A Successful Year for Volkswagen
It has been a successful year for Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles. The year 2007 marked the eighth successive year of sales and said sales which were greater than before. Aside from that fact, there are a total of 27,777 commercial vehicles registered and the market share Volkswagen owns increased to more than eight percent. With the company’s total sales of 30,427 units of vehicles (units which included the Caravelle and Shuttle passenger carrying derivatives of the Transporter) in United Kingdom in the year 2007, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles were able to give rise to their sales by more than thirteen percent as compared to 2006. It showed that there was twice the UK sales volume if you will compare it to the sales eight years ago. That time eight years ago, Volkswagen sold 15,069 vehicles at the end of the last millennium.
Robert Hazelwood, the Director of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, had spoken regarding the increase in sales and their eight successful years. He said, “Achieving the milestone of 30,000 vehicle sales for the first time is a fantastic achievement…In a competitive market place, the quality, comfort and competitive whole life costs of Volkswagen vans make them more desirable than ever. Together with the high levels of customer service we can deliver through our national network of specialist van centers, plus new models such as the Caddy Maxi being launched this year, we plan on 2008 being even more successful.”
For the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, United Kingdom is currently their biggest export market. That is to say, outside their home market in Germany.
source: Contract Hire and Leasing