VW reported a 5.5% increase in sales in the first half of 2013
- Sales of the Volkswagen Group increased by 5.5% in the first half of 2013, to 4.70 million units.
- Over the period, the German group sold 1.73 million vehicles in the Asia-Pacific region (+16.8%), with 1.54 million units on the Chinese market alone (+18.7%). VW expects to sell 3 million vehicles in China in 2013.
- In North America, sales of the VW group rose by 12.3% in the first half, to 437,000 units, including 304,000 in the U.S. (+10.4%). In South America, the groups sales declined by 4% to 450,000 vehicles.
- In Europe, sales were down 3.5% over the period, to 1.87 million units.
- By brand, in the first six months of the year, Volkswagen saw its sales increase by 4.4% to 2.91 million units. Audi sold 780,000 cars (+6.4%), Porsche sold 82,000 units (no comparison with 2012 possible), Seat sold 182,000 vehicles (+11.5%). However, Skoda sales fell 5.8% to 465,000 units. Sales of commercial vehicles (Volkswagen-Nfz) remained stable at 271,000 units (+0.2%).
Data source: File #55 - Registrations in the World by makes
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