Volkswagen sales increase by 6% in September

According to data released by the Volkswagen Group recently, its global sales volume in the first three quarters of this year increased by 5% year-on-year to 7.4 million vehicles, and is expected to exceed 10 million units throughout the year; sales in China rose by 15% year-on-year to 2.72 million units. The number of multinational car companies ranks first, but sales growth for September alone is only 6%, which is lower than the previous level.

Lock up to 10 million new highs this year

In September 2014, the Volkswagen Group delivered 881,300 vehicles to consumers globally, compared with 856,000 vehicles delivered in September 2013, an increase of 3.0%. In the first nine months of this year, it was a public Slower growth in global sales. Sales volume is not included in the two major commercial vehicle subsidiaries Mann and Scania. For the sales of light vehicles, Volkswagen will give total sales figures in the third quarter earnings report.

This year, the growth of Volkswagen Group's sales year-on-year has been uneven. In January, Volkswagen's global sales volume increased by 6.5% year-on-year from 749,500 units to 798,100 units. In February, it increased by 2.8% from 6.52 million units to 6.70 million units in February; from 864,100 units in March, it increased 7.6% year-on-year to 929 units. , 500 units; from 784,500 units in April, year-on-year increase of 8.2% to 848,500 units; from 816,300 units in May, the year-on-year increase of 5.9% to 864,600 units; in June from 827,500 units, a year-on-year increase of 3.9%. 859,400 units; from 757,500 units in July, a year-on-year increase of 6.7% to 808,500 units; from 720,900 units in August to a year-on-year increase of 2.7% to 740,500 units.

In the first three quarters of this year, the volume of light vehicle delivered by Volkswagen Group in the global market was 7,399,900 units, which was 7,028,900 units in the same period of 2013, an increase of 5.3% year-on-year.

Christian Klingler, a member of the board of directors of the Volkswagen Group responsible for marketing and sales, said that sales growth in China and Europe has balanced the decline in the United States and Brazil, “despite some major challenges encountered in some markets, We are still expected to achieve annual sales of 10 million vehicles this year, four years ahead of the initial plan."

According to Volkswagen's previous 2018 strategic plan, it will achieve annual sales of 10 million units in 2018 and become the world's largest car manufacturer. In the past two years, due to the rapid growth of mass sales, especially in China, analysts have repeatedly mentioned that it may reach the target of 10,000 units in sales volume in advance.

Sales in China: Leading the car industry

In September, Volkswagen Group delivered 323,000 units in the largest single market in China, up 6.3% year-on-year, and 304,000 in the same period last year. The increase was significantly lower than the previous month this year. It is reported that this is related to the adjustment of Shanghai Volkswagen's production capacity, resulting in a slowdown in mass sales growth in the month.

In the first three quarters of this year, Volkswagen’s cumulative sales in China reached 2.702 million units, compared to 2.397 million units in the same period of last year, an increase of 15.2% year-on-year. This means that Volkswagen has once again become the highest-selling multinational car company in the Chinese market in the first three quarters, and the second-biggest GM has reached 2.581 million. Other foreign car sales are far lower than Volkswagen and GM.

Last month, FAW-Volkswagen’s growth was relatively good. Terminal sales volume increased by 7.9% year-on-year to 159,057 vehicles (including imported Audi vehicles). Among them, the Volkswagen brand sold 107,750 units of domestic-made models in September. The Audi brand achieved Sales of 51,307 vehicles (including imported vehicles). FAW-Volkswagen sales increased by 15.7% year-on-year to 1,352,250 units in the first three quarters of the year, and has completed 79.5% of the 1.7 million production and sales targets for the year. Volkswagen brand sales volume was 939,728 units, an increase of 15.5% year-on-year; Audi brand sales were 412,522 units (including imported cars), an increase of 16% year-on-year.

Shanghai Volkswagen's wholesale sales in September were 145,008 units, compared with 141,616 units in September last year, an increase of 2.4% year-on-year. The adjustment of production capacity has caused the sales of Passat and other models to not rise strongly.

In September of this year, China contributed 36.7% of global sales to the public. In the first three quarters, the ratio reached 36.48%.

Vehicle sales: Long Yat again won

Volkswagen sales growth in China as low as 6% in September

According to statistics, although in July and August, Shanghai Volkswagen LaVida lost the championship title due to the old sales of Long Yat, but in September, Volkswagen’s sales growth slowed down. The crown of the highest sales volume.

Lanyi wholesaled 35,400 units in September this year, which is 18% higher than the 3,00 million units sold in the same period last year. Changan Ford Focus is second with 33,300. Fox has exceeded Long Yat in July and August this year. In September last year, sales volume reached 37,300.

In addition, FAW-Volkswagen Sagitar Sagitar sales reached 28,782 units in September, and Jetta sales reached 23,002 units. Even the B-Class Magotan also reached 18,513 vehicles.

Regional sales: Asia and Europe

Due to continued sales growth in China, Volkswagen’s sales in the Asia Pacific region during the first three quarters increased by 13.8% from 2.63 million units to 2.99 million vehicles.

In the first three quarters of the Volkswagen Group, sales in Europe increased by 6.4% year-on-year to 2.90 million units, of which Germany's domestic market increased by 6.3% to 909,200 units from 855,600 units; Western Europe outside of Germany increased by 7.8 million from 1.4 million units year-on-year. % to 1.51 million vehicles; from 470,200 in Central and Eastern Europe, an increase of 2.3% to 481,100 vehicles, but in Russia from 226,100 vehicles declined from 13.0% to 196,700 vehicles.

In North America, Volkswagen Group sales in the first three quarters decreased by 1.6% year-on-year from 664,500 vehicles to 653,600 vehicles, of which 463,600 vehicles in the United States declined by 5.1% year-on-year to 439,600 vehicles. In South America, 680,500 vehicles decreased by 20.9% year-on-year to 538,400 vehicles, of which 502,700 vehicles in Brazil decreased by 16.3% from the same period last year to 420,800 vehicles.