| Volkswagen AG continues to report increase in | | | | will have increased from the current seven to |
| their sales. In November, the automaker | | | | ten models by next spring. |
| announced a 10.3 % sales raise worldwide, | | | | |
| etching a remarkable all-time high. | | | | Of the ten VW brand's biggest individual |
| | | | markets worldwide, the highest increase in |
| Overall, VW delivered 324,000 vehicles to | | | | sales so far during 2007 came in Brazil, with |
| customers. Vehicle deliveries increased 8.8% | | | | a raise of 34.7%. 448,000 VW models were |
| for the period starting January to November. | | | | delivered here from January to November. This |
| Auto shoppers around the world purchased 3.37 | | | | was followed by China, also Volkswagen's |
| million Volkswagen brand vehicles, the | | | | largest individual market, with a plus of |
| highest number ever for such a period. | | | | 28.0% with 726,000 deliveries and Argentina |
| | | | with a surge of 21.3% accounting for 94,000 |
| "These impressive sales figures confirm our | | | | deliveries. |
| innovative customer-oriented product policy | | | | |
| and the sustained growth of the Volkswagen | | | | VW, the biggest automaker in Europe, expects |
| brand with its increasingly broad model | | | | growing sales in South America and China to |
| range. After eleven months we have already | | | | offset a slowdown in Germany, its home |
| delivered almost as many vehicles as we did | | | | market, as well as in the United States. |
| during the whole of the 2006 record-breaking | | | | |
| year," said Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, | | | | Automakers are increasingly looking to |
| Chairman of the Board of Management of | | | | developing markets to expand. For the first |
| Volkswagen AG and the VW brand. | | | | eleven months of 2007, the firm saw sales in |
| | | | Brazil increase 35% compared to the same |
| The intense product offensive will be stepped | | | | period a year earlier while sales in China |
| up further in 2008. The modifications are not | | | | were nearly 30% higher. |
| only restricted to the auto parts accessories | | | | |
| such as the VW mirror switch, engines, | | | | The positive news came after the German |
| fender, equipment and more. Matter of fact, | | | | automaker opened its first car factory in |
| in conjunction with the Tiguan, the | | | | Russia in November, after Toyota, Renault, |
| Volkswagen brand's upcoming world premieres | | | | Ford and Kia also invested there, BBC News |
| will be the Passat Coupé and the new | | | | reported. Also, VW has forecast that total |
| Scirocco. Additionally, the BlueMotion family | | | | sales in all its units would reach the |
| of environmentally friendly product lines | | | | six-million mark this year. |