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Christopher Bruce2013-10-11 14:33:24

VW Group Delivers Over 7 Million Cars Through 3 Quarters

It is the first time that they have reached the milestone

 
 
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Asia, especially China, is the key to Volkswagen Group's growth

While the individual brands may be up or down, VolkswagenVolkswagenVolkswagenGermany, 1938 > present98 models
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Group sales from January to September are up 4.8% to 7.03 million cars. It is the first time that VW Group has sold over 7 million cars in the first three quarters. Sales in September alone are up 7% to 856,900 cars.

European sales continue to be the sticking point for VW Group, and sales fell 2.4% there to 2.73 million cars in the first three quarters. Western Europe, excluding Germany, saw sales fall 1.6% to 1.4 million cars. German sales fell 3.9% to 855,600 cars. Central and Eastern European sales fell 2% in the first three quarters to 470,200 cars, and Russian sales were down 3.7% to 226,100 cars.

American growth is steady but still smaller than some other major automakers. Sales are up 9.2% to 664,500 cars, and of those 463,200 were sold in the United States, up 7.3%. South American sales are down 9.4% to 681,200 cars, and they are down 12.3% to 503,100 cars in Brazil.

The Asian region continues to keep VW Group growing with 2.63 million cars sold, up 16%. Of those, 2.35 million cars were sold in China, up 17.7%. Indian sales fell 17.4% to 70,700 cars.

SkodaSkodaSkodaCzech Rep., 1895 > present57 models
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sales are down 4.5% to 684,900 cars for the first three quarters.

SeatSeatSeatSpain, 1950 > present29 models
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has grown 11.7% through the first three quarters to 266,100 cars. Its European sales were up 9.6%.

VW Commercial Vehicles had its sales fall 0.7% through the first three quarters with 406,600 cars sold

We have previously covered the September sales of Volkswagen, AudiAudiAudiGermany, 1909 > present83 models
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and PorschePorschePorscheGermany, 1931 > present43 models
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for September and the first three quarters, and you can view them in the article list below.

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