The Volkswagen Group has released their sales figures for the first four months of the year and things aren’t exactly looking promising. The brand sold 1.94 million vehicles worldwide between January and April 2016. However, there has been no real growth over the same period last year as Volkswagen continues to regain momentum in several key markets.
The brand sold 476,700 units in April 2016, marking a 3.9 per cent decline in sales compared to the same period last year (April 2015: 496,000). At the moment, China along with Central and Eastern Europe are the only growth regions where Volkswagen is managing decent sales.
In terms of regional developments worldwide, Volkswagen delivered 579,500 vehicles to customers in the overall European markets from January to April, on a par with the prior-year level. At 511,000 units, the brand kept deliveries in Western Europe almost stable. The situation in Russia, however, continued to decline as sales dropped by a significant 10.2 per cent.
There was a 4 per cent increase in deliveries in the North America while the overall market situation in South America remained difficult with sales of just 31,900 units.
