CHANGCHUN - The Sino-German auto joint venture FAW-Volkswagen Automotive sold 589,088 Audi cars in 2016, a record high in China's luxury car market.

The company said its Audi car sales increased 3.73 percent over that in 2015, accounting for nearly one third share of the domestic luxury car market.

Of the Audi cars sold in 2016, 539,000 were made in China, an increase of 5.23 percent year on year.

FAW-Volkswagen unveiled a series of new models last year.

Founded in 1991 and based in China's Northeast Jilin province, the company mainly manufactures Audi and Volkswagen marque passenger cars for sale in China.