- 870,300 VEHICLES HANDED OVER TO CUSTOMERS IN OCTOBER
- 5 MILLION VEHICLES DELIVERED WORLDWIDE FROM JANUARY TO OCTOBER
- FRED KAPPLER, HEAD OF GROUP SALES: “OUR DELIVERY FIGURES SHOW THAT OUR VEHICLES CONVINCE MANY BUYERS. OUR CUSTOMERS’ TRUST IN OUR PRODUCTS IS OUR MOST PRECIOUS ASSET”
12.11.2016.- Worldwide deliveries by the Volkswagen Group grew 4.7 percent to 870,300 units in October. The Group delivered 8.5 million vehicles from January to October 2016, an increase of 2.6 percent. “Our delivery figures show that our vehicles convince many buyers. Our customers’ trust in our products is our most precious asset”, Fred Kappler, Head of Group Sales, said. “We want to keep on thrilling our customers with quality, ride comfort, safety and innovations, because we can only master the upcoming challenges through qualitative growth”, Kappler continued.
The Volkswagen Group delivered 3.5 million vehicles (+3.3 percent) in Europe during the first ten months, of which 338,000 (+0.9 percent) were handed over to customers in October. Group deliveries in Western Europe rose slightly to 280,600 units (+0.2 percent). The good delivery performance in the UK, Italy and France helped counteract the decrease on the home market of Germany (-9.8 percent). In contrast, the Group recorded 4.2 percent growth in Central and Eastern Europe on the back of the solid delivery trend in Poland.
The Volkswagen Group delivered 76,600 vehicles (-4.8 percent) in the North America region in October. Performance was affected above all by deliveries in the USA (-9.5 percent). The macroeconomic situation in the South America region, particularly in Brazil, remains tense. The Group handed over 349,600 vehicles to customers in this region during the first ten months – a decrease of 27.7 percent.
3.5 million vehicles (+8.9 percent) were delivered in the Asia-Pacific region from January to October, of which 3.2 million (+11.3 percent) were handed over to customers in China. Deliveries in the Asia-Pacific region in October increased by 15.9 percent compared with the previous year to 390,300 units, of which 363,900 vehicles were handed over to customers in the Chinese market, representing an increase of 16.6 percent.
Source: Volkswagen
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