The Volkswagen group remains the second largest carmaker in the world in 2022
- The Volkswagen group (Volkswagen, Audi, Skoda, Seat, Cupra, Bentley, Lamborghini, Traton) has published its sales figures for the year 2022. The German carmaker remains the second largest carmaker in the world behind Toyota, but loses 450,000 vehicles compared to 2021, which represents a drop of 7% while the Toyota group is practically stable (-0.1%). The Volkswagen group therefore sold 8.3 million vehicles in 2022, while its Japanese competitor sold 10.5 million.
- We can argue that the problems of logistics and supply have impacted the German carmaker, but we can also think that the strategy of electrification and their models has also caused it to lose a good number of customers not yet ready for this type of engine.
- At Toyota, we do not perceive this problem at all due to electrification as the Japanese have not yet really committed to it.
- The Volkswagen group sold 561,000 battery electric vehicles (BEVs)last year compared to 431,000 in 2021 and 228,000 plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) compared to 278,000 in 2021, i.e. 789,000 electrified vehicles, representing nearly 10% of its worldwide sales, to which can be added 260,000 mild-hybrids (MHEVs).
- The group's best-selling BEV model is the VW ID4, which totals 170,000 sales, ahead of the VW ID3 (79,000 units), VW Up (54,000 units), Skoda Enyaq (52,000 units), Audi E-tron (48 000 units), Audi Q4 (42,000 units), VW ID6 (38,000 units), Cupra Born (32,000 units), VW ID5 (24,000 units), Audi E-tron GT (9,000 units) and VW ID Buzz (4,000 units).
- The group's best-selling PHEV model is the Cupra Formentor (25,000 units), ahead of the Audi Q3 (21,000 units), VW Tiguan (20,000 units), Audi A3 (18,000 units) and VW Passat (16,000 units).