VW Q1: 1.23 million cars delivered for the first time

There was a marked increase in deliveries by the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand during the first three months of the year, with the brand delivering 1.23 (January – March 2010: 1.11; +10.4 per cent) million cars for the first time in one quarter.

The brand also reported record deliveries for the month of March: for the first time, more than 468,000 (March 2010: 446,000; +4.9 per cent) vehicles were handed over to customers.

“Deliveries by the Volkswagen brand have developed extremely well. Gains were particularly strong on emerging markets,” Christian Klingler, Board Member for Sales and Marketing for the Volkswagen Group and the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand, commented in Wolfsburg today.

Volkswagen Passenger Cars recorded growth in the Asia / Pacific region, particularly in the largest single market of China (including Hong Kong); 429,500 (362,600; +18.5 per cent) vehicles were delivered to customers there in the period January – March. First-quarter developments were also particularly successful in India, where deliveries increase more than tenfold to 18,200 (1,700) units.
The brand also reported a rise in deliveries in the Central and Eastern Europe region, handing over 37,200 (27,300; +36.0 per cent) vehicles there in the period January – March.

The brand delivered 16,800 (8,500; +96.5 per cent) units in the single market of Russia, almost double the number of cars for the same period in 2010. There was a slight positive trend in deliveries in Europe, where Volkswagen Passenger Cars handed over 420,400 (408,500; +2.9 per cent) units to customers.

The brand grew deliveries in the North America region to 106,300 (92,000; +15.5 per cent) vehicles.

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• VW may sell 7 million cars this year
• VW brand global sales reached a record 5.1 million in 2011

• Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand YTD sales at 4.69 million level
• VW sold more than 2.5 million vehicles in the first half of the year
• Volkswagen Passenger Cars Global Sales up 0.1% in January
• VW, Ford discount threatens German auto dealers
• Vw Q1 Earns Soar to $2.5 Billion
• VW may sell 7 million cars this year
• VW brand global sales reached a record 5.1 million in 2011