4,88 εκατ. πωλήσεις για την Volkswagen από την αρχή του έτους

21:12 12/11/2013 - Πηγή: AutoBlog

H Volkswagen ανακοίνωσε ότι από τις αρχές του έτους έως και τον Οκτώβριο, πούλησε 4.88 εκατ. αυτοκίνητα παγκοσμίως παρουσιάζοντας αύξηση 3,4% σε σχέση με την ίδια περσινή περίοδο. Μόνο τον Οκτώβριο, η Γερμανική εταιρία πούλησε 511.400 αυτοκίνητα (+2,0%).

Στην Ευρώπη τον Σεπτέμβριο πουλήθηκαν 1.23 εκατ. νέα VW (-5,7%). Στην Κεντρική και Ανατολική Ευρώπη οι πωλήσεις μειώθηκαν κατά 0,5% (198.800 μονάδες) ενώ στη Ρωσία

μειώθηκαν κατά 4,7 % (123.000 μονάδες). Στη Δυτική Ευρώπη, εκτός Γερμανίας, οι πωλήσεις μειώθηκαν κατά 5,6% (614.400 μονάδες) ενώ και στη Γερμανία οι πωλήσεις σημείωσαν πτώση κατά 8,2% (410.300). Στη πτώση των πωλήσεων συνέβαλε και η ισχυρή χαλαζόπτωση που σημειώθηκε στα μέσα του Αυγούστου.

Στη περιοχή Ασίας-Ειρηνικού πουλήθηκαν 2.20 εκατ. αυτοκίνητα (+16,2%) ενώ στη Κίνα οι πωλήσεις ανήλθαν σε 2.02 εκατ. αυτοκίνητα (+17,9%). Στην Ινδία η Volkswagen πούλησε 51.000 αυτοκίνητα (-11,0%). Στη Βόρειο Αμερική πούλησε 513.100 αυτοκίνητα (+0,9%), στις Η.Π.Α 343.000 αυτοκίνητα (-4,0%) και στη Νότιο Αμερική 602.500 αυτοκίνητα (-13,9%). Στη Βραζιλία πουλήθηκαν 454.000 νέα Volkswagen (-16,9%).

[Πηγή: Volkswagen]

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Volkswagen Passenger Cars delivers 4.88 million vehicles in period to October

The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand delivered 4.88 (January-October 2012: 4.72; +3.4 percent) million vehicles from January to October this year. The brand handed over 511,400 (October 2012: 501,400; +2.0 percent) vehicles to customers in the month of October. “Deliveries by the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand made satisfactory progress in October despite the ongoing economic uncertainty in some regions. We continued to grow in the Asia-Pacific region where deliveries in China, our largest single market, remained very encouraging”, Christian Klingler, Board Member for Sales and Marketing for the Volkswagen Group and the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand, said in Wolfsburg on Tuesday.

Business on the overall European market remained difficult, with the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand delivering 1.37 (1.44; -5.3 percent) million vehicles in this region in the period to October, of which 682,200 (719,100; -5.1 percent) units were handed over in the Western Europe region (excluding Germany). At 464,100 (501,300) units, new car deliveries to customers on the home market of Germany from January to October were down 7.4 percent. Volkswagen Passenger Cars handed over 220,500 (223,100; -1.2 percent) vehicles to customers in Central and Eastern Europe in the period to October, of which 129,900 (137,200; -5.4 percent) units were delivered in Russia.

In the North America region, Volkswagen Passenger Cars grew deliveries in the period to October by 0.9 percent to 513,100 (508,500) units, of which 343,000 (357,400; -4.0 percent) models were handed over to their new owners in the United States. In the South America region, deliveries from January to October declined by 13.9 percent to 602,500 (699,700) units, of which 454,000 (546,500; -16.9 percent) were handed over in Brazil.

In contrast, the positive momentum for the brand in the Asia-Pacific region continued in the period to October with Volkswagen growing deliveries there by 16.2 percent to 2.20 (1.89) million vehicles. 2.02 (1.71; +17.9 percent) million vehicles were delivered in China (including Hong Kong) during the same period. In contrast, deliveries in India declined to 51,000 (57,400; -11.0 percent) units.