Volkswagen Group delivered 2.27
million vehicles in the period January to March 2013, a rise of 5.1 per cent on
the same period in 2012 of 2.16 million.
The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand
delivered 1.43 million units world-wide from January to March compared with 1.36
million in 2012 – a rise of 5.2 per cent. The brand developed well in the
Asia-Pacific region, where deliveries ran at 653,500, up 20.9 per cent on 540,600
in 2012. In North America, Volkswagen Passenger Cars sales rose 7.3 per cent to
145,700 (135,700), while deliveries on the overall European market, which
remained difficult with a fall of 10.3 per cent ran at 396,300 units.
