Global vehicle sales by the Volkswagen passenger car brand rose 12.2 percent to a record-high of 2.09 million units in the first five months of the year, compared to 1.86 million the same period in 2010.
More than a third of those vehicles were delivered in China, which has become the Volkswagen brand’s largest single market. In the period from January to the end of May, VW sold 714,200 cars in the country, recording a 15.3 percent increase.
Volkswagen also sold 194,600 vehicles in North America, posting a 19.7 percent growth in the period. In Central and Eastern Europe, VW’s sales rose 40.2 percent to 71,900 units, while the brand almost doubled deliveries in the single market of Russia to 34,400, recording a 99.1 percent increase.
In its home market of Germany, the company’s sales reached 248,000, up by 3.6 percent.
Volkswagen also experienced a noticeable growth in sales in May with 436,400 deliveries, a 16.1 percent increase over the same month a year ago.
“Our positive trend continued in May and we have posted yet another delivery record,” said Christian Klingler, Board Member for Sales and Marketing for the Volkswagen Group and the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand.
