In 2013 the VW group sold 9.5 million PC+LUV
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- The Volkswagen Group sold 9.5 million vehicles worldwide in 2013 (not including MAN and Scania heavyweights), which represents an increase of 4.7% compared to 2012.
- The German group, which included both general brands (Volkswagen, Seat, Skoda) and Premium (Audi, Porsche, Bentley, Lamborghini, Bugatti) remained the third largest manufacturer last year, behind the Japanese Toyota group and American General-Motors group.
- With the exception of Skoda (-2% to 0.92 million units), all the group's brands contributed to the general growth: Volkswagen (+3.4% to 5.93 million units), Audi (+8.3% to 1.58 million units), Seat (+10.6% to 0.35 million units), Porsche (15% to 0.16 million units). Concerning the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles division is has stayed stable (+0.3%).
- The Volkswagen Group has performed well in Europe (-0.9% in a global market down by -1.9%), but has acquired most of its growth in Asia, where it sold 3.64 million vehicles (+14. 7% compared to 2012), of which 3.27 million in China (+16.4%), in China the group has a market share of 17%.
- The German group has seen its sales fall by 12.6% in Brazil and grow by 2.6% in the United States, two major countries for the group that has been present there since the early 50s.
In 2013 the Japanese PC market remains stable (-0.2%)
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Read more... In 2013 the Japanese PC market remains stable (-0.2%)
In 2013 the European PC market has drop by 1.9%
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Read more... In 2013 the European PC market has drop by 1.9%
In 2013 the Toyota group sold 9.98 million PC+LUV
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- The Toyota group (including Toyota, Lexus, Scion, Daihatsu and Hino brands) remained the world leader in terms of sales in 2013 with 9.98 million vehicles sold (PCs + LUVs), up 2% compared to 2012.
- Driven by the growth of global sales across all brands and all countries (+4% in 2013), the Japanese carmaker expects to exceed 10 million units in 2014, a performance that has never been achieved by any manufacturer since the beginning of the automobile industry.
- In 2013, the Toyota group overtook its U.S. rival General Motors (9.7 million vehicles sold) and its German rival Volkswagen (9.5 million). In 2013, Toyota saw its sales increase by 7% in the United States (2.24 million units), 9% in China (917 000 units) and 1% in Europe (848 000 units) . However, it decreased by 5% in Japan to 2.30 million units.
- Toyota lost its place as world leader in 2011 to the benefit of General Motors, because of the earthquake and tsunami on March the 11 that same year in the northeast of Japan, which seriously affected the production line for several months, but the Japanese group recovered in 2012. It had previously taken the lead for the first time in 2008 at the expense of General Motors that had previously monopolized the place of world leader for over 70 years.
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In 2013 the Chinese PC market rose by 15.7%
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- The Chinese car market grew by 15.7% in 2013 to 17.9 million passenger cars, much higher than that recorded in 2012 (+6.9%). It seems that the strong growth of the Chinese market will remain possible for several more years, given the remaining strong demand and the fact that the rate of motorization of the country remains very low.
- China remains the world's largest market ahead of the United States (15.6 million units) and Europe (12.3 million units).
- By manufacturer (according to the "manufacturer-developers" classification), the Volkswagen Group remains the market leader for PC (17% market share) in front of the GM group (16%). Followed by Hyundai-Kia (9%), Renault-Nissan (5%) and Toyota (5%).
- Independent Chinese automakers still occupy 30% of the market, the first five being Changan (5%), Great Wall (3%), Geely (3%), BYD (3%) and Chery (3%).
- By model, GM-Wuling minivan remains the best-selling car in China in 2013: WulingHongguang (530 050 units) and Wuling Sunshine (455 718 units). Followed by the Ford Focus (403 640 units), Volkswagen Lavida (374 056 units), WulingRongguang (339 295 units), Buick Excelle (296 183 units), Toyota Corolla (294 401 units), Buick Sail (276 242 units) Volkswagen Sagitar (271 188 units) and Volkswagen Jetta (263 408 units).
- Note that the Buick Excelle is the renamed Opel Astra and Buick Sail is the renamed Chevrolet Aveo.





