2023-08-18 17:18:31
The worldwide sales of Volkswagen Group cars increased by 11.8% in the first seven months of the year in relation to the same period of the previous year, to register a total of 5.1 million units sold, as reported by the automobile group on Friday. .
Only in the month of July, the group’s sales in the world increased by 6.6% compared to the same month in 2022, reaching 773,400 registrations.
Despite these increases, Volkswagen’s car sales in China fell 10% in July 2023 compared to the same month a year earlier, while it registered 2.7% fewer year-to-date January-July in the Asian giant, reaching 1,712,300 units sold.
In this way, Volkswagen registers two months of falls in its sales in China, a market where it has a strong investment and where sales to Chinese customers have been an important part of the company’s results.
The region where the group managed to deliver the most units was Western Europe, where sales increased by 26.1% between January and July, reaching 1,917,900 vehicles, while in July it sold 274,500 units, 23% further.
Between January and July 2023, Africa and the Middle East is also the region where Volkswagen has increased its sales the most, rising 31.1%, to 205,800 units. Only in July the increase is 45.2%, up to 33,400 registrations.
Following are sales in Central and Eastern Europe (+12.1% and 295,400 units sold between January and July); Asia and the Rest of the Pacific (+12% and 199,700 units sold); North America (+11.9% and 537,300 units sold) and South America (+15.4% and 277,100 units registered).
Regarding the data for the month of July, in South America, the sales of the automobile group grew by 18.8%, with 55,800 units; while in Asia and the rest of the Pacific, sales increased by 16.7%, to 28,700. In Central and Eastern Europe they grew by 15.5%, to 42,000 registrations; and in North America the growth in sales was zero, registering 78,600 units, the same as in July 2022.
Sales of Volkswagen’s core brand fell 0.9% in July, delivering just 412,100. On the other hand, the brand that registered the greatest increase in sales of units was Audi, with 14.7% more and 156,300 vehicles sold.
Likewise, sales in its line of trucks and buses fell 37.1% in July, selling only 3,200 units. The other big drop was in the Lamborghini/Bentley brand, whose sales fell 21.2% in July to 1,700 units.
On the other hand, the Czech manufacturer Skoda (with an increase of 17.4%) and the Spanish subsidiaries Seat and Cupra (with an increase of 45.7%) were the ones that registered the highest gains in the total number of vehicles delivered by the Volkswagen Group. in July.
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