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