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Deliveries in North America
In the North American market, 245,738 units
were delivered in the first and 263,539 in the second
half of the year. During the reporting period, deliveries
of passenger cars in the USA came to 162,223 units
in the first half of the year and 175,323 in the second
half. Demand was high for the New Beetle, Golf, Ti-
guan, Jetta, Passat CC, Audi A4, Audi A5 Coupé and
Audi Q5 models. In the first half of the year, 56,544
vehicles were delivered in Mexico and 57,898 in the
second half. The Tiguan, Jetta, Audi A4, SEAT Altea
und SEAT Leon models were very popular with cus-
tomers in that country. In Canada, 26,971 vehicles
were delivered in the first half of the year and 30,318
in the second half. The Golf, Tiguan, Audi A4 and Audi
Q5 models were particularly popular.
Deliveries in South America
In the South American passenger car market,
423,818 units were delivered during the first half of
the year and 419,924 in the following six months. In
Argentina, 52,693 units were sold in the first half of
the fiscal year and 67,464 in the second. The Fox
MPV, Gol, Voyage und Jetta models were particularly
popular. The new Amarok was also well received. The
Volkswagen group continues to lead the Argentine
market with a 25.7 percent share.
In Brazil, the number of deliveries in the first
half of the year came to 358,015 vehicles and
333,397 in the second half. Demand was high for the
Fox and Saveiro models. The delivery figures include
the Saveiro and T2 lightweight commercial vehicles.
Deliveries in Asia-Pacific
In the Asia-Pacific region, the Volkswagen
group sold 824,255 vehicles in the first half year and
1,053,408 in the second. Customer interest was par-
ticularly high in China. In the first half of the year,
748,079 vehicles were delivered and 950,729 in the
following six months. The Volkswagen group defended
its leadership in the highly competitive Chinese pas-
senger car market with a share of 17.9 percent. Vir-
tually all models contributed to this development.
During the first six months, 27,494 units
were delivered in Japan, and 33,885 in the second
half of the year. Demand for the Polo, Golf and Audi
A3 models was particularly strong.
In India, 10,846 vehicles were delivered to
customers in the first half of the reporting period and
17,436 in the second half.
Commercial vehicle deliveries
28,321 heavy-duty commercial vehicles of
the Scania brand were sold during the second half of
the reporting period. The figure for the first half was
22,776. Demand was particularly high in Brazil and
the Asia-Pacific markets. In the first half of the year,
deliveries of VW commercial vehicles totaled 182,341
units and 202,288 in the second half.
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