Volkswagen Group enjoyed a delivery upturn in September.
Volkswagen Group enjoyed a highly successful spell in September, with deliveries for the carmaker jumping by seven per cent.
This meant deliveries in the four-week period hit a total of 856,900 units, which represented a marked climb on the 801,200 recorded in the corresponding month last year.
Such movement played an important role in helping the company achieve 7.03 million deliveries in the period between January and September this year – a rise of 4.8 per cent on the 6.71 million delivered over the same period in 2012.
Christian Kingler, group board member for sales at Volkwagen Group, noted: "The Volkswagen Group grew further in September, with deliveries for the first three quarters of a year topping the seven million mark for the first time.
"Thanks to a broad-based, international positioning and a convincing product range, we were able to respond well to the continuing uncertainty in the eurozone and the challenging overall market situation."
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Where the overall European market is concerned, it was shown that a total of 2.73 million vehicles were delivered to customers over the first three quarters of the year, while 1.4 million units were sold in Western Europe excluding Germany – the carmaker's home market.
In this country, 855,600 units were delivered between January and September, while 470,200 were sent to the Central and Eastern region of Europe.
The group includes a number of well-known brands in addition to Volkswagen passenger cars. One of these is Audi, which delivered 1.18 million vehicles around the world in the first quarter of this year.
Another is Porsche – a world-renowned sports car manufacturer that racked up 119,700 deliveries during this timeframe – as well as Skoda, which achieved 684,900 sales across the period.
By Emma Grange