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Volkswagen Group Off to Positive Start in 2016

  • 847,800 vehicles delivered in January / 3.7 percent increase
  • Group CEO Müller: “Brands recorded rise in deliveries at beginning of year. Mixed developments on world markets.”

The Volkswagen Group delivered more vehicles in the first month of this year compared with the prior year, handing over 847,800 models to customers. Commenting on the January figures in Wolfsburg on Friday Matthias Müller, CEO of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, said: “The brands recorded a rise in deliveries in January.” Müller continued: “Developments on world markets at the beginning of the year are mixed. The situation in Brazil and Russia remains tense, China is regaining momentum and the trend in Europe is generally stable.”

Developments on the overall Chinese market at the start of the year were particularly positive, with market growth running at around twelve percent. The Volkswagen Group and its brands put up an even stronger performance (+13.9 percent), handing over more than 400,000 models to customers and making January a record month. Never before has the Group delivered so many vehicles in China in a single month. This growth was a decisive factor in developments in the Asia-Pacific region as a whole (+12.0 percent).

The situation in the Americas was more challenging. The company delivered 61,100 vehicles in the North America region in the first month of the year, of which 36,400 units were handed over to customers in the United States (-7.0 percent), where the sales stop for several models with diesel engines had an impact. Deliveries in the South America region, where the general economic climate remains tense, declined appreciably (-32.2 percent).

In Europe, January was a more pleasing month (+1.8 percent). The Group with its twelve brands recorded a slight increase (+2.9 percent) in Western Europe. Deliveries remained stable in the home market of Germany (+0.4 percent). In contrast, developments in Central and Eastern Europe (-4.2 percent) continued to feel the effects of the tense situation in Russia (-29.5 percent). Increases in several other markets in the region could not offset the downward trend in January.
Overview of deliveries by the Volkswagen Group:

Deliveries to customers
by markets

January
2016

January
2015

Change (%)

Europe

292,600

287,500

+1.8

Western Europe

248,600

241,500

+2.9

      Germany

89,700

89,300

+0.4

Central and Eastern Europe

44,000

45,900

-4.2

      Russia

9,700

13,800

-29.5

North America

61,100

63,200

-3.4

      USA

36,400

39,200

-7.0

South America

36,500

53,900

-32.2

      Brazil

23,500

38,500

-38.8

Asia-Pacific

427,100

381,300

+12.0

      China

400,100

351,400

+13.9

Worldwide

847,800

817,600

+3.7

 

 

Deliveries to customers
by brands

January
2016

January
2015

Change (%)

Volkswagen Passenger Cars

521,400

507,100

+2.8

Audi

143,200

137,700

+4.0

ŠKODA

91,600

87,000

+5.2

SEAT

27,700

27,700

+0.1

Porsche

19,900

16,000

+24.2

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles

31,200

30,600

+2.1

MAN

6,800

5,600

+21.4

Scania

5,400

5,000

+6.1

Volkswagen Group (total)

847,800

817,600

+3.7

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