UK sales of VWCV climb

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has reported a marginal increase in global sales in the first eight months of the year. It has delivered 336,600 vehicles this year, up from 336,400 for the same period last year.

In the month of August, the brand’s global deliveries grew 3.4% to 36,200 light commercial vehicles.

In Western Europe, the brand’s key region, 235,300 vehicles went to customers, up 1.8%. Germany was the brand’s largest single market with 88,200 vehicles. Great Britain was far ahead of other European markets with 32,100 vehicles and 5.1% growth.

Eastern European markets were another positive delivery region for the brand. 31,500 vehicles reached customers in the Caddy, Transporter, Crafter and Amarok model series, up 15.8%.

The delivery volume in North America (just Mexico) was 6,650 vehicles (up 36%), and in South America it was 25,800 vehicles. The largest individual market in Latin America was Brazil, where 12,700 VWCV vehicles were sold.

In Africa, VWCV delivered 15,000 vehicles in the first eight months of the year, up 32.5%. In the Asia-Pacific region, 15,200 vehicles were delivered to customers since the start of the year; in the Middle East the total was 6,300 vehicles, down 48.4%. The Turkish market once again stood out with a 56% decline to 5,300 of the brand’s vehicles sold.