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Audi’s European sales up 6% in November; A3 e-tron PHEV sales “extremely encouraging”

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Audi sales increased globally 1% in November to 147,750 deliveries. In Europe, Audi increased sales by 6% to around 62,300 units, despite the model changeover for its bestseller, the Audi A4, and in spite of the background of the Volkswagen Group emissions issue. million units, up 3.4%. to around 1,550 units.

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A Volkswagen brand pickup will not happen, but we still have Scout’s EV truck coming

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Volkswagen Group America CEO Pablo Di Si told MotorTrend at the Chicago Auto Show this week, “It is not in the plans anymore.” The VW Amarok is based on Ford’s newest Ranger and is for sale in Europe, Asia, and Africa, but not North America. It’s currently sold in South America, but again, it won’t enter the US.

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Volkswagen Group closing in on 3M units sold in China this year

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Audi deliveries grew 19.7% —Group Board Member for Sales Christian Klingler. Deliveries in North America in the period to November were up 6.7% Deliveries in North America in the period to November were up 6.7% Earlier post.). The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand delivered more than 2.26 to 217,400. million (38.7%

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VW Group restructuring in response to emissions testing scandal; greater focus on the modular toolkits; Klinger out, Horn stays

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Following its appointment of Matthias Müller as the new CEO of the Group ( earlier post ), the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG approved a new management structure for the Group and the brands as well as for the North America region. Reorganization of the North America region.

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Porsche Q1 sales soar, but Taycan production issues remain

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It shows the strong demand for our products and the strength of our brand,” said Detlev von Platen, Executive Board Member for Sales and Marketing at Porsche. “It’s particularly pleasing that we were able to post gains in every sales region – in spite of the still volatile economic situation and limited parts availability.”

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JATO: global vehicle sales fall by 39% in March; electrified vehicles up to 17.4% new registration market share in Europe

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This is in part due to the collapse of the Italian and French markets, on which small cars are heavily reliant for sales—in 2019, 38% of A and B segment registrations in Europe occurred in Italy and France. Whereas Audi and Mercedes increased the registrations of their E-Tron and GLE by 86% and 213% respectively. >.

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Volkswagen reaches clean diesel benchmark

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While we wait for sales of hydrogen and electric cars to really take off, there''s no doubt there has been some early success for one clean technology. Volkswagen Group of America is reporting that it has smashed the 100,000 sales barrier for its TDI clean diesel models across the VW and Audi brands[.].

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