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Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles Announces Strong Sales Numbers for January and February

  •  Global deliveries up 6.7 per cent
  • Western Europe with growth of 12.3 per cent
  • Deliveries in home German market up 10 per cent

Hannover – Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles delivered 67,000 vehicles to customers in the first two months of the year and, as a result, is clearly above the level of the previous year (62,750; +6.7 per cent). In the high-volume market of Western Europe, the brand recorded double digit growth.

“We have made a really impressive start to the new year,” explained Bram Schot, Member of the Board of Management of the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles brand responsible for Sales and Marketing. “In February alone, there was a 16.4 per cent increase in deliveries in Germany.” Schot went on to point out that these high figures confirmed the high utility value of the vehicles for customers.

In Western Europe, the brand delivered 45,300 light commercial vehicles of the Transporter, Caddy, Crafter and Amarok model ranges in January and February. That represents an increase of 12.3 per cent year on year (40,300). In the domestic market of Germany, 17,500 vehicles were handed over to customers (15,900; +10.0 per cent). The core markets of France (+15.7 per cent), Italy (+38.8 per cent) and Spain (+24.1 per cent) were also able to clearly surpass last year’s results. In Eastern Europe, the 4,900 units delivered mean that 2.2 per cent fewer vehicles were delivered year on year (5,000).

In South America, 6,200 vehicles were handed over to customers in the first two months of the year (6,100; +1.2 per cent). In the case of Brazil, this means an increase of 6.8 per cent, and for Argentina a rise of 3.2 per cent. The Middle East region was also above the previous year’s level with 4,600 vehicles delivered (4,500; +3.0 per cent). Of this figure, the Turkish market accounted for 4,100 vehicles (3,900; +5.4 per cent).

Worldwide deliveries in January and February broken down by model ranges:

● 27,100 vehicles from the T model range (24,500; +10.6 per cent)
● 22,200 vehicles from the Caddy range (20,400; +8.7 per cent)
● 11,800 vehicles from the Amarok range (11,500; +2.3 per cent)
● 6,000   vehicles from the Crafter range (6,400; 6.6 per cent)

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