The Volkswagen Group handed over 9.93 million vehicles to customers worldwide in 2015. This is still impressive particularly in view of the continued challenging market situation in some regions as well as that diesel fiasco in the final quarter of 2015. Note that in 2014 the group sold over 10.1 million vehicles.
Oh. Note that Bugatti must have sold a handful in 2015, the final production year of the Veyron. According to sources, in 2014, Bugatti sold up to 405 cars and up to 2015, Bugatti would have produced a total of 300 Veyron coupes and 150 Veyron roadsters. These cars cost over 1,1million Euros each also. So the small volume is also the reason why it isn't pictured in the official sales figures shown below.
PRESS RELEASE
Volkswagen Group delivers 9.93 million vehicles in 2015
• CEO Matthias Müller: “Systematically making the Group fit for the future.”
Wolfsburg, January 8, 2016 – The Volkswagen Group handed over 9.93 million
vehicles to customers worldwide in 2015. “Delivering almost ten million vehicles is an
excellent result, particularly in view of the continued challenging market situation in
some regions as well as the diesel issue in the final quarter of last year”, Matthias
Müller, CEO of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, commented in Wolfsburg on Friday,
and went on to say: “While developments on markets in Brazil and Russia had a
noticeable impact on deliveries by our brands, we made advances in Europe. We also
recorded further growth in the North America region and in the USA.” According to
Müller, 2016 will be no less challenging: “On the one hand, as a global company we
must handle the situation on world markets where trends remain mixed. And on the
other, it is our wish and intention to systematically make the Group fit for a successful
future.” He said that not only involved overcoming the crisis, but above all related to
the fundamental realignment of the Group. Müller added: “We are currently preparing
our ‘Strategy 2025’, which for me is the most important step towards a modern
Volkswagen.”
3.43 million customers in Western Europe took possession of a new vehicle from the
Volkswagen Group in 2015, representing a rise of 4.8 percent. The delivery situation in
Germany remained positive at the end of the year (+4.0 percent). The Volkswagen Group
also reported increases on other markets in Western Europe. Growth was particularly strong
in Spain (+16.1 percent) and Italy (+8.8 percent). The tense situation in Russia
(-36.8 percent) continued to impact deliveries in Central and Eastern Europe. As a result of
these developments, the Volkswagen Group delivered more than four million units in one
year for the first time in the overall European region.
The company also recorded growth in North America in 2015, handing over 931,800 vehicles
there. At 607,100 units – an increase of 1.2 percent – the United States accounted for the
lion’s share of these deliveries. Group deliveries in the tense South America region, however,
continued to fall (-29.8 percent). This trend is chiefly attributable to deliveries in Brazil, which
totaled 389,900 units.
The Group delivered 3.93 million vehicles in the twelve-month period in the Asia-Pacific
region, of which 3.55 million units were handed over to customers in China, the Group’s
largest single market.
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