The Volkswagen Group started 2016 on a positive note, having increased their year-on-year delivery by 3.7% in the month of January. A total of 847,800 of the Group’s vehicles were handed over to customers compared to 817,600 in January 2015.
Commenting on the January figures in Wolfsburg on Friday Matthias Müller, CEO of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, said: “The brands recorded a rise in deliveries in January. Developments on world markets at the beginning of the year are mixed. The situation in Brazil and Russia remains tense, China is regaining momentum and the trend in Europe is generally stable”.
The Americas was more challenging. The company delivered 61,100 vehicles in North America in the first month of the year, of which 36,400 units were handed over to customers in the United States (-7.0%), where sales for several diesel models were halted. Deliveries in the South America region, where the general economic climate remains unstable, declined 32.2%.
In Europe, January was a more pleasing month (+1.8%). The Group with its 12 brands recorded a slight increase (+2.9%) in Western Europe. Deliveries remained stable in the home market of Germany (+0.4%). In contrast, developments in Central and Eastern Europe (-4.2%) continued to be impacted by the uncertainties in Russia (-29.5%). Increases in several other markets in the region could not offset this downward trend in January.
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