effects of the global economic crisis and again posted a clear operating profit of EUR 348 million in the third quarter of the current fiscal year (2008: EUR 760 million). Over the first three quarters of the current fiscal year, Audi has thus achieved an operating return of 5.4 percent (2008: 8.0 percent), making it one of the top