FILE PHOTO: The logo of Volkswagen is seen in the front of its plant, in Bratislava
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Volkswagen is seen in front of its plant, in Bratislava, Slovakia, July 4, 2019. REUTERS / Radovan Stoklasa / File Photo
WolfsburgA revival of the Sales in China has at the car maker Volkswagen in June provided for a plus in deliveries. Last month, the core brand sold VW 542,300 cars worldwide and thus 1.6 percent more than a year earlier, as the company announced on Tuesday in Wolfsburg.
In China After a prolonged slump, deliveries rose by 14.2 percent. However, this was a one-off special effect regulatory changes Thanks to.
Brand sales manager Jürgen Stackmann therefore remained cautious. “In China, it remains to be seen whether demand will recover sustainably,” he said. China is the most important single market for VWHere, the brand delivers almost half of all vehicles. For the year, VW remains slightly below the deliveries of the previous year with a drop of 3.9 percent to almost 3 million vehicles after six months.
In China, the standard of approval of cars had been changed from the standard C5 to the standard C6. The Volkswagen brand benefited greatly from this, according to the company. A turnaround in the overall market is not yet foreseeable.
In the still small US market for VW, the brand had clearly gained sales, but in Europe there was a significant drop of 10 percent. In the previous year, however, the sales figures were bloated here, because VW sold many cars with discounts before the entry into force of the new exhaust and consumption test WLTP.