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achieved an increase of 6 percent to 3.6 million
units, and India saw an increase of around 10
percent compared with 2011 to 2.8 million new
registrations.
Western Europe saw a considerable drop in
new vehicle sales. Unit sales fell overall by 8 per-
cent to 11.7 million vehicles. The British market
fought against this negative trend: around two
million new vehicles being sold in the UK, an in-
crease of more than five percent. Germany saw a
drop in new registrations of some three percent in
2012. 3.1 million vehicles were sold during this
period.
The following statements on sales, production,
financial services and employees take into account
the operational developments of the Volkswagen
group and – until the contribution of the holding
business operations of Porsche SE to Volkswagen
AG, effective 1 August 2012 – of the Porsche
Holding Stuttgart GmbH group. The connections
to the Porsche SE group (Porsche SE and its sub-
sidiary) are not taken into account. For the busi-
ness development of Porsche SE, please refer to
the sections “Significant events” and “Results of
operations, financial position and net assets” in
this management report. The employee infor-
mation includes figures for the Porsche SE group.
Business development of the Porsche
Holding Stuttgart GmbH group
Due to the contribution of the holding business
operations of Porsche SE to Volkswagen AG as of
1 August 2012, the following disclosures comprise
only the period from 1 January to 31 July 2012.
From this date, sales and production figures are
contained in the disclosures on the Volkswagen
group. The comparative period from 1 January to
31 December 2011, however, comprises 12 months.
In the period from 1 January to 31 July 2012,
the Porsche Holding Stuttgart GmbH group sold
81,370 vehicles. In the comparative period from
1 January to 31 December 2011, 116,978 vehicles
were sold.
Between 1 January and 31 July 2012, 88,315
vehicles were produced, compared with 127,793 in
the 12-month comparative prior-year period.
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