AUDI is putting up the price of its cars by an average two per cent from later this month.
The German company says the increase is as a result of currency exchange rates, though in some cases the rise will be partly offset by specification improvements.
Among the core models in the Audi range, the three-door A3 and five-door A3 Sportback hatchbacks are subject to an increase of 1.9 per cent, the A4 Saloon and Avant rise by 2.4 per cent in SE form and the A6 Saloon and Avant by 2.0 per cent.
A5 Sportback, Coupe and Cabriolet models increase by 2.5, 2.4 and 2.2 per cent, Q5 and Q7 by 2.0 and 0.6 per cent, TT Coupe and Roadster by 0.9 per cent and R8 V8 and V10 by 3.0 per cent.
But recently announced prices for the A1 hatchback, the R8 Spyder, the RS 5 Coupe and the A8 remain as before, while new customer orders placed up to and including May 24 will be fixed at currently advertised 2010 model year prices.
In a number of cases the increases go hand-in-hand with improvements. The TT range, for example, has been visually enhanced for the 2011 model year.
It features a significantly more efficient Turbo FSI petrol engine with technology that boosts economy virtually across the board.
The Q5 adds an engine start-stop system for four-cylinder models that also works in favour of improved fuel economy, and the Q7 is revitalised by more frugal new petrol and TDI engines plus a new eight-speed tiptronic transmission.