VOLKSWAGEN GROUP see's sales dip in the first four months of the year.

• 3.3 million vehicles handed over in the first four months of 2017
• Fred Kappler, Head of Group Sales: “At the beginning of the second quarter, we were able to increase our deliveries in China”

Since the beginning of the year, the Volkswagen Group has handed over 3.3 million new vehicles to customers. In April, the Group delivered 841,200 vehicles (-1.4 percent). “At the beginning of the second quarter, we wereable to increase our deliveries in China again. 

In April, the development in Volkswagen Group deliveries in Western Europewas better than the market as a whole, which was affected by the late date of the Easter holidays. 

At the same time, we experienced strong tailwind in Central and Eastern Europe, where there was a marked increase in deliveries of newvehicles,” said Fred Kappler, Head of Group Sales of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, summarizing the figures for April.

In Europe, the Group handed 1.5 million vehicles over to its customers in the year to April (+2.8 percent) including 368,600 in April (-1.6 percent). 305,000 vehicles (-3.9 percent) were handed over to customers in Western Europe in April; Group deliveries therefore developed better than the market as a whole. 

113,200 vehicles (-7.2 percent) were handed over to customers in Germany. In Central and Eastern Europe, strong growth has been observed since the beginning of the year. Compared with the corresponding period of the previous year, Group deliveries grew by 12.0 percent to 233,200 vehicles. 

In April, the Group boosted deliveries in the region by 11.1 percent to 63,600 vehicles.

In the North American market, the Volkswagen Group delivered 293,200 vehicles from January to the end of April (+3.3 percent). 79,500 vehicles were handed over to customers in April, a fall of 3.4 percent. 

In April, 52,000 customers in the USA took delivery of a new vehicle from the Group, representing a rise of 3.0 percent. In South America, a slight rise of 1.5 percent was recorded in April compared with the previous year; 39,400 vehicles were handed over to customers in the region.

Deliveries in the Asia-Pacific region in April reached 320,800 vehicles (-0.2 percent). In total, 1.3 million vehicles (-5.3 percent) were handed over to customers in the region in the first four months of the year. 

On the Chinese market, Group deliveries reached 299,700 vehicles in April (+1.5 percent), rising again for the first time since the beginning of the year.

Overview of deliveries by the Volkswagen Group:

Deliveries to customersby markets	April 2017	April 2016	Change (%)	Jan.-Apr. 2017	Jan.-Apr. 2016	Change (%)
Europe	368,600	374,600	-1.6	1,466,500	1,426,800	+2.8
Western Europe	305,000	317,400	-3.9	1,233,400	1,218,500	+1.2
Germany	113,200	121,900	-7.2	433,400	441,300	-1.8
Central and Eastern Europe	63,600	57,200	+11.1	233,200	208,300	+12.0
Russia	16,000	14,200	+12.3	53,700	50,600	+6.2
North America	79,500	82,300	-3.4	293,200	283,800	+3.3
USA	52,000	50,500	+3.0	187,500	174,500	+7.4
South America	39,400	38,800	+1.5	161,200	149,200	+8.1
Brazil	22,600	24,300	-7.1	90,900	95,500	-4.8
Asia-Pacific	320,800	321,400	-0.2	1,294,500	1,366,900	-5.3
China	299,700	295,300	+1.5	1,191,200	1,250,800	-4.8
Worldwide	841,200	853,300	-1.4	3,336,200	3,361,400	-0.7

Deliveries to customers by brands	April 2017	April 2016	Change (%)	Jan.-Apr. 2017	Jan.-Apr. 2016	Change (%)
Volkswagen Passenger Cars	468,000	476,700	-1.8	1,908,900	1,936,200	-1.4
Audi	156,100	164,300	-5.0	578,700	620,200	-6.7
ŠKODA	97,300	97,200	0.0	380,800	373,900	+1.8
SEAT	41,400	35,700	+16.0	158,700	138,600	+14.5
Porsche	22,100	21,600	+2.5	81,800	77,500	+5.5
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles	39,900	41,400	-3.8	161,700	154,300	+4.8
MAN	8,200	8,300	-1.7	33,400	31,800	+5.1
Scania	7,000	7,000	+0.3	27,700	25,400	+8.8
Volkswagen Group (total)	841,200	853,300	-1.4	3,336,200	3,361,400	-0.7