Volkswagen sales totaled 6.8 million vehicles in the first 10 months

Geely Auto News On November 11th, 2011, Volkswagen announced its accumulated sales data for October and the first 10 months. The regional markets and brands achieved stable growth.

I. Overall sales volume Volkswagen's global sales volume in October was 688,000 (excluding Scania brand trucks, the total sales volume is the same below), an increase of 12.4% from the 612,000 vehicles in October last year; cumulative sales in the first 10 months 6.8 million vehicles, up 13.8% from 5.98 million vehicles in the same period last year.

Second, the single-country market with the largest sales volume in each regional market China is still in a leading position, with total sales of 200,000 units in October; cumulative sales in the first 10 months were 1.89 million, compared with 1.65 million last year, a year-on-year increase of 14.8%. Driven by the Chinese market, the Asia-Pacific market grew by 17.6% year-on-year from 1.82 million vehicles to 2.15 million vehicles.

The European market is still the largest regional market for Volkswagen. The cumulative sales in the first 10 months reached 3.07 million, compared with 2.78 million in the same period of last year, an increase of 10.7%. Excluding Germany's Western Europe, from the 1.57 million vehicles last year it increased by 6.2% year-on-year to 1.67 million vehicles. In Germany, cumulative sales for the first 10 months of this year were 960,800 units, which was 11.8% higher than the 859,300 units sold in the same period last year. Central and Eastern Europe maintained a relatively high growth rate, from 343,400 to 28.5% to 441,400.

The year-on-year increase in the North American region also exceeded 20%. The accumulated sales in the first 10 months from last year's 446,900 units increased by 21.5% to 543,000 units. The U.S. market occupied 360,500 vehicles, an increase of 21.8 percent compared with 285,900 vehicles last year. In the South American region, Volkswagen Group sold 777,200 vehicles, compared with 719,800 units in the same period of last year, an increase of 8.0% year-on-year.

Third, the sales of each brand 1. The Volkswagen brand steadily increased the total global sales volume of Volkswagen brand to 430,800 units last month, an increase of 10.4% from 390,300 units in the same period of last year; the cumulative sales volume of Volkswagen branded passenger vehicles from January to October last year was The 3.78 million vehicles were increased this year by 12.1% to 4.24 million vehicles.

From the cumulative sales of the regional markets in the first 10 months of this year, China is still in a leading position, from the previous year’s 1.3 million units, up 11.0% year-on-year to 1.45 million vehicles. The Volkswagen brand passenger car achieved 14.1% growth in the first 10 months in the Asia Pacific region. As the largest market for Volkswagen brand vehicles, China has surpassed the cumulative sales of the entire European market. The latter sold 1.44 million vehicles in the first 10 months, an increase of 9.9% from the 1.31 million in the same period last year.

The cumulative sales volume of Volkswagen branded passenger vehicles in the first 10 months in Germany was 498,400 units, which was 9.9 percent higher than the 453,400 units sold in the same period last year. In the U.S. market, it grew by 23.8% to 263,500 units from last year's 212,800;

2. Audi brand led China’s Audi sales in October this year was 108,500 units, up 23.9% from 87,574 units in the same period of 2010; total sales volume was 1,081,700 units in the first 10 months of this year, compared with the previous year’s 10 The cumulative sales volume for the month was 916,855 units, an increase of 18.0% year-on-year this year.

From the sales situation in each region. The Chinese market took the lead with sales of 272,290,000 units, an increase of 61.7% from 17,153 units in the same period of last year. Accumulated sales in the first 10 months were 253,739 units, an increase of 32.1% from 192,060 units in the same period of last year. Audi's growth in the Chinese market is mainly due to the hot sale of the longer wheelbase A6 models.

Audi sales in the European market in October from last year's 53,302 units increased by 9.8% year-on-year to 58,500 units. Accumulated sales in the first 10 months increased by 12.1% from 544,600 units last year to 610,400 units. However, sales growth in Germany in October tends to stagnate, with 22,308 units showing only a slight increase of 0.5% from 22,205 units last year. In the previous October, cumulative sales increased by 13.2% from 183,152 units to 207,330 units.

The U.S. market also achieved rapid growth. From the previous year's 8,128 vehicles, the number was up 25.8% year-on-year to 10,225 units. The cumulative sales volume for the first 10 months was 95,206 units, which exceeded the 81,718 units achieved last year and reached 16.5%. The new Audi Q3 bestseller is one of the factors driving the growth of the market.

3. The Skoda brand is expected to reach a new high. In October this year, the Volkswagen Skoda brand sold 77,000 units, an increase of 11.3% year-on-year. In October last year, the sales volume was 69,200 units. In the first 10 months of this year, sales totaled 741,800 units, a year-on-year increase of 16.2%. %, it is expected to exceed 800,000 vehicles this year.

In October this year, Skoda increased rapidly in fast-growing markets such as Russia, India, and China, with an increase of 88.3% in Russia to 7,000 vehicles in Russia; an increase of 36.7% in the Indian market to 2,300 units; and a year-on-year increase of 14 in the Chinese market. % to 20,900 vehicles. Skoda’s sales in the UK were 2,721; sales in the Czech Republic were 5,100; a year-on-year increase of 0.6%; sales in Central and Eastern Europe were 21,100, an increase of 20.4% year-on-year; sales in Western Europe were 29, 200 vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 2.8%.

Skoda’s best-selling model in October was Octavia, up 10.6% year-over-year to 33,600 units; followed by Fabia, which increased 12.6% year-on-year to 23,000 units; Superb’s sales increased 10.1% year-on-year to 9,900 units. Yesi's sales increased by 32.1% year-on-year to 6,300 units; Roomster's sales increased by 20.7% year-on-year to 3,000 units.

4. Slow growth of SEAT brand SEAT brand global sales in the first 10 months were 294,000, an increase of 3.2% from 285,000 units in the same period of last year. The brand achieved higher growth in some regions, such as 30.6% in Mexico, 27.8% in Germany, 16.5% in France, and 10.0% in the United Kingdom.

5. From January to October this year, the commercial vehicle Asia-pacific commercial vehicle led the delivery of 433,600 vehicles, an increase of 24.3% over 348,900 vehicles in the same period of last year. The growth rate in the Asia Pacific region was as high as 47.0%, Eastern Europe also reached 41.8%, and South America reached 27.3%.