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• Deliveries in Western Europe rose in January by 2.8 per cent
• The brand increases sales in the German market by 4.8 per cent
• Around 30,600 deliveries worldwide in January
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has started off 2015 with growth in deliveries in its core European markets: with 19,500 vehicles sold in Western Europe in January, the result of the same month last year was outdone by 2.8 per cent.
Especially gratifying was the development in the markets of the United Kingdom (+14.9 per cent) and Spain (+12 per cent). But also in Germany, the highest-volume market for Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, the number of deliveries rose by 4.8 per cent compared to the same month last year.
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles delivered in January a total of 30,600 vehicles (-3.3 per cent) of the T5, Caddy, Amarok and Crafter model series. The decrease was primarily due to the difficult framework conditions in South America and Eastern Europe: in South America, the number of deliveries declined because of the economic crisis in key markets. In addition, the production of the T2 was phased out in Brazil at the end of 2013. With a total of 3,500 vehicles delivered, sales in the region are 29.8 per cent lower compared to the same month last year. A decline in the number of deliveries in Russia was particularly noticeable in Eastern Europe. The region posted 2,500 delivered vehicles in January, an overall decrease of 6.6 per cent.
The Africa region remained at the same level as the previous year with 1,500 vehicles sold (-1 per cent); Asia/Pacific posted a decline of 5.9 per cent with 1,550 vehicles. The Middle East region started very positively into the new year: 1,550 vehicles sold here mean an increase of 12.8 per cent. Especially in Turkey, significantly more vehicles were delivered than the previous year (+16.1 percent).