Volkswagen Group sold 2.27m cars in the first quarter of 2013, up 5.1% year on year. March volume was up 0.2% to 864,400.
“The Volkswagen Group showed stable development at a high level in the first quarter and performed slightly better than the overall passenger car market. Positive momentum was maintained in North America and China. Almost all other regions, however, particularly the markets in western Europe, remain affected by uncertainty which is in some cases considerable. The data for March clearly show that the markets are becoming even more difficult”, sales chief Christian Klingler said.
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European sales slipped 5.9% to 881,600. Minus Germany, volume was also down 5.9% to 477,400 in western Europe while German sales were off 7.2% to 282,400. Only Russia saw a slight rise of 2% to 67,300.
North America was up 14.9% to 205,700 (179,100), of which 142,800 (124,400; +14.7%) vehicles were sold in the United States.
