VW Group sales fall 4 straight months
Volkswagen Group saw China deliveries drop 7.3 percent year over year to 399,500 in November, marking the automaker’s fourth straight monthly decline.
VW brand sales fell 8 percent to 304,700 in November while Skoda deliveries plunged 24 percent to 28,000.
The decline in volume at VW and Skoda wiped out gains at Audi, which delivered 57,721 cars and light trucks in China last month, for a gain of 2.7 percent from a year earlier, the German group said.
VW Group didn’t disclose November sales of its other brands in China.
Supported by sales growth in the first half, VW Group’s China deliveries through November still rose 2.2 percent to exceed 3.8 million.
Despite the decline in volume, the largest light-vehicle maker in China is still increasing market share.
In November, China’s new light-vehicle deliveries slumped 16 percent to below 2.2 million. Year-to-date industry-wide new light-vehicle sales dipped 2.8 percent to around 21.5 million.
VW Group has also widened its sales lead over rival General Motors.
GM only releases local sales on a quarterly basis. But according to its local partner SAIC Motor Corp., deliveries at GM’s two joint ventures -- SAIC-GM and SAIC-GM-Wuling – slumped 18 percent to 361,940 in November.
In the first 11 months, sales at GM’s two joint ventures totaled 3,282,025, slid 1 percent from a year earlier to 3,643,965.
SAIC-GM builds and markets Cadillac, Buick and Chevrolet vehicles, while SAIC-GM-Wuling produces and distributes light vehicles for the entry-level Baojun brand and the Wuling minibus marque.
The decline in volume at VW and Skoda wiped out gains at Audi, which delivered 57,721 cars and light trucks in China last month, for a gain of 2.7 percent from a year earlier, the German group said.
VW Group didn’t disclose November sales of its other brands in China.
Supported by sales growth in the first half, VW Group’s China deliveries through November still rose 2.2 percent to exceed 3.8 million.
Despite the decline in volume, the largest light-vehicle maker in China is still increasing market share.
In November, China’s new light-vehicle deliveries slumped 16 percent to below 2.2 million. Year-to-date industry-wide new light-vehicle sales dipped 2.8 percent to around 21.5 million.
VW Group has also widened its sales lead over rival General Motors.
GM only releases local sales on a quarterly basis. But according to its local partner SAIC Motor Corp., deliveries at GM’s two joint ventures -- SAIC-GM and SAIC-GM-Wuling – slumped 18 percent to 361,940 in November.
In the first 11 months, sales at GM’s two joint ventures totaled 3,282,025, slid 1 percent from a year earlier to 3,643,965.
SAIC-GM builds and markets Cadillac, Buick and Chevrolet vehicles, while SAIC-GM-Wuling produces and distributes light vehicles for the entry-level Baojun brand and the Wuling minibus marque.
