Audi has become the latest brand to up its prices in Australia, blaming “rising material costs and continued supply challenges”.
The price rises range from just $600 on the A1 and A3, to $7600 on the RS7 Sportback. Only the A8 limousine, which is off-sale in Australia, has been spared an increase.
Unlike some of its rivals, Audi hasn’t removed any features from its cars due to the global chip crunch as part of its latest pricing change – although it did remove features from some models late in 2021.
UPDATE, 11/02/2022 10:20am – We’ve added mention of the Audi’s late-2021 spec changes to the story.
“Audi Australia is implementing a price increase across the range for vehicles built in 2022, the first of which are due to be delivered to customers in March,” an Audi spokesperson told CarExpert.
“This action reflects Audi’s continued commitment to its successful product strategy: a very high level of features in all segments, as expected by premium buyers. The price increase has been brought about by rising material costs and continued supply challenges that are affecting Audi, like other manufacturers and other industries around the world.”
Scott Collie is an automotive journalist based in Melbourne, Australia. Scott studied journalism at RMIT University and, after a lifelong obsession with everything automotive, started covering the car industry shortly afterwards. He has a passion for travel, and is an avid Melbourne Demons supporter.
