The Volkswagen Group reported its strongest growth in global vehicles deliveries so far this year in November – an increase of 19.1% to 531,300 from the 446,000 vehicles it delivered in November 20008. This takes the group’s sales for the first 11 months of the years to 5.85m, an increase of 2% over the same period last year.
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“We have exceeded our expectations so far this year. That shows our group brands are on the right track with our environmentally-friendly model range tailored to the specific needs of the markets,” Detlef Wittig, sales and marketing head, said in Wolfsburg on Friday. The group expects a slight increase in deliveries for the full year.
Wittig said there were, however, still no signs yet of a robust improvement on international automotive markets next year.
“The coming year will be extremely difficult. Very different developments are expected on markets around the world. While the upward trend in China is anticipated to continue, we expect a marked decline on the European market in particular. So we cannot give the all-clear yet,” Wittig added.
VW reported growth in its core markets of Germany, China and Brazil. In November, Volkswagen recorded a 72.9% rise in deliveries in China, its largest market, to 133,700 vehicles, up from 77,300 the previous November. The increase for the entire Asia/Pacific region was 68.9%, with deliveries totaling 146,500 units.
In the home market of Germany, deliveries went up by 18.6% to 102,000 from 86,000 a year ago. In western Europe, excluding Germany, group deliveries rose by 7.3% to 139,200 from 129,700.
Globally, sales of VW brand cars rose 25.8% to 334,500 from 266,000; Audi sales were up 8.9% from 76,000 to 82,800; Škoda sales rose by 26% to 55,500 from 44,000 and Spanish unit Seat reported sales up 8% from 25,800 to 27,900.
