Volkswagen this year first half world sales down 27% Corona impact July 18 6:00
Volkswagen, Germany, which had the world's top car sales for four consecutive years until last year, had a 27% decrease in sales in the first half due to the new coronavirus.
Volkswagen announced on the 17th that it sold 3,893,100 units for the half year from January to last month, down 27.4% from the same period of the previous year.
This is because global demand for automobiles has fallen due to economic activity stagnation due to the spread of viruses and restrictions on outing.
Volkswagen surpassed Toyota, Nissan, Renault, and Mitsubishi Motors' union for the fourth consecutive year until last year, with the world's top sales, and last year reached 10.97 million units, but this thing is In the first half of the year, it was about 1.47 million less than that.
By region
, the Chinese market, which accounts for 40% of the total, fell by only 17%, while the
other pillar, Western Europe, dropped significantly by 37.5%, showing a marked delay in recovery.
There is a growing trend to resume economic activity around the world, but there is a risk that the infection will spread again, and the focus will be on how much sales will recover in the second half of the year.