For $1,395 per month, Texas residents can now shuffle through a limited range of Audi vehicles while also having access to Audi rentals in two dozen domestic markets.
Dubbed Audi Select, the service kicked off this month at five dealerships in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. So in return for the previously-mentioned monthly figure, customers can choose between the A4 Sedan, A5 Cabrio, S5 Coupe or the Q5 and Q7 crossovers.
Subscribers can also change their vehicles up to twice per month and can hold any of the chosen vehicles for up to six months. The monthly fee includes taxes, maintenance and insurance, but does not cover fuel costs, reports Autonews. You also have to be at least 25 years old, with a valid driver’s license free of major driving violations.
The subscription program is linked to the brand’s Silvercar rental service, which is why customers can also benefit from up to 24 days of Audi rentals annually through Silvercar in 24 U.S. markets such as New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami and Denver. In order to book a car, you simply use your Silvercar app and the vehicle is then delivered to you.
“We do want to do this in other markets, but we need to learn what we need to learn before we move to other markets,” stated Audi of America CFO Matt Carpenter. He went on to call the program a “new interaction” with Audi’s dealers.
Still, according to him, an expansion of the program could be announced by the end of this year.