The Volkswagen group, one of Germany’s automotive leaders, marketed 9.24 million vehicles in 2023 globally. Which translates into an increase of 12% compared to 2022, growth that has been replicated in all markets, the company reported in a statement this Tuesday. These figures represent the company’s return to positive figures after two years of consecutive declines, in 2021 and 2022. This fall was caused, in large part, by the semiconductor crisis. However, the automobile firm is still far from the figures it recorded before the coronavirus pandemic, in which the group’s sales were close to 11 million units.
By regions
Western Europe was the company’s main market in 2023, after its sales in the region grew by 21%, to 3.27 million units. At the opposite extreme, China – which in 2022 was its main market – was the region that grew the least, 2%, up to 3.24 million units.
Transactions in Central and Eastern Europe grew by 14% compared to the previous year, up to 500,000 units; those in North America increased by 18%, to 990,000 vehicles. Those in South America, for their part, advanced 9%, to 520,000 transactions. The largest automobile manufacturer in Europe delivered 360,000 units in Asia and the Pacific, 9% more, and the same amount in the Middle East and Africa, although in this case the growth compared to 2022 was 29%.
770,000 electric vehicles
The company sold 770,000 pure electric vehicles, 35% more, so this type of car represented 8.3% of its total transactions, 1.4 points more than a year ago. For its part, sales of the group’s main brand, Volkswagen, increased by 6.7% in 2023, to around 4.87 million units worldwide, after also growing in all regions, as confirmed today. in another statement. In addition, this brand delivered 394,000 electric vehicles worldwide, 21.1% more than a year ago.
