Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles (VWCV) has delivered 170,000 vehicles worldwide from January until April. Compared to the same period last year, this corresponds to a 5.4% increase. The largest sales region was Western Europe with 119,500 vehicles (+7.6%).
Brand deliveries according to model ranges (January – April 2019) include the T series: 67,100 vehicles (+6.9%); Caddy: 54,400 vehicles (-3.1%); Amarok: 24,800 vehicles (-4.0%); and Crafter: 23,600 vehicles (+43.1%).
The delivery volume in Western Europe was highly influenced by the core markets: Germany: 44,900 vehicles (+4.1%); UK: 16,600 vehicles (+1.7%); Spain: 6,600 vehicles (+34.8%); France: 6,300 vehicles (+2.9%); Italy: 4,500 vehicles (+20.7%). In Eastern Europe 16,000 vehicles were delivered in the first four months of the year (+27.2%).
So far this year, the brand has delivered 2,700 vehicles (+17.1%) to customers in Mexico (North American market) and 13,000 vehicles (-11.4%) to customers in South America.
The delivery volume in Africa has almost doubled with 8,100 vehicles compared to the same period last year (+49.1%).
The deliveries in the Asian-Pacific and Middle East regions decreased to 6,800 units (-11.9%) and 3,900 units (-48.2%).