Audi on track to a record year

German premium carmaker Audi AG is well on track to achieve its target to move 300,000 vehicles this year in China after posting record monthly sales in August.

China sales of the brand with four inter-locked rings surged by 26 percent year-on-year to 27,858 vehicles last month, according to the Audi Sales Division of Sino-German joint venture FAW Volkswagen Automobile Co.

In the first eight months of this year, Audi's sales jumped 28.69 percent to 194,443 units.