Η Volkswagen ανακοίνωσε σήμερα ότι κατά το πρώτο εξάμηνο του 2011 πούλησε παγκοσμίως περισσότερα από 2.53 εκατ. αυτοκίνητα. Μιλάμε μόνο για την μάρκα “Volkswagen” και όχι για όλα τα αυτοκίνητα του VW Group.
Την αντίστοιχη περίοδο του 2010, η Volkswagen πούλησε 2.26 εκατ. αυτοκίνητα, παρουσιάζοντας έτσι φέτος αύξηση κατά 11.8%. Η φίρμα υπερδιπλασίασε τις πωλήσεις της στη Ρωσία πουλώντας φέτος 45.500 μονάδες μέχρι στιγμής σε σχέση με τις 22.400 μονάδες που είχε τους πρώτους 6 μήνες του 2010. Παρόμοια αύξηση είδε και στις αγορές της Κεντρικής και της Ανατολικής Ευρώπης (+42.2%). Στη περιοχή της Ασίας-Ειρηνικού είδε να αυξάνει τις πωλήσεις της κατά 16.4%, ενώ στην Αμερική πούλησε 237.700 μονάδες (+21.8%). Σε ότι αφορά την Κίνα, είναι μέχρι στιγμής η μεγαλύτερη αγορά της, αφού πούλησε μέχρι στιγμής 852.800 μονάδες (+12.9%).
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Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand sets first half-year record with more than 2.5 million vehicles delivered
Wolfsburg, 12 July 2011 – The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand reported a further rise in vehicle deliveries during the first half of 2011, handing over more than 2.5 million units during this period. In total, customers received 2.53 (January – June 2010: 2.26; +11.8 percent) million vehicles. The brand also reported an increase for the month of June, with 438,500 (June 2011: 399,200; +9.8 percent) vehicles sold. “The positive trend for the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand in the first half of the year is very encouraging. It would be a major success if we could keep up this momentum during the second six months,” Christian Klingler, Board Member for Sales and Marketing for the Volkswagen Group and the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand, commented in Wolfsburg on Tuesday.
Volkswagen Passenger Cars reported a marked increase in the Central and Eastern Europe region, where deliveries rose by 42.2 percent to 92,300 (64,900) units in the first half of the year. The brand doubled deliveries in the single market of Russia to 45,500 (22,400; +103.0 percent) vehicles. Volkswagen Passenger Cars also maintained growth in its home market of Germany, where 301,700 (287,400; +4.9 percent) vehicles were handed over.
The brand delivered 950,100 (816,400; +16.4 percent) vehicles in the Asia-Pacific region from January to June, of which 852,800 (755,500; +12.9 percent) units were handed over to customers in China, the largest single market. Deliveries in North America, where the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand handed over 237,700 (195,200; +21.8 percent) vehicles in the first six months, were also very encouraging.
Apart from the models developed specially for the growing Chinese market, demand for the Jetta (+58.3 percent), Tiguan (+50.9 percent) and Passat CC (+73.4 percent) as well as the Phaeton (+95.8 percent) was particularly high during the first half of the year.
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