Sales Record: Volkswagen Group Delivers 5.14 Million Vehicles in the First Ten Months

Wolfsburg, 15 November 2007 - From January to October of this year, the Volkswagen Group delivered 5.14 million vehicles to its customers throughout the world, thus setting a new sales record for the period. This is an increase of 8.5 percent on the figures for the first ten months of the previous year. An all-time-high was recorded for October: 528,500 vehicles were delivered, a growth of 11.2 percent over the figures for October 2006."Our repeated sales records confirm that all eight brands of the Group are on the right course with our unequalled, extensive range of products. By the end of the year we will, for the first time, have passed the six million vehicle delivery threshold," said Prof. Dr Martin Winterkorn, chairman of the Volkswagen board of management. He continued that this was a milestone on the path to further growth.Group sales from January to October 2007 in Europe rose by 3.0 percent to 3.02 million vehicles, 2.61 million of which went to Western Europe (0.8 percent growth). This more than compensated for the 3.2 percent decline in Germany, the largest single market, where 866,000 vehicles were delivered. In Central and Eastern Europe, customers purchased 403,000 vehicles from the VW Group, a growth of 20.4 percent.The Volkswagen Group delivered 875,000 vehicles in the Asian-Pacific region, 25.7 percent more than in the first ten months of last year. Of this figure, 758,000 vehicles were sold to customers in China, 30.0 percent more than last year.The Volkswagen Group also recorded positive sales trends on the American continents. Deliveries in South America rose by 30.6 percent to 607,000 vehicles, of which 472,000 went to Brazil, (33.4 percent growth). In North America, 437,000 vehicles were sold, a rise of 0.3 percent. Of this figure, 273,000 vehicles were sold in the USA, a growth of 0.6 percent.The Volkswagen brand, the largest-volume member of the Group, delivered 3.04 million vehicles from January to October of this year to customers throughout the world; 8.7 percent more than in the same period last year. Audi sold 818,000 vehicles, also a strong growth of 8.0 percent. Škoda significantly increased sales by 12.9 percent to 516.000 deliveries. Seat achieved 355,000 sales and reduced its sales deficit to 0.9 percent. Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles significantly increased sales by 11.9 percent to 399,000 vehicles. Contributions to the new sales record were also made by Bentley with 8,600 deliveries (16.5 percent growth) and Lamborghini with 2,000 vehicles (19.6 percent growth). Bugatti sold 67 vehicles, almost doubling its previous sales figures.