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Volkswagen 2016 sales top 10m vehicles

BERLIN, January 12, 2017

The Volkswagen Group delivered 10.3 million vehicles to customers worldwide last year, a rise of 3.8 per cent compared with the prior-year figure.

Deliveries in December rose by 11.8 per cent to 933,300 vehicles.

Matthias Müller, CEO of the Volkswagen Group, said: “2016 was a very challenging year for us. We made strides in resolving and overcoming the diesel crisis and at the same time initiated a fundamental change process with ‘Together – Strategy 2025’ to get Volkswagen ready for the future of mobility. Nonetheless, we managed to stabilize operating business in difficult conditions: the fact that we handed over more than 10 million vehicles to customers last year bolsters the Group and its brands as we head for the future.”

Full-year deliveries by the Volkswagen Group brands in Europe in 2016 totalled 4.2 million units (+4.0 per cent), of which 340,600 new vehicles (+9.2 per cent) were handed over to customers in December. Deliveries by the Group in Western Europe in December rose by 9.2 per cent to 282,100 units.

The company recorded strong growth in the UK, Italy and France in December. 92,900 vehicles were handed over to customers in Germany in December – a decrease of 2.6 per cent. Deliveries in Central and Eastern Europe during the same month rose by 8.8 per cent to 58,500 units.

The Group handed over 939,100 new vehicles (+0.8 per cent) to customers in the North America region last year. 94,000 vehicles were delivered in this region in December, an increase of 10.3 per cent. Deliveries in the USA (+16.1 per cent) contributed decisively to this positive trend. The Group delivered 36,500 vehicles in South America in December – a rise of 5.0 per cent compared with the previous year.

A total of 4.3 million new vehicles (+9.7 per cent) were delivered in the Asia-Pacific region in 2016, of which 4.0 million (+12.2 per cent) were handed over to customers in China. Group deliveries to the Chinese market rose by 18.6 per cent in December, with customers taking possession of 390,600 vehicles.

“In 2017 we will be intensifying our efforts in the major technological fields of the future, in e-mobility, autonomous vehicles, the digitalization of our products and our Company. At the same time, though, we will not be neglecting today’s core business. Our Group brands will be putting almost 60 new vehicles on the road for their customers during the coming year”, Müller said.

“Apart from entirely new concepts, these include many of the brands’ core models such as the new Volkswagen Polo and Touareg, ŠKODA Yeti, SEAT Ibiza, Porsche Cayenne, Audi A8 and Bentley Continental GT. We are also systematically continuing with our e-mobility offensive and will be launching more than 10 new models with electric drives in 2017/18,” he added. – TradeArabia News Service




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