Volkswagen delivers over one crore vehicles globally in 2014

Auto giants are busy declaring their sales numbers, and so far there has been only good news coming in. Recently, Mercedes-Benz announced that it has registered record growth in the previous calendar year. The latest to join the bandwagon is Volkswagen which has sold over one crore vehicles globally and registered a growth of 4.2 per cent in 2014.

In December 2014, the group witnessed total deliveries of 8,81,000 cars which is up by 2.7 per cent as compared to the same period last year. In the last ten years, the group has doubled its number of vehicles delivered. The phenomenal performance by the group’s sub-brands is also a key factor in achieving this feat.

Commenting on the achievement, Martin Winterkorn, Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, said, “In 2014, our Group delivered over ten million vehicles in total to customers, ranging from the e-up!city car to heavy commercial vehicles. That is impressive confirmation considering we are vigorously implementing our Strategy 2018 despite challenging market conditions. We are also making good progress with our other main goals – return on sales, customer satisfaction and top employer.”

Volkswagen group has delivered 30.95 lakh vehicles in Europe, 2,75,800 units in Russia, 8,91,900 in North America  and 7,95,700 in South America. Asia-Pacific remained the group’s largest market where it sold a whopping  40.6 lakh cars out of which 30.68 lakh cars were sold in China alone.

Volkswagen Passenger Cars delivered  a good 60.12 lakh units last year, Audi sold 17.4 lakh cars worldwide in 2014 and Porsche delivered 1,89,900 units in 2014. Two other sub-brands, Skoda and Seat sold 10.04 lakh and 3,90,500 cars respectively in the last calendar year.