Volkswagen Group gains 7.1 percent sales worldwide in September 2016 as the brand starts recovering from the emission cheating scandal
The Volkswagen group has managed to sell a total number of 947,600 units in the month of September 2016 despite the emission cheating scandal created plenty of legal actions around the world for the largest automaker. This implies that, in comparison to the corresponding month last year, Volkswagen and its group models have gained 7.1 percent sales worldwide.
The statistics suggest that Volkswagen is slowly on a recovering phase since the start of this year as between January and September, a combined total of 7.6 million vehicles were sold. This means, compared to the first nine months of last year, a sales growth of 2.4 percent has been achieved. With all passenger car brands registering positive delivery performance, there was significant growth in the Chinese market alongside positive development in demand from European customers as VW Group focuses on reinforcing customers trust in its product.
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The Chinese market alone is enormously important as 3,82,300 units were sold while Asia-Pacific accounted for 4,11,700 examples. The European countries garnered a total of 3,98,700 units while North America where the diesel gate unraveled was responsible for 75,700. Brand-wise, Volkswagen pulled off the majority ahead of Audi and Skoda. VW accounted for 547,700 sales in September with 173,900 and 107,100 for Audi and Skoda respectively.
Seat brand moved up with 35,800 units while Porsche could only manage 22,000 sold vehicles. To overshadow the lost brand image due to emission scandal and to strengthen future prospects, Volkswagen earlier announced the planning to launch as many as 30 environmental friendly models and one million EV sales annually by 2025. As part of that project, at the opening of the Paris Motor Show, the Volkswagen ID concept has been introduced.
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ID concept, the Wolfsburg-based company’s first full-electric car, will be a five-door hatchback with the power fed to the rear wheels. Giving sneak-peek into the production electric model due for 2020, it will go on sale at an affordable price tag says VW. The electric motor can pump out 168 bhp and features driving range between 249 and 373 miles (400 to 600 km).