The ongoing “war of the numbers” between Toyota and the Volkswagen Group looks set for another switch of position, with the latter expected to overtake the former as the world’s largest automaker.
In the nine months through September, VW Group’s sales went up by 2.4% to about 7.61 million, whereas Toyota’s worldwide deliveries rose 0.4% to 7.53 million vehicles in the same period.
Automotive News reports that VW’s success, despite the ongoing emissions scandal, comes from the brand’s leading position in China, where it sells three cars for every one that Toyota shifts. The company reports a double-digit increase in sales of 10.7% to about 2.58 million units during the January-September period.
The Group’s numbers are also boosted by strong demand for other brands under its umbrella, including Audi, Porsche, Skoda, SEAT, and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles.
Meanwhile, Toyota experienced two unfortunate incidents, with the first being an explosion at a steel supplier in February, resulting in its factories shutting down for a week. Earthquakes in Japan’s south in April also forced another suspension of production. Unlike VW, Toyota outsells VW in the United States, but falling gas prices there have led to a reduction in demand for models like the new Prius.
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another proof of German’s solid kuality against jepunis recalls.
In Malaysia, VW have bad RV at all! Buy Toyota better!
After the scandal the brand still active in China?!?! Seem like the china have different taste compared to US and Europe…
That’s why china is progressing and we are not
Poor people must choose good RV cars
The chinese people in China is not interested in your two cents worth barking on good RV.
The chinese wants quality, standard , comfort, safety, confident driving feel and germanic latest technology in which NO Toyota brand or any other Japs brands CANNOT offer presently at reasonable price.
Please buy all the Toyota cars by yourself and keep them in your warehouses since you are so patriotic in owning this useless Toyota modern brand.
Think Toyota, think recalls and defects
Looks more like 2 giant(VW/Toyota) bashing each other & ‘still’ comes out TOP.
For the people who drive a VW & Toyota, fret not bcos you are still driving the top 2 car manufacturer in the world.
Maybe a “Scandal” may not necessary be a bad thing. Ha ha ha.
Congrats VW, continue focusing your efforts in the middle kingdom, as based on the global sales figures, in general, buyer pay attention to good design, engineering and product quality, which VW excels, unlike greedy Toyota, which practises double standard by selling their top notch quality products in developed markets, and outdated crap to developing countries….very very bad
The only reason VW sells better in China is because of the anti-Japan sentiment. Few years ago in Nanjing, people even beat up other Chinese for driving a Japanese car.
Japan and Germany were allies in WWII, while China was allied with the US, the USSR and the British? So most Chinese drive cars from Russia, the US and the UK now? Because of the sentiment?
Actually, China has a lot of Caddys, Buicks, GMs, Chevys too.
China fought a brutal war against Japan frm 1937-1945. For China, WW2 started way before any other nation was engulfed in war, that was two years before Hitler invaded Poland.
Japan had strated its aggression against China way back in 1897 during the Battle of Yellow Sea, which saw the Korean Penisular was annexed to the Japanese. Then came the Mukden incident in 1932, which the Manchurian territory was taken by the Japanese to set up the puppet state of Manchukuo.
Then came the Marco Polo bridge incident in Shanghai 1937 that lead to an Japanese all out invasion towards China. Seeing how China had a long war history resisting Japanese invasion and a brutal war fought in WW2, yes, Anti-Japanese sentiment are very much presence in China, even in choice of vehicles which Chinese people buy.
Ever heard of the famous Nanking Massacre?
Oh my! History subject..
Automotive discussion please!