Car sales in Europe have hit a high in January 2016, rising 6.3% against December 2015’s figures. In total, nearly 1.1 million cars were sold in the past month in Europe despite Volkswagen’s continuing dry spell.
According to Automotive News, Volkswagen sales in Europe took another 4% plunge in January, as echoes of the “largely concluded” dieselgate saga still haunt the brand’s reputation.
Volkswagen’s European competition, Ford and Opel/Vauxhall each recorded 11% and 12% gains respectively. Its been reported that the German car maker’s key rivals have also been piling on the discounts for its models in a bid to make the most out of Volkswagen’s damaged reputation.
It has been five months now since the diesel scandal outbreak hit Europe and there’s still no end to the troubling times in sight for Volkswagen. In Germany alone, the brand’s sales dipped 8.8% in January. In the UK, a 14% decline was recorded.
Spain’s figures for the Volkswagen Group was a bit of a surprise, with Seat’s (owned by the VW Group) sale figures plunging by 17% and Volkswagen-branded models increasing by 12% instead.
Across Europe, Audi and Skoda showed promising growth, marking 14% and 6% increases respectively, counter-balancing the poorer performances of Seat (down 8.8%) and Porsche (down 5.6%) for the Volkswagen Group.
Overall, the entire Volkswagen Group racked up a 24.3% market share for European car sales in January 2016 – a decline from the company’s 25.6% performance achieved during the same month last year.
While the Volkswagen Group may still be the largest automaker in Europe, PSA Peugeot-Citroen and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) continue to capitalise on its recent downfalls – PSA recorded a 3.7% increase in January, while FCA shot up by 15%.
Asian brands Kia and Hyundai gained 13 and 9.1% respectively, while Toyota and Lexus managed a 2.2% improvement collectively. Jaguar Land Rover was the most-improved of the premium brands, rising 53% compared to Daimler’s combined 9.4% and the BMW Group’s combined 4.8%.
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How’s Proton sales in Europe? With signal stick at left side it should helps getting big sales right?
Both Kia & Hyundai have better share than Lexus. So means Lexus is shittier than kimchi?
VGM listen carefully. VW owners wishing their cars to have:
(1) full 10 years warranty
(2) free towing service nationwide
(3) instant courtesy car substitution
(4) fix the ‘junk’ trade-in value
With points above, then everyone should buy VW.
Better for VGM to close shop. Lie after lie. Dieselgate is just one lie. For years VGM lying about DSG also.
Let me remind everybody here, please tell everybody you know about DSG. Let VGM suffer. Even with continuous breakdowns, they increase their prices. That is arrogance.
DSG cannot be sold in Malaysia as DSG is inherently faulty in hot countries. This has been confirmed by VW AG.
This year, VGM better close shop. Everybody is now staying away from a company that lies lies lies lies
Those days VW owners come here and kutuk all other brands. Look down on every other car. Kutuk gila gila. Say people poor lah and all that and cannot afford their cars.
Now the truth is out. Not only got so many lies, don’t know what other new lies are going to crop up.
Everything also lie. Even their warranty also lie. Actually only 2 years real maufacturers warranty. The remaining 3 years is insurance warranty and so many people say claims are turned down.
So, even warranty also they lie. I would not dare commit so much money on a company that lies.
VGM do listen yo!
1) confirmed full 10 years warranty (T&C applied) – 1st 2 yrs manufacturer, 2nd 3 yrs insurance, the last 5 yrs on-your-own warranty.
2) yes confirmed got free towing service – as long as you are out of the 100km radius and as long as we have tow truck available.
3) yes! instance courtesy car substitution – as long as you are out of the 100km radius and as long as we have extra courtesy cars.
4) ‘junk’ trade-in value fixed. now we buy back your junk and offer superior rm10k discount on our 2014.
They’re both cheaper than Lexus. Guna otak pls.
But some uber economist says sales figure is everything even over profit margin woh. Thats how they justify P2 is better than P1 cuz it sells more, but din see valuation of the vehicle sold or GP.
Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche, Aston Martin, Rolls Royse and Bentley all have smaller market share than Kia and Hyundai. They must be shitty too!
It means you have a shittier brain
It means ur RBA uber economist failed his economy.
only now malaysians realise that euro cars are overpriced trash..only to fill egos..