- 5.6 per cent increase from January to August*
- 740,500 vehicles delivered in August / +2.7 per cent*
- Group Board Member for Sales Christian Klingler: “Deliveries developed well in first eight months. Economic environment remains tense.”
Wolfsburg, September 12, 2014: The Volkswagen Group recorded a further rise in deliveries in the period to August, handing over 6.52 (January-August 2013: 6.17; +5.6 per cent)* million vehicles to customers. Developments during the month of August were also positive, with the company delivering 740,500 (August 2013: 720,900; +2.7 per cent)* units worldwide. “Deliveries by the Volkswagen Group developed well in the first eight months. However, the economic environment in some world markets remains tense,” Group Board Member for Sales Christian Klingler said in Wolfsburg on Friday, and added: “The Volkswagen Group and its brands are in an excellent position to master these challenges.”
Group brands delivered a total of 2.55 (2.39; +6.9 per cent) million vehicles to customers on the overall European market from January to August. In Western Europe (excluding Germany) 1.31 (1.22; +8.2 per cent) million customers took possession of a new vehicle, of which 806,500 (757,300; +6.5 per cent) were delivered in the home market of Germany. The Group handed over 431,100 (415,000; +3.9 per cent) vehicles to customers in Central and Eastern Europe in the period to August, of which 176,700 (199,800; -11.6 per cent) were delivered in Russia.
The company delivered 583,300 (593,700; -1.8 per cent) vehicles in the North America region from January to August, of which 394,700 (414,800; -4.8 per cent) were handed over to customers in the United States. The Volkswagen Group delivered 471,700 (606,000; -22.2 per cent) units to customers in the South America region during the same period, of which 368,300 (447,600; -17.7 per cent) were handed over to customers in Brazil.
The Group continued to record very encouraging figures in the Asia-Pacific region, where 2.64 (2.30; +14.9 per cent) million vehicles were delivered to customers in the first eight months, of which 2.40 (2.06; +16.5 per cent) million units were handed over in China, the Group’s largest single market.
Outline of developments at Group brands
The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand delivered 4.03 (3.90; +3.4 per cent) million vehicles to customers worldwide from January to August. The brand developed particularly well in China, handing over 1.83 (1.56; +17.1 per cent) million vehicles there, and in Western Europe (excluding Germany), where 561,500 (535,400; +4.9 per cent) customers took possession of a new Volkswagen.
Audi delivered 1.14 (1.03) million vehicles worldwide in the first eight months, an increase of 10.5 per cent. The premium brand from Ingolstadt benefited among other things from appreciable growth in China, where 364,100 (312,700; +16.4 per cent) vehicles were handed over to customers. The brand also grew deliveries in the United States compared with the same prior-year period, handing over 116,100 (101,300) automobiles, an increase of 14.5 per cent.
The sports car manufacturer Porsche delivered a total of 119,800 (106,800; +12.2 per cent) vehicles in the period to August. Demand for models from the Stuttgart-based carmaker was particularly high in the Asia-Pacific region, where 37,500 (32,500; +15.6 per cent) vehicles were delivered, and in the North America region, where 35,700 (31,400; +13.8 per cent) models were handed over to customers.
The ŠKODA brand delivered 678,500 (598,400; +13.4 per cent) vehicles worldwide from January to August. The company handed over 180,800 (159,100; +13.6 per cent) units to customers in Central and Eastern Europe. 176,800 (147,500; +19.9 per cent) vehicles were delivered in Western Europe (excluding Germany) during the same period.
SEAT delivered 257,800 (234,200; +10.1 per cent) vehicles worldwide in the period to August. The company handed over 217,600 (191,700; +13.5 per cent) vehicles to customers on the overall European market. Developments in Central and Eastern Europe were particularly pleasing, with 16,600 (10,300) units handed over to customers there, an increase of 60.5 per cent.
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles delivered 287,500 (299,000; -3.9 per cent) vehicles in the first eight months. 111,900 (104,200; +7.4 per cent) units were handed over to customers in Western Europe (excluding Germany). Vehicle deliveries in the home market of Germany rose to 76,300 (71,600; +6.6 per cent) units.
* excluding MAN and Scania