Volkswagen Group achieves record sales in 2018
- The Volkswagen group (Volkswagen, Audi, Skoda, Seat, Porsche, Bentley, Lamborghini, Bugatti, MAN, Scania) broke its world sales record in 2018, with a volume of 10.83 million vehicles, an increase of 0.9% compared to 2017. The breakdown of the group's top five brands is as follows: 6,244,900 Volkswagen (+0.2%), 1,812,500 Audi (-3.5%), 1,253,700 Skoda (+4.4%), 517,600 Seat (+10.5%) and 256,300 Porsche (+4%).
- The Volkswagen group remained the world's leading manufacturer, including heavy goods vehicles ( PC+LCV+HD), while Renault-Nissan remains the world's leading manufacturer of light vehicles (PC+LCV).
- The volume achieved by the Volkswagen group in 2018 is in any case a performance because the group has suffered seriously from the upgrading to WLTP standards of the models newly marketed from September onwards. The manufacturer compensated with the launch of new SUVs, such as the VW T-Roc, Seat Arona and Skoda Karoq, which pushed up their growth. In 2019, the VW T-Cross and Skoda Kamiq will be launched.
- The Volkswagen group's main markets in 2018 were Europe (40% of its worldwide sales) and China (39%), where the manufacturer’s sales grew (+0.5%) while the Chinese market as a whole fell (-2.8%). The group’s sales increased in Brazil (+30.4%), Russia (+19.8%), the United States (+2%) but declined in Mexico (-15.6%).
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