H Volkswagen ανακοίνωσε πως στο πρώτο τρίμηνο του 2014 πούλησε σε όλο τον κόσμο 1,48 εκατ. αυτοκίνητα, παρουσιάζοντας αύξηση 3,9% σε σχέση με την ίδια περσινή περίοδο, ενώ τον Μάρτιο πούλησε 557.800 αυτοκίνητα (+4,8%).
Στην Ευρώπη την περίοδο Ιανουάριου-Μαρτίου 2014 πουλήθηκαν 422.300 νέα VW (+6,6%). Στην Κεντρική και Ανατολική Ευρώπη οι πωλήσεις αυξήθηκαν κατά 5,2% (64.100 μονάδες) ενώ στη Ρωσία μειώθηκαν κατά 2,7 % (35.300 μονάδες). Στη Δυτική Ευρώπη, εκτός Γερμανίας, οι πωλήσεις αυξήθηκαν κατά 7,8% (225.100 μονάδες) ενώ και στη Γερμανία οι πωλήσεις σημείωσαν αύξηση της τάξεως του 5,3% (133.100).
Στη περιοχή Ασίας-Ειρηνικού πουλήθηκαν 740.100 αυτοκίνητα (+13,3%) ενώ στη Κίνα οι πωλήσεις ανήλθαν σε 682.700 αυτοκίνητα (+14,1%). Στη Βόρειο Αμερική η VW πούλησε 134.600 αυτοκίνητα (-7,6%), στις Η.Π.Α 87.300 αυτοκίνητα (-11,1%) και στη Νότιο Αμερική 135.000 αυτοκίνητα (-23,1%). Στη Βραζιλία πουλήθηκαν 105.300 νέα Volkswagen (-19,7%), ενώ στην Ινδία 10.500 αυτοκίνητα (-36,8%).
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Volkswagen Passenger Cars records 3.9 percent first-quarter increase in vehicle deliveries to 1.48 million
557,800 vehicles delivered in March / +4.8 percent
The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand delivered 1.48 (January-March 2013: 1.43; +3.9 percent) million vehicles in the first three months of this year. The brand handed over 557,800 (March 2013: 532,400; +4.8 percent) vehicles in March. “The delivery figures for Volkswagen Passenger Cars, our core brand, in the first three months of the year were encouraging. Deliveries in Europe continued to improve and we saw further expansion in Asia in particular; however, this contrasted with a tense market situation in South America”, Christian Klingler, Board Member for Sales and Marketing for the Volkswagen Group and the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand, said in Wolfsburg on Tuesday.
Volkswagen Passenger Cars handed over 422,300 (396,200; +6.6 percent) vehicles on the overall European market in the first quarter, of which 225,100 (208,800; +7.8 percent) units were delivered in Western Europe (excluding Germany). Developments in the home market of Germany, where 133,100 (126,500; +5.3 percent) customers took possession of a new vehicle, were also favorable. In addition, Volkswagen Passenger Cars grew deliveries in the Central and Eastern Europe region in the period to March, handing over 64,100 (61,000; +5.2 percent) vehicles there. The company delivered 34,300 (35,300; -2.7 percent) units in Russia.
The brand recorded a 13.3 percent increase in deliveries in the Asia-Pacific region in the period to March, handing over 740,100 (653,500) vehicles to customers. 682.700 (598.100; +14.1 percent) units were delivered in China (incl. Hong Kong) during the same period. In contrast, deliveries in India fell to 10,500 (16,600; -36.8 percent). Volkswagen Passenger Cars delivered 134,600 (145,700; -7.6 percent) vehicles in the North America region, of which 87,300 (98,200; -11.1 percent) models were handed over to customers in the United States. In the South America region, deliveries in the period to March declined to 135,000 (176,600; -23.5 percent) units, of which 105,300 (131,200; -19.7 percent) were handed over in Brazil.
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