| German automaker Volkswagen delivered 1.8 million | | | | vehicles to customers worldwide in the first six |
| vehicles from January to June of this year to | | | | months of 2007. This figure is an all-time sales record |
| customers around the world. Such figure is a 7.4 | | | | for the company for the first half of the year. This |
| percent more than in the same period last year. The | | | | conforms to a 7.8 percent increase over the same |
| Middle East market experienced a sales increase of a | | | | period last year. From January through June 2007, |
| paused 32 percent compared to last year. | | | | group deliveries in Europe increased by 3.7 percent to |
| The Touareg confirms that is has its special position | | | | 1.86 million vehicles, 1.62 million of which went to |
| as the most popular Volkswagen car in the Middle | | | | Western Europe, which reflects a 1.3 percent |
| East region with 33 percent of Volkswagen’s | | | | increase. The 238,000 vehicles sold in Central and |
| total sales for the first half of 2007 and a 14 percent | | | | Eastern Europe marked a hike of 22.8 percent. |
| increase of sales in the first half of 2007 as | | | | The Volkswagen Group sold as much as 502,000 |
| compared to the same period in 2006 in the region. | | | | vehicles in the Asian-Pacific region; it is actually 20.9 |
| Hans-Dieter Keller, Managing Director of Volkswagen | | | | percent more than in the first half of last year. In |
| Middle East stated that they are witnessing a | | | | China alone, the deliveries increased by 24.6 percent |
| significant growth in the region because of their | | | | to 431,000 vehicles. |
| attractive and increasingly unique model range. He | | | | Sales significantly developed in the first half of the |
| explained that the Touareg is their bestseller in the | | | | year on the American continents as well. The |
| region and the launch of the new generation Touareg | | | | Group’s deliveries to customers in South America |
| recently has lifted their sales quite significantly for the | | | | hiked by 27.7 percent resulting to 339,000 delivered |
| first six months of 2007. He also said that the launch | | | | cars. Two hundred sixty thousand (260,000) of which |
| of Volkswagen’s new coupe-convertible, the | | | | went to Brazil, generating a 28.6 percent growth. In |
| Eos, and the introduction to the Jetta 2.5 liter earlier | | | | North America, the sale of 263,000 vehicles produced |
| this year has also played roles to this growth. He | | | | an increase of 3.1 percent, thereby registering U.S |
| boasted that aside from their excellent model range, | | | | sales with 2.8 percent growth having 163,000 |
| the professional market coverage by their partners | | | | vehicles. |
| has been vital to their success. | | | | Volkswagen is the maker of quality Volkswagen bug |
| All in all, the Volkswagen Group delivered 3.09 million | | | | parts. |