Volkswagen sells close to 2 million cars globally

Volkswagen witnessed an increase of 4.6% in the global sales as the company retailed close to two million vehicles in the first four months of 2014. The German manufacturer also procured a growth of 6.8% in the month of April as the company managed to sell 513,400 vehicles from 480,900 units in April 2013.

Speaking on the outstanding performance of the company, Mr Christian Klingler, Board Member for Sales and Marketing for the Volkswagen Group and the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand said, “Volkswagen Passenger Cars grew deliveries yet again in April. On the one hand that is due to good sales developments in China and Europe, and on the other it is attributable to sustained high demand for products such as the Golf, now in the seventh generation of its 40-year history, where the success story continues”. He further added, “However, the global market is still a mixed bag and therefore remains challenging.”

For the European market, VW delivered 567,800 units out of which 298,400 were handed over in Western Europe (excluding Germany). While in the home market of Germany, the sales rose slightly to 184,100 units. Moreover, in the Central and Eastern Europe region, the company retailed a total of  85,300, a short of 200 units from last year. However, in the Russian auto-sector, the company witnessed a fall of 7.4 percent compared to last year in which the company managed to sell more than 49,500 vehicles while this year the figure remains close to 45,800 units. 

In Asia-Pacific region, Volkswagen recorded a growth of 16.2 percent for the month of April as it sold over 993,400 units compared to 855,100 vehicles sold last year. In China alone, the auto-maker delivered more than 921,400 units which is way more than 783,900 units sold last year. However, in the North American region company suffered a great deal of loss. In the first month of new financial year, the car-maker retailed 182,700 units as compared to 196,200 vehicles-thus registering a slide of 6.9 percent.

While in India, Volkswagen only offers four models which includes hatchback Polo, saloon Vento & Jetta  and SUV Toureg. The manufacturer sold a total of 14,390 vehicles in the first four month of 2014 and for the month of April, the auto-maker managed to sell a total of 3,033 units. The majority of sales come from hatchback Polo and sedan Vento, while the company has hardly sold any Toureg in last couple of months.