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Volkswagen Group reported its October sales figures last week, showing a 3.8 percent increase in deliveries, reaching 818,900 deliveries through the month. The figure puts them at a 4.7^ increase for the first ten months of 2013.
Perhaps even more interesting is what happened in Europe. The VW Group brands delivered just 1.8% fewer cars there in 2013 than they did in the same period of last year. The decline is even less in Western Europe, just -1.1%.
Christian Klingler, VW's head of sales, said while the economic situation there remains uncertain, but encouraging signs have shown themselves.
"We are seeing the first signs that the markets in France and Spain as well as Italy are stabilising," said Klingler.
There were even small victories reported by the Skoda and Seat brands. For example, the Czech automaker recorded stability in Western Europe (excluding Germany), where it delivered 191,900 (191,700; +0.1 percent versus last year) units. Meanwhile, the new Leon compact pushed Seat to a huge increase of 25.4% in Germany, to 64,100 (51,200 last year) units, and Britain, with over 38,300 (33,700; +13.8 per cent) vehicles delivered to customers.
Christian Klingler, VW's head of sales, said while the economic situation there remains uncertain, but encouraging signs have shown themselves.
"We are seeing the first signs that the markets in France and Spain as well as Italy are stabilising," said Klingler.
There were even small victories reported by the Skoda and Seat brands. For example, the Czech automaker recorded stability in Western Europe (excluding Germany), where it delivered 191,900 (191,700; +0.1 percent versus last year) units. Meanwhile, the new Leon compact pushed Seat to a huge increase of 25.4% in Germany, to 64,100 (51,200 last year) units, and Britain, with over 38,300 (33,700; +13.8 per cent) vehicles delivered to customers.
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