Volkswagen Deliveries Up in North America for First Time in 2016

2016 has undoubtedly been challenging for Volkswagen, but there’s good news coming from the automaker. North American deliveries for the Volkswagen brand are up 4% this April as compared to 2015.

Deliveries	April 2015	April 2016	Change (%)
North America	48,700	50,700	+4.0
Europe	151,700	150,300	-0.9
Asia-Pacific	236,600	229,200	-3.1
South America	38,800	31,900	-17.8
Worldwide	496,000	476,700	-3.9

This is the first time this year that North American sales rose year over year, and it’s thanks in large part to Mexico. Despite that, sales in the USA still fell that month.

VAG sales are also up for the period of January to April. Worldwide, the group delivered 0.6% more vehicles in the first third of 2016 than they did in 2015.

Deliveries	Jan.-Apr. 2015	Jan.-Apr. 2016	Change (%)
Europe	1,379,200	1,426,600	+3.4
North America	284,300	283,800	-0.2
South America	200,400	149,600	-25.4
Asia-Pacific	1,325,600	1,366,800	+3.1
Worldwide	3,340,900	3,361,600	+0.6

Once again sales rose in all, but the American markets. South America is still in the midsts of an economic recession, so sales of all cars are suffering.

In North America, meanwhile, April sales for the group, as for the brand, were up. VAG sold 3,800 more cars (+4.9%) this April than they did in 2015.

China still rules the roost, though, in terms of sales. VAG sales rose 4% between January and April, as the brand’s sales rose 4.4%, to 939,400.

Audi, Skoda, Porshce, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, and Scania lead the way in first-third sales for the group, with their sales rising between 4.7% and 6.8%.

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