The outstanding sales results of its commercial vehicle sector has pushed German manufacturer Volkswagen to a recordbreaking performance in the
The outstanding sales results of its commercial vehicle sector has pushed German manufacturer Volkswagen to a recordbreaking performance in the first five months of 2008.
“Never before in a comparable period have we sold as many commercial vehicles as we did in the first five months of this year,” says Stephan Schaller, CEO of the brand. “Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles’ course in 2008 is undeniably one of sustained growth.”
In Europe, sales in the period January to May 2008 were up by ten per cent to 144,243 units, of which 124,091 were recorded for Western Europe (plus 7 percent) and 20,152 for Eastern Europe (plus 33.5 percent).
Deliveries in Germany rose by 7.1 percent to 49,188 vehicles, with the most notable growth of 13.7 percent recorded for the month of May.
“What drove this growth aside from the Transporter, were, above all, the Caddy and the Crafter,” says Harald Schomburg, member of the board of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles for sales and marketing.
Model by model the individual results are Caddy: 63,400 deliveries worldwide (plus 16.9 per cent); Transporter and Multivan: 79,400 deliveries worldwide (plus 3.3 per cent) and Crafter: 22,000 deliveries worldwide (plus 36.2 per cent).