Volkswagen AG unit Audi AG is aiming to become the world's leading premium car brand by 2015, Audi chief executive Martin Winterkorn told German weekly Welt am Sonntag.
'We have a clear vision: By 2015, we want to be the leading premium (car) manufacturer in the world,' Winterkorn told the newspaper.
Growth is expected to be driven by the Chinese market, the paper said.
'In 2015, Audi will certainly sell between 160,000 and 240,000 cars in China,' it cited Winterkorn as saying.
This year, Audi will sell 80,000 units in China, according to the paper.
Winterkorn said India, too, is a dynamic growth market and added that he sees further growth potential in the Middle East and in South Africa.
Welt am Sonntag said Audi is currently the world's third-largest premium car manufacturer after Bayerische Motoren Werke AG and DaimlerChrysler AG's Mercedes-Benz
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