VW Sell Over 3 Million Vehicles - In 6 Months
16 Jul, 2007
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The Volkswagen Group delivered 3.09 million vehicles to customers throughout the world in the first six months of 2007, an all-time sales record for the company for the first half of a year. This corresponds to an increase of 7.8 percent over the same period last year.
To put this into perspective, total annual car sales in Australia have for the first time topped the 1 million mark, the VW group have sold three times this number in 6 months.
Of these vehicles, 502,000 were delivered to the Asia-Pacific region with the European market understandably being the largest with a total of 1.86 million vehicles - an increase of 3.7 percent. Notably, sales on home soil in Germany - the largest single market - declined by 3.7 percent where 515,000 vehicles were delivered.
Of the group’s entities, Volkswagen brand was the best performing, delivering 1.8 million vehicles in the first half of this year worldwide. The following manufacturer’s which form part of the VW Group performed as follows:
- Audi 509,000 +9.8%
- Skoda 311,000 +13.2%
- Seat 222,000 -1.8%
- Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles 233,000 +8.4%
- Bentley 5,600 +18.8%
- Lamborghini 1,200 +29.7%
- Bugatti 37 +131.3%
With Toyota firmly in their sights, the German powerhouse is well on its way to topping the Japanese industry leader.
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July 16th, 2007 at 6:16 pm
That’s a pretty impressive result.
I don’t know how close to Toyota they are, but when you compare the vehicles each offers, the VW is consistently better spec’d and classier.
EG Yaris vs Polo, Corolla vs Golf, then you have Jetta, Passat, sports variants; the vans make the Toyota vans look like death traps.
The other interesting thing (in Au at least) is that he VW product sells bucketloads of product at what could be argued to be very high prices in comparison to the “equivalent” competitor products.
And they sell heaps of diesels here, there are no Toyota diesel cars here.
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July 16th, 2007 at 6:29 pm
^So true,
Veedub is very well spec’d
The Golf is available with seven engines (1.6, 1.9d, 2.0, 2.0d, 1.4ts, 2.0t, 3.2), the Corolla has one engine…
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July 16th, 2007 at 6:38 pm
Topping Toyota?
Um what? I thought Toyota are number 1 in the world now, and VW still have a way to go, including having to beat GM.
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July 16th, 2007 at 6:41 pm
JW:
http://www.caradvice.com.au/37.....al-toyota/
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July 16th, 2007 at 6:56 pm
1. As for better Spec’d VWs, yes, they also cost more as well!
2. I dont know heaps about VW, but from what I do know their vehicle range isnt anywhere near as large and diverse as Toyota AND Lexus. I think they would be paying some attention to the VW developments, not sure if they would be worried just yet though
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July 16th, 2007 at 6:58 pm
Oh and also as the article says most were sold in Europe, Asia-Pacific is a larger market and is only getting larger (China etc)…. so considering they service this market better I hardly think they are anywhere near ‘topping’ Toyota within the near future.
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July 17th, 2007 at 1:37 pm
no theyre not going to top toyota in the near future, but theyre easily the better brand.
my mates dad just bought a new golf gti and the car is amazingly good for a hot hatch. the direct shift box is phenominal and and refinement is brilliant.
only thing toyota has going for it is its reliability, which of late is starting to wane as they cut corners to become number 1. apart from that theyre ugly and they lack soul and heart.
i just hope VW dont cut corners and theyre build and reliability falls in the pursuit of increasing market share
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July 18th, 2007 at 10:51 am
^
Id want a GTi to be substantially better then something like say a Toyota Corolla, its $42k… its turboed… its meant to be sporty!
VW doesnt offer the same things as Toyota, they are more upmarket, their cheapest Golf is $27k which is in range topping Corolla territory. Meanwhile the cheapest Corolla is $22k and offers relatively similar features. Overall the point Im trying to make is that I dont think VW in Australia at least will ever dominante, their vehicles unlike Europe are more luxury here and cost a prity penny. Toyota on the other hand appeals to the masses with the Corolla which offers great value for money… and the masses are what gets you to be the number 1 manufacterer in the world.
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August 1st, 2007 at 7:53 pm
toyota is not a very good handling in the wet….
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June 5th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
Paul,
We really shouldn’t compare a Corolla & Golf, but if you do, do it on Redbook and you will see just why the Golf costs more. Try to option the Corolla up to the specs of the Golf. You can’t. So at $20,990 v $25,490 the Corolla is overpriced .. and you won’t get a 12yr body warranty with a Corolla. That smacks of product confidence. I’m not knocking Corollas, but in this case I believe you get what you pay for … a mediocre car for the mediocre mases. Take a new one of each for a test drive one day. I think you will be surprised and take note when you close the doors and listen for a clang or thud.
There are lots more VW models overseas and more will come downunder over time. In their home market, Germany, VW outsell BMW and Mercedes. I believe it’s a case of perception and marketing, so for a quality product, VW must be on the right track seeings they can’t get enough cars onto the showroom floors. It’s a worldwide problem for them.
I can’t wait for the Tiguan … look out RAV4
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