Three Million Volkswagen Vehicles Sold Worldwide in First Half of 2007
The Volkswagen Group delivered 3.09 million vehicles to customers throughout the world in the first six months of 2007 translating to an increase of 7.8% over the same period last year, which is an all-time sales record for the company for the first half of a year.
The Group’s deliveries from January through June 2007 in Europe reportedly rose by 3.7% to 1.86 million vehicles, 1.62 million of which went to Western Europe (1.3% increase). This is more than what the company needs to gain to make up for its 3.7% decline in Germany, the largest single market, where 515,000 vehicles were delivered. The 238,000 vehicles sold in Central and Eastern Europe garnered an increase of 22.8%.
Volkswagen brand, the largest-volume member of the Group, delivered 1.8 million vehicles in the first half of this year to customers throughout the world, 7.4% more than in the same period last year. Audi likewise registered a substantial growth of 9.8% in sales and 509,000 deliveries. Skoda made a powerful gain of 13.2% with 311,000 cars. Seat delivered 222,000 vehicles, registering a slight decline of 1.8%. Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles significantly increased sales by 8.4% to 233,000. While Bentley made a strong gain of 18.8% to more than 5,600 cars sold. With 1,200 sales, Lamborghini grew by 29.7%, and Bugatti by 131.3% to 37 cars.