Plus 14.4 percent
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles makes a successful start to the new year
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles (VWN) has made a successful start to the new year: In January, the brand handed over 39,500 vehicles to customers worldwide. Compared to the same month last year, this represents an increase of 14.4 percent. With 26,700 vehicle deliveries, the European core markets accounted for more than two thirds of the total monthly volume (+24.9 percent).
Heinz-Jürgen Löw, Member of the Board of Management for Sales and Marketing Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles: "We have made an excellent start to 2019. I am particularly pleased that we were able to achieve significant growth in deliveries in our European core markets. This is a seamless continuation of the positive development from the last quarter. Our plants in Hanover and Poland are running at full speed. We are confident that the positive trend will continue in the coming months."
Europe
The delivery volume of 26,700 vehicles in Western Europe was mainly driven by the five core markets:
- Germany: 10,000 vehicles (+29.6 percent)
- United Kingdom: 2,800 vehicles (+12.7 percent)
- Spain: 1,500 vehicles (+89.2 percent)
- France: 1,200 vehicles (+5.4 percent)
- Italy: 900 vehicles (+18.1 percent)
The markets in Eastern Europe also made a significant contribution to the brand's monthly sales volume with a total of 3,850 vehicle deliveries (+40.6 percent).
North and South America
In Mexico (North American market) and in the South American markets, fewer vehicles were handed over to customers in January than in January 2018:
- Mexico: 600 vehicles (-7.8 percent)
- South America: 3,600 vehicles (-27.1 percent)
Africa
In Africa, VWN recorded an increase of 46.2 percent in the first month of the year with 2,100 vehicle handovers.
Asia-Pacific
At 1,500 vehicles, 10.7% fewer vehicles were delivered in the Asia-Pacific region at the beginning of the year than in the same period of the previous year.
Middle East
The slumped market in Turkey is reflected in deliveries: 850 vehicles were delivered here in January, 39.7 percent fewer than in the same month last year. The Middle East region as a whole delivered 1,040 vehicle units (-35.6 percent).
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