Posted on Jan 13, 2021 6:12 PM
Impacts of the pandemic, races for registrations of electric vehicles to meet the CO2 objectives set by Brussels in addition to the natural hyper-competition of the sector … The year 2020 was “extremely difficult” for German car manufacturers, summarized the Volkswagen sales director Christian Dahleim on Wednesday presenting the annual deliveries of the world’s leading car salesman. A finding that also applies to BMW and Daimler-Mercedes, even if the resilience of the high-end segment and a very good last quarter enabled them to limit damage.
The Volkswagen mammoth delivered 9.3 million vehicles in total in 2020, a decline of 15.2% for the entire group of twelve brands, a decline similar to that of the global market last year. The fall was more marked for its more popular brands, with a drop of more than 25% at Seat and 24% for utilities.