Volkswagen Sells More Than 8 Million In 2011
With 8.16 million cars delivered globally, sales of the Volkswagen group grew14.3 percent from 7.14 million in 2010. Volkswagen estimates that the global passenger car market grew only 5.1 percent, therefore, the Wolfsburg group expanded its global market share. With GM (due to report next month) expected to be in the low 9 million, and Toyota expected to be in the high 7 million, Volkswagen will end the year as the world’s #2 auto maker, behind GM and before Toyota.
Most of the growth is coming from the Asia / Pacific region, where sales grew 19.8 percent to 2.56 million units. In China, Volkswagen delivered 2.25 million vehicles (+17.2 percent.) Just like GM, Volkswagen has more than one quarter of its global sales in China.
Global Sales Main Volkswagen Brands (Millions)
20112010ChangeVolkswagen Passenger Cars5.09 4.5013.10%Audi1.301.0919.25%ŠKODA0.880.7615.30%SEAT0.350.343.10%Volkswagen Commercial0.530.4421.40%Volkswagen is the first of the Top Three to publish full numbers for 2011. Toyota should publish in the last week of this month, GM sometime in February, along with the quarterly and full year results.
Bertel Schmitt comes back to journalism after taking a 35 year break in advertising and marketing. He ran and owned advertising agencies in Duesseldorf, Germany, and New York City. Volkswagen A.G. was Bertel's most important corporate account. Schmitt's advertising and marketing career touched many corners of the industry with a special focus on automotive products and services. Since 2004, he lives in Japan and China with his wife <a href="http://www.tomokoandbertel.com"> Tomoko </a>. Bertel Schmitt is a founding board member of the <a href="http://www.offshoresuperseries.com"> Offshore Super Series </a>, an American offshore powerboat racing organization. He is co-owner of the racing team Typhoon.
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I believe you mean #3 automaker, behind GM and Toyota.
I'm just hanging out for the day when GM is knocked off the podium altogether, but this is a nice start :)