Volkswagen delivered 10.8-million cars in 2018 as German carmaker targets world No 1 spot
VW warns that the trade dispute with the US has dampened the business climate in China
Berlin — Volkswagen Group said on Friday its passenger car deliveries rose 0.9% in 2018 to a record 10.83-million, putting it neck-and-neck with Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi in the race to be the world’s biggest carmaker. Rivals Toyota and Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi have not released 2018 registration figures, but the Franco-Japanese alliance sold 10.6-million cars in 2017 and racked up sales of 5.54- million cars in the first half of 2018. Toyota in December released a forecast for total global sales of 10.55-million cars in 2018, but has yet to confirm official numbers. Volkswagen said the VW brand delivered 6.24-million vehicles in 2018 , while premium brands Audi and Porsche posted registrations of 1.81-million and 256,000 vehicles, respectively.
This makes Audi the third biggest selling premium brand behind BMW, which delivered 2,125,026 cars and leader Mercedes-Benz, which sold 2.31-million passenger cars. Volkswagen said the trade dispute with the US had dampened the busine...
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