Volkswagen global sales near 2 million units in Jan-Apr 2014

Volkswagen’s global passenger car sales for 2014 almost crossed the two million-unit threshold in the first four months of the year, with April sales hitting 513,400 units contributing to a grand total of 1.99 million units.

Year-on-year, these figures, which remarkably do not include other brands of the VW Group, represent increases of 6.8 and 4.6 percent respectively from the corresponding periods of 2013, which saw 480,900 units sold in April last year and 1.91 million units in the first four months.

“Volkswagen Passenger Cars grew deliveries yet again in April. On the one hand that is due to good sales developments in China and Europe, and on the other it is attributable to sustained high demand for products such as the Golf, now in the seventh generation of its 40-year history, where the success story continues”, Christian Klingler, Board Member for Sales and Marketing for the Volkswagen Group and the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand.

Volkswagen Passenger Cars delivered 567,800 (545,300; +4.1 percent) vehicles on the overall European market in the first four months, of which 298,400 (279,300; +6.8 percent) were handed over in Western Europe (excluding Germany). Deliveries on the home market of Germany rose slightly to 184,100 (180,500; +2.0 percent) units.

Developments in the Central and Eastern Europe region in the period to April were stable, with deliveries running at 85,300 (85,500; -0.2 percent) units. The company handed over 45,800 (49,500; -7.4 percent) vehicles to customers in Russia during the same period.

The brand recorded a 16.2 percent increase in deliveries in the Asia- Pacific region in the period to April, handing over 993,400 (855,100) vehicles. 921,400 (783,900; +17.5 percent) models were delivered in China (incl. Hong Kong) during the same period.

Volkswagen Passenger Cars delivered 182,700 (196,200; -6.9 percent) vehicles in the North America region in the period to April, of which 118,200 (131,800; -10.4 percent) models were handed over to customers in the United States. In the South America region, deliveries from January to April declined to 183,900 (235,200; -21.8 percent) units, of which 144,700 (175,600; -17.6 percent) were handed over in Brazil.

KON