The Volkswagen Group recorded the best ever first half year in its history, delivering 5.5 million vehicles in six months. It represents growth of 7.1%, and comes after June sales grew 4.1% to 958,600 units. The second half of 2018 won’t be super smooth though.
“This was the best-ever first half year in our company’s history. Group deliveries increased significantly in all core regions. Our core brands recorded strong growth in the first half year. We expect deliveries in the second half of 2018 to be affected by the introduction of the new WLTP standard. Some vehicles will probably be handed over to customers later than planned,” said Fred Kappler, head of group sales at Volkswagen AG.
In Europe, the group sold 2.4 million vehicles (+6.5%) while North American deliveries remained stable (+0.8%). Also up were sales in South America (+13.1%) and Asia Pacific (+8.9%). The German giant noted poor June performance in Mexico and China – the latter is attributed to consumers’ “wait and see” stance in anticipation of lower tariffs on imported vehicles, which came into effect on July 1.
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Volkswagen sales still growing strong despite all the bad publicity and issues faced by the company. That really tells how well accepted their new range of cars are by car buyers around the world.
Volkswagen, the much underrated car here.
Congratulations VW. However Malaysia side still struggle with “tow truck fame” and poor sales (excl. 0% GST period)