Volkswagen sales down 23% in Jan-March, March alone off 37.6%
Reuters
Published Apr 17, 2020 05:29AM ET
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Volkswagen Group (DE:VOWG_p) on Friday said sales of its cars dropped by 23% on the year to 2 million cars in the January to March period.
In March alone, deliveries were down 37.6% overall at 623,000 vehicles, the figures showed, reflecting the coronavirus crisis which triggered plant closures and falls in sales as consumers were tied up at home in lockdown measures across the world.
More specifically, March sales were down 44.6% year-on-year in western Europe, down 23.1% in central and eastern Europe, down 42% in North America, and down 35% in China, the company said.
Experts believe that declines in April sales could be steeper as the full impact of the lockdowns works its way through the system.
Volkswagen on Thursday withdrew its outlook for 2020 due to the uncertainty related to the virus outbreak which caused operating profit to drop 81% in the first quarter.
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