Volkswagen Group sold 8.9 million vehicles in 2021
- The Volkswagen group sold 8,882,000 vehicles worldwide in 2021, representing a drop of 4.5% compared to 2020 and 17.2% compared to 2019, due to the shortage of electronic chips according to the manufacturer. This is the lowest figure for ten years. Its sales nevertheless increased by 15.6% in North America last year, to 908,400 units (including 671,800 in the United States) and by 5.1% in South America, to 514,600 units, but they declined in Europe (-2.7%) and China (-14.1%). Sales fell to 3,518,700 units in Europe and 3,304,800 units in China.
- Two of the group's brands were particularly affected. Volkswagen saw its passenger car sales fall by 8.1% worldwide (mainly in China) and its light commercial vehicle sales by 3.2%. They fell to 4,896,900 units and 359,500 units respectively. Skoda saw global sales fall 12.6% last year to 878,200 units, mainly due to a slump in China as the Jetta brand eventually replaced Skoda in that market. Audi saw its own stagnate (-0.7%) at 1,680,500 units. Conversely, Seat/Cupra (+10.3%) and Porsche (+10.9%) saw their sales increase, to 470,500 units and 301,900 units respectively.
- The three luxury brands (Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini) totaled 23,100 units (including 14,600 Bentleys and 8,400 Lamborghinis), representing an increase of 23.6% compared to 2020. MAN truck brands (151 000 units) and Scania (90,400 units) grouped in the Traton division also grew strongly (+27.8% and +25.4% respectively).
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