Volkswagen (VOWG.DE) premium unit Audi's sales fell 2.7 percent year on year to 65,900 cars in August, it said on Tuesday.

For the January-August period, that brought the decline to 7.5 percent to 616,850 units. Audi said it was certain of reaching its 2009 sales target of 900,000 units. (Reporting by Maria Sheahan)