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Volkswagen Group Sells More Than Three Million Vehicles World-Wide In First Half Of 2007

Posted 13th July, 2007 in Volkswagen | Leave a comment

The Volkswagen Group delivered 3.09 million vehicles to customers throughout the world in the first six months of 2007, an all-time sales record for the company for the first half of a year. This corresponds to an increase of 7.8 percent over the same period last year.

Group deliveries from January through June 2007 in Europe rose by 3.7 percent to 1.86 million vehicles, 1.62 million of which went to Western Europe (1.3 percent increase). This more than makes up for the 3.7 percent decline in Germany, the largest single market, where 515,000 vehicles were delivered. The 238,000 vehicles sold in Central and Eastern Europe produced an increase of 22.8 percent.

The Volkswagen Group sold 502,000 vehicles in the Asian-Pacific region, 20.9 percent more than in the first half of last year. The deliveries in China alone grew by 24.6 percent to 431,000 vehicles.

Sales developed positively in the first half of the year on the American continents as well. The Group’s deliveries to customers in South America rose by 27.7 percent to 339,000 cars, of which 260,000 went to Brazil, generating 28.6 percent growth there. In North America, the sale of 263,000 vehicles produced a rise of 3.1 percent, whereby the USA registered 2.8 percent growth with 163,000 vehicles.

Volkswagen brand, the largest-volume member of the Group, delivered 1.8 million vehicles in the first half of this year to customers throughout the world, 7.4 percent more than in the same period last year. Audi likewise registered a substantial growth of 9.8 percent in sales and 509,000 deliveries. Skoda made a powerful gain of 13.2 percent with 311,000 cars. Seat delivered 222,000 vehicles, registering a slight decline of 1.8 percent. Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles significantly increased sales by 8.4 percent to 233,000. Bentley made as strong gain of 18.8 percent to more than 5,600 cars sold; with 1,200 sales, Lamborghini grew by 29.7 percent; and Bugatti by 131.3 percent to 37 cars.

[Source: VW]