Volkswagen group has reported a record 5m deliveries for the first nine months of this year, up 12.7% year on year. The automaker shipped 663,100 vehicles in September alone, up 7.9%.
Go deeper with GlobalData
Discover B2B Marketing That Performs
Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms.
Sales chief Christian Klingler said he anticipated the group would also set another new record for full-year deliveries. He added: “Even though a positive trend is expected for the automotive industry, we nevertheless remain cautious.”
He reported high growth in key markets such as China and the US, up 39% to 1.48m and up 21.2% to 267,500, respectively. Asia Pacific deliveries also increased, by 39.7%.
In Europe the group delivered 2.5m vehicles, up just over 1%, while the overall market contracted 2.3%. Russia also increased 27% with 92,300 deliveries.
VW’s home market continued to decline, however, down 27.5% due to the end of scrapping incentives. The group delivered 770,000 vehicles, down 19.3%.
The VW brand delivered 3.39m units, up 12.2%, with sales in India up sevenfold to 16,000. Audi was up 17.6% to 829,300 vehicles worldwide while Škoda grew 12.8% to 569,000 – recording its highest-ever monthly total in September of 75,800.
Seat delivered 259,100 vehicles, up 1.4%.
