Australian buyers will be paying more for a new Audi, with the German luxury carmaker increasing prices across its range.
Audi has applied the changes for 61 of its models, ranging from the A1 through to the Q8, by an average of 1.95 per cent.
The greatest rises were a three-way tie between the RS6 wagon, RS7 Sportback, and RS Q8 performance SUV, which all went up by $5523.
Being the least expensive of the marque's models, the Audi A1 changed by the smallest amount – going up by $450 to $33,200 before on-road costs.
For the 60 models affected, the average difference was +$1953.
"Audi Australia has released its annual pricing guide for the 2022 Model Year. Some adjustments have been in line with increases in specification and features – such as the Audi Q8, which includes over $8000 worth of additional equipment," a spokesperson for the brand's local arm told WhichCar.
"Other prices have been adjusted in order to maintain the very high level of features our customers expect in the premium segment, in line with similar [changes] in most years."
The majority of Audi's range actually decreased slightly at the beginning of the 2021-2022 Financial Year, thanks to the Luxury Car Tax threshold going up slightly – skewing the average percentage change against Audi to a small degree.
While the Reserve Bank of Australia reported a jump in Consumer Price Inflation to 3.8 per cent in July, the exchange rate between the Australian Dollar and the Euro has barely moved – sitting at €0.62 compared to €0.61 in September 2020, topping out at €0.66 earlier this year.
Note: All figures in this story are quoted before on-road costs and are subject to change at any time. Only models with rises have been listed.
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