The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand has delivered 2.55m (January-May 2013: 2.44m; up 4.4%) vehicles in the first five months of the year.
Deliveries grew by 3.9% in May, with the brand handing over 531,100 (May 2013: 511,000) vehicles to customers during that month. “The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand has produced a very satisfactory performance so far this year – even though developments in the various sales regions have been mixed. The Asia-Pacific region remains the growth driver, followed by Western Europe”, Christian Klingler, board member for sales and marketing for the Volkswagen Group and the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand, said.
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Volkswagen Passenger Cars delivered 712,700 (688,800; up 3.5%) vehicles on the overall European market from January to May, of which 372,300 (351,400; up 6%) were handed over in Western Europe (excluding Germany). There was also an increase in deliveries in the home market of Germany, where customers took possession of 234,400 (229,300; up 2.2%) new vehicles in the period to May. In contrast, there was a slight decrease in deliveries in Central and Eastern Europe, where Volkswagen Passenger Cars handed over 106,000 (108,200; down 2%) units. In Russia, the company delivered 56,500 (62,600; down 9.7%) vehicles to customers.
Volkswagen Passenger Cars delivered 235,400 (254,800; down 7.6%) vehicles in the North America region, of which 150,300 (169,800; down 11.5%) models were handed over to customers in the US. In the South America region, deliveries for the period to May fell by 20.3% to 267,600 (335,700), of which 215,700 (255,200; down 15.5%) units were handed over in Brazil.
The brand reported a substantial increase of 17% in deliveries in the Asia-Pacific region for the period to May, handing over 1.25m (1.07m) vehicles to customers there, of which 1.16m (980,000; up 18.6%) units were delivered in China (including Hong Kong), the region’s largest single market, marking the first time that deliveries for this period topped the 1m mark.
