Volkswagen premium car unit Audi said it sold 193,871 cars on the Chinese mainland and in Hong Kong in the first half of 2012, a surge of 38% year on year, underpinned by strong performance of its Q5 SUV.

In June alone, Audi’s car sales in the two markets rose 20% to 33,309 units, the Xinhua news agency reported.

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Audi sold 313,036 vehicles in the two markets in 2011 as the region outstripped the German home market to become the company’s largest.