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  1. Volkswagen News Blog
    Hot on the heels of a record-breaking January, Volkswagen has opened the Port of Benicia in California. The port will service the US’s northwest, delivering cars for VW, Audi, Bentley, and Porsche. “Selecting the Port of Benicia as our Northwestern U.S. port is part of our growth strategy in...
  2. Volkswagen News Blog
    With strong returns, doubling profits, and rising deliveries in the first half of the year, Volkswagen's outlook is good for 2017. Following a very shaky 2016 marred by the dieselgate scandal, there was no guarantee that the Volkswagen brand would do anything but flounder this year. That has...
  3. Volkswagen News Blog
    With more than 920,000 Volkswagen Group vehicles sold in the month of June, the total for the year so far rises to 5.2 million vehicles after the first six months of 2017. June sales were 4.2% higher this year than they were in 2016, helping the Group outperform its year-to-date figure by 0.8%...
  4. Volkswagen News Blog
    In its first full month of sales, the Atlas was the brand's best-selling SUV, with nearly 2,500 sold. The Atlas's strong performance came in the context of a very positive month for VW, too. The brand's June sales were 15% better than they were last June. So far this year, the brand has...
  5. Volkswagen News Blog
    Last month was a positive one for the Volkswagen Group, with sales increasing in all major markets, for a 3.1% increase overall. That only translated sales 0.1% higher for the year-to-date, than they were last year, but increases in key markets are an encouraging sign. “The Volkswagen Group...
  6. Volkswagen News Blog
    Volkswagen of America today posted its sales results for the month of May and the news is good. Sales have increased by nearly 5% over last year's numbers. As a result, the US branch of VW has sold nearly 7% more vehicles this year than it did up to this point last year. The month was a strong...
  7. Volkswagen News Blog
    The Volkswagen Group delivered 1.4% fewer cars around the globe this April than it did last year, leading to a drop of less than one percent for the year to date. With more than 840,000 vehicles sold across the Group this month, the total for the year now exceeds 3.3 million vehicles sold, down...
  8. Volkswagen News Blog
    Volkswagen has started 2017 on the upswing with sales up 10% after one quarter, and up more than 2.5% in the month of March. Although the results aren’t quite as good as they were in 2015 , it’s still encouraging news for the automaker whose sales suffered dearly last year. With a total of...
  9. Volkswagen News Blog
    A significant reduction in tax concessions for smaller dispplacement vehicles in China, Volkswagen’s largest market, means that worldwide sales for the brand, and indeed the Group, fell more than 4% in January. Despite that, VW brand sales rose in most other markets, including in the USA and...
  10. Volkswagen News Blog
    Despite the TDI scandal, Volkswagen AG managed to sell nearly 4% more cars in 2016 than they did the previous year. In all, the group delivered more than 10 million vehicles last year thanks to growing sales at nearly all brands. The year was a victory, in particular, for the Volkswagen brand...
  11. Volkswagen News Blog
    Worldwide sales for the Volkswagen Group and the Volkswagen Brand are both up in November, meaning that despite dieselgate 2016 has been another year of sales growth for the automaker and should continue to be through December. "We are headed for a good delivery result at the end of the year in...
  12. Volkswagen News Blog
    Although Volkswagen’s woes are far from over in America, there is some good news for the brand this month, as November sales rose by nearly 25% as compared to last year. Far from a record, VW moved more than 29,000 cars last month, with the Jetta accounting for more than a third of those...
  13. Volkswagen News Blog
    Continuing on its path to recovery, the Volkswagen Group again saw sales increase this October. With a monthly increase 4.7%, sales for the year so far are now 2.6% higher than they were last year. China, again, is Volkswagen’s engine of growth. Sales there rose more than 16% in October with...
  14. Volkswagen News Blog
    September was good month for the Volkswagen brand for a couple of reasons. Firstly, deliveries rose nearly 7% in September. The rise was so pronounced that secondly, for the first time this year, sales to date in 2016 exceed sales in 2015. Although sales are only 0.6% better in 2016 than they...
  15. Volkswagen News Blog
    Although the Volkswagen Group sales have grown since the TDI scandal of a year ago, the Volkswagen brand has had less success. This August, though, the brand saw worldwide sales rise 4.7%.  This is "a good result given the present conditions,” says Jürgen Stackmann, VW brand board member for...
  16. Volkswagen News Blog
    This year has not been Volkswagen AG’s best, but after six months of 2016, it is the world’s biggest automaker. The German automaker has delivered some 80,000 more vehicles than its closest competitor, Toyota. The news comes on the heels of a positive sales month for the Volkswagen brand. For...
  17. Volkswagen News Blog
    The Volkswagen brand is reporting a 4.7% increase in June deliveries as compared to last year, and China and the Tiguan are largely to thank. This is only the second month since the diesel scandal broke that sales for the brand have increased over the previous year. Although the numbers in the...
  18. Volkswagen News Blog
    2016 has undoubtedly been challenging for Volkswagen, but there’s good news coming from the automaker. North American deliveries for the Volkswagen brand are up 4% this April as compared to 2015. Deliveries April 2015 April 2016 Change (%)North America 48,700 50,700 +4.0Europe 151,700 150,300...
  19. Volkswagen News Blog
    China bought the most Volkswagens it ever has in the first three months of the year, which makes Asia-Pacific the brand’s biggest market and the group's second biggest. Central and Eastern Europe were also eager to buy VWs. Sales there shot up 9% in March, as compared to last year. In all, the...
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