While factories dedicated to the production of electric vehicles of the group had to reduce their production to adapt half mast demandsome have already seen the fragility of the German giant. However, Volkswagen has just shown that it is stronger than everwith an increase in its deliveries in 2023 by 6.7%, i.e. 4.87 million cars were delivered worldwide ! SUVs make up more than half of the sales of the German brand (54.2%) and even 81% of sales in the USA! As a figurehead, The T-Roc became the brand’s bestseller again in 2023. But this is not the only model that had great success: Polo sales increased by 44% in the domestic market of Germany.
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Even if the initial goals were undoubtedly not achieved, With electric cars of the ID brand, everything is not so bad. With 394,000 units, they account for 8% of global sales, an increase of 21%. The ID.3 in particular seems to have finally found its audience, with 30,000 sales in Germany and 75,000 in China. France was also the sixth electricity market for Volkswagen by volume (behind China, Germany, the USA, Great Britain and Sweden). Imelda Labbe, CEO of Volkswagen was intended to reassure: ” The delivery figures show that we are on the right track as a brand and that our cars are well received by our customers. We expect the market environment to remain challenging in 2024. But with our updated and attractive product portfolio, we are moving in the right direction. ยป
Passat, Tiguan, ID.7, Golf: new products in 2024!
What product portfolio are we talking about for 2024? It’s already the new generation Passat, which will make its grand arrival, but only in the station wagon version. To leave open the way to the new ID.7 electric sedan, including station wagon version Tourer will also be launched this year. Another novelty, and no less important, Volkswagen Tiguan, which returned in the third generation completely redesigned to remain one of the bestsellers we know. It will still be offered in diesel, gasoline and hybrid modes. Among other novelties, we will also note the appearance of T– Restyling Cross, ID.4 and ID.5but also a little update for sedan Golf, which will celebrate its 50th anniversary this year.
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Source: Auto Plus
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