-
Recent Posts
- GM Starts Stars, Stripes, and Skilled Trades Job Training
- IndyCar to use Tweaked Shell 100% Renewable Race Fuel
- Audi URBANFILTER Debuts at F1 Race in Zandvoort
- Acura Branded Honda to Race IndyCar Freedom 250 in DC
- AAA – August 20 Gasoline Prices Highest Ever!
- Max Verstappen to Stay With Oracle Red Bull Racing
- Ferrari Enzo Sets Record at The Quail Auction
- AAA Foundation – Speeding and Counter Measures Growing
- First Look – 2027 Toyota Corolla 60th Anniversary Edition
- August 2026 Light Vehicle Production Forecast – Fog of War
- First Look – 2027 Mercedes-Benz C-Class
- Software Recall – 500,000 Toyota Camry Hybrids
- IndyCar 2026 – Markum Street Race Ups and Downs
- California Car Week – Acura NEXERA Vision Concept Debuts
- Annals of Nostalgia Marketing – McLaren McL 6GT
Recent Comments
- Nissan Motor on Nissan Posts ¥77.9B Profit in Q1 of Japanese Fiscal Year
- Jeff Badman on Ford Motor Recalls 850,000 Vehicles for Sudden Stalling
- Magna International on Magna International Posts Q1 2026 EPS Loss of $0.04
- Council on Foreign Relations on Iran and Strait of Hormuz on AAA – Pump Gasoline Prices Still Soaring
- Autocrat on Stellantis Subordinated Perpetual Hybrid Bonds on Stellantis Posts Full Year 2025 Loss of €22.3B
Archives
Meta
Tag Archives: vw group sales
Volkswagen – Stalking Toyota – Sets Record for Car Sales
Volkswagen wants to be the world’s largest automaker by 2018, which would require it to overtake Toyota and General Motors, the number one and number two global sales leaders respectively in 2010. VW brand deliveries in North America, 194,600 vehicles (162,600; +19.7%) in the first five months, were characterized as “very encouraging.”
Nonetheless VW remains a minor player in what remains a major global market. As part of the world dominance plan, Volkswagen Group said it will sell 800,000 VW models annually in the United States by 2018 – 1,000,000 with Bentley and Audi included. In the U.S., all VW Group brands delivered 360,300 units during 2010, corresponding to growth of 20.9% – a long way short of the goal. Continue reading
Volkswagen Group Sales Rise 13.9% Through April
VW is now growing faster than the overall global auto market, which increased 8% during the same period. If the sales trend holds VW will surpass Toyota in global sales this year as Japan’s largest automaker continues to struggle with production disruptions caused by the Japan earthquake. Continue reading
