Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles supplied 551,900 vehicles in the 2013 trading year, compared with 550,150 in 2012 a rise of 0.3 per
cent.
South America was one of VW’s best markets with sales up
8.3 per cent to 160,400 light commercial vehicles and pick-ups against 148,100
in 2012.
Of
these, 123,900 were accounted for by deliveries of vehicles to Brazil – up 9.1
per cent on 2012 to 113,600; and 24,200 vehicles sold to customers in Argentina
(2012: 20,100; +20.5 per cent).
The Mexican market, part of
the North America region, sales of the VW brand rose 24.5 per cent to 9,850
(2012: 7,900).
In Africa, VW cv’s sales
rose to 20,140 units (2012: 19,500; +3.3 per cent), while in the Asia-Pacific region
the volume of shipped vehicles grew 6.4 per cent to 20,150 (2012: 18,950). In
the Near East region sales fell a whopping 9.4 per cent to 26,900 units (2012:
29,700).
Across Europe, however, sales
fell 3.5 per cent to 314,400 light commercial vehicles from the T5, Caddy,
Amarok and Crafter ranges (2012: 325,900). In Western Europe, excluding
Germany, 159,400 vehicles were shipped (2012: 161,100; -1.1 per cent). In
Germany 114,800 units were handed over to new customers (2012: 123,100; -6.7
per cent). In Eastern Europe Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles shipped 40,250
vehicles in 2013 (2012: 41,670; -3.4 per cent). ∎
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