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Vehicle deliveries of the
Volkswagen group worldwide
Due to the diverging fiscal year of the Volks-
wagen group, delivery figures are given separately
below for the first half of the Porsche SE fiscal year
(including Volkswagen from 1 July to 31 December
2009, “first half of the year”) and for the second half
of the Porsche SE fiscal year (including Volkswagen
from 1 January to 30 June 2010, “second half of the
year”).
The Volkswagen group delivered 3,217,007
units in the first half of the year and 3,613,044 in the
second.
Sales of Volkswagen passenger cars came to
2,006,991 in the first half of the year and 2,263,733
in the second half. The corresponding figures for Audi
were 483,925 in the first and 554,939 in the second
half of the year. During the first six months, 354,585
Škoda vehicles were delivered to customers and
378,747 in the second half of the year. The SEAT
brand achieved 181,832 deliveries in the second half
of the year (first half of the year: 163,297). A total of
2,375 Bentley vehicles were sold in the first half of
the year and 2,489 in the following six months.
Deliveries in Europe / other markets
The Volkswagen group delivered 1,445,478
vehicles on the Western European passenger car
market in the first half of the year, and 1,552,526 in
the subsequent six months. Vehicles sold in the region
accounted for 43 percent of the group’s overall deliv-
eries in the second half year. The Volkswagen group’s
market share in western Europe totaled 20.7 percent.
Demand was strong for all the group’s high-volume
brands. A particularly important part was played by
the Polo, Golf Plus, Passat Sedan, Škoda Octavia,
SEAT Leon and SEAT Altea, and the new Audi A4 all-
road quattro, Audi A5 Sportback, Škoda Yeti, Škoda
Superb station wagon and SEAT Exeo ST.
In Germany, 532,944 vehicles were delivered
in the second half of the year (first half of the year:
613,480). As a result, the Volkswagen group main-
tained a high share of the German passenger car
market (36 percent). There was strong demand for
the Golf Plus, Audi Q5, Audi Q7, SEAT Leon and SEAT
Altea models. The new Touareg, Audi A4 allroad quat-
tro, Audi A5 Sportback, Škoda Yeti, Škoda Superb
station wagon and SEAT Exeo ST models were well
received by customers. In the second half of the year,
six of the group’s models (Polo, Golf, Passat, Touran,
Tiguan and the Multivan/Transporter) topped the Ger-
man Ministry of Transport’s registration statistics in
their respective segments. The Golf continues to lead
the field when it comes to new vehicle registrations in
the German passenger car market.
In the UK, 181,546 units were sold in the first
half of the year and 211,339 in the second. In Italy,
111,342 units were delivered in the first half of the
year (second half: 134,344). The group delivered
127,985 vehicles to customers in France during the
first six months and 141,655 in the second. In the
first half of the year, 117,023 vehicles were delivered
in Spain and 151,512 in the second half.
In the first half of the year, 185,043 units
were delivered in Central and Eastern Europe and
199,169 in the second half. There was greater de-
mand for the Polo, Tiguan, Audi A3, Audi Q5, Škoda
Octavia und SEAT Leon models. In Russia, 42,930
vehicles were delivered in the first half of the year and
56,236 in the following six months. The group deliv-
ered 40,919 vehicles to customers in the Czech Re-
public during the first six months and 42,822 vehicles
in the second half of the year. In Poland, 38,909 units
were delivered in the first half of the year and 38,497
in the following six months.
In the Volkswagen group’s other markets,
92,675 units were delivered in the first half and
124,478 units in the second half of the year. Turkey
accounted for 23,278 deliveries to customers in the
first six months of the year and 36,921 in the second
half. In South Africa, 26,151 vehicles were delivered in
the first half of the year and 35,980 in the following
six months. The Volkswagen group’s share of the
South African passenger car market was 21.2 percent.
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