Volkswagen sells just under 2 million passenger vehicles in Jan-April

The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand delivered 1.98 million vehicles in the first four months of 2015 (January-April 2014: 2.02 million; -2.2%). The company sold 496,100 models in April 2015 (April 2014: 521,000; -4.8%).

Christian Klingler, Board Member for Sales and Marketing for the Volkswagen Group and the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand, said, "So far this year, the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand achieved its strongest growth in Europe. However, developments in the global market situation remain mixed. Russia and the South America region in particular continue to require our full attention.”

The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand delivered 582,000 vehicles on the overall European market in the first four months (467,800; +2.5%), of which 318,100 (298,400; +6.6%) units were handed over in Western Europe (excluding Germany). Deliveries on the home market of Germany grew by 7.6% to 198,100 vehicles (184,100). Deliveries in Central and Eastern Europe in the period to April declined: 65,900 units (85,300; -22.8%) were handed over there. In Russia, the company delivered 24,300 vehicles during the same period (45,800; -47.0%).

The brand recorded a slight decrease in deliveries in the Asia-Pacific region in the period to April, handing over 972,000 units (993,400; -2.2%), of which 899,400 (921,400; -2.4%) were delivered in China (incl. Hong Kong). Volkswagen Passenger Cars handed over 185,100 vehicles in the North America region in the period to April 2015 (184,400; +0.4%), of which 109,200 models were delivered to their owners in the United States (118,200; -7.5%). In the South America region, deliveries from January to April decreased to 167,400 (207,700; -19.4%) units, of which 126,100 (165,400; -23.8%) were handed over to customers in Brazil.