The Volkswagen Group delivered 759,400 vehicles in August, an increase of 6.3%.
A total of 6.66m vehicles was handed over to customers worldwide from January to August, up 1.8% year on year.
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"All group brands turned in a solid delivery performance in August and for the first eight months. That underscores customers' trust in our brands. Our models performed particularly well in Asia-Pacific and Europe", sales chief Fred Kappler said. "Nevertheless, our task now is to strengthen and expand this trust, particularly in the North America region."
The group delivered 2.78m vehicles (+3.1%) in Europe in the first eight months, of which 264,500 were sold in August, an increase of 8.3%. 215,700 vehicles (+8.5%) were delivered in western Europe in August. Momentum was particularly strong in Spain and in Germany (+11.6%). Markets in central and eastern Europe recorded solid growth of 7.1%. The group developed particularly well in Poland thanks to a good performance by the two volume brands Volkswagen and Škoda, and outpaced the overall good market trend.
Sales declined 1.1% to 84,400 vehicles in North America in August. While growth in Mexico remained strong, deliveries in the US continued to decline (-3.8%). The situation in South America remained tense as difficult macroeconomic conditions persist. 292,600 vehicles were delivered in the region from January to August, down 25.3%.
Solid growth in the Asia-Pacific region since the beginning of the year continued. Deliveries in August increased 14.9% to 347,000 vehicles of which 323,600 were sold in China, a rise of 19.7%. 2,700,000 vehicles (+7.0%) were delivered in the Asia-Pacific region from January to August, of which 2,471,600 (+9.4%) were sold in China.
