Надежность VW мексиканской сборки.

deliveries in north america

Although demand for automobiles in the US market was boosted by extensive discounting offered by other vehicle manufacturers, the passenger car market declined by 5.8% against the previous year. Sales of Group models fell by 8.1% to 389,947 units. Within this difficult competitive environment, the Volkswagen Group’s share of the passenger car market amounted to 4.8 (5.2)%. The trend in deliveries of the Touareg – newly launched in the US market – and of the New Beetle Cabriolet, Audi Cabriolet and Audi A8 models was good.

The Canadian passenger car market declined by 7.4% against the previous year. The Group delivered 46,744 Volkswagen and Audi vehicles to customers (– 6.9%), attaining an unchanged share of the passenger car market of 5.3%.

In Mexico the Volkswagen Group increased its deliveries to customers by 3.0%, even though the Mexican passenger car market declined by 3.3% overall. The Group sold a total of 194,245 vehicles, increasing its share of the passenger car market by 1.7 percentage points to 26.4%. The Volkswagen models, such as the Polo, the Pointer and also the Jetta, were the main drivers of this improvement in market share, delivering substantial increases in sales.

 

modest progress in the global economy

Following a revival at the beginning of the year, the prospects for the global economy became far less certain again in the course of 2002. The main factors depressing economic progress were existing overcapacity, increasing raw material prices and heavy declines on equity markets. Consequently, the growth in the global economy of 1.7 % was only slightly up on the prior year figure of 1.2 %.
The USA recorded the strongest growth among industrialized nations, of 2.4 (0.3) %, aided in particular by continuing high consumer demand.

Developments in South America were mainly affected by the economic crises in Argentina and Brazil. Argentina saw a double-figure fall in its gross domestic product and a collapse in the value of its currency. The continuing uncertainty as to future economic policy underpinned the trend towards recession in Brazil and placed the Real under heavy pressure.

More intensive trade between the Asian countries was of particular benefit to the Chinese economy, which grew by 8.0 (7.3) %. In Japan, by contrast, the economic slowdown persisted. Although monetary conditions remained
favourable, growth in the Western European economy declined to 1.0 (1.6) %. The main reasons for this were declines in export growth and the ongoing weakness of domestic demand. The Euro recovered substantially against the US Dollar over the course of the year. Germany’s growth rate of 0.2 (0.6) % was its lowest since 1993. The continuing uncertainty of consumers and investors with regard to future economic development, increasing unemployment and steeply declining share rices all impacted on the economic climate.

global automobile business at prior year level


In 2002, worldwide demand for passenger cars again rose slightly compared to the prior year. New passenger car registrations in 2002 increased by 1.1 % to 38.8 million vehicles. The European and US markets, however, saw no recovery in the automotive business, though the major market declines forecast at the beginning of the financial year were avoided by strengthening sales incentives. Worldwide automotive production rose by 4.3 % to 57.8 million units, of which 40.2 million were passenger cars (+ 2.9 .

In North America, strong sales growth in Canada (+ 7.5 and Mexico (+ 7.8 was unable to compensate for the ongoing decline in demand in the US passenger car sector (– 4.0 . The massive sales incentives made available by some manufacturers in fourth quarter 2001 resulted in US consumers bringing forward their buying decisions and so further reduced the 2002 passenger cars total. The key US light truck sector – including Sports Utility Vehicles and Crossover models – again attained the record level of the prior year.

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In Western Europe, new vehicle registrations totalled 14.4 million, 2.9 % down on the prior year. Even heavier declines were avoided by the price discounts and favourable financing terms offered by manufacturers. Further support was rovided by sales of diesel vehicles, which represented a new record market share of 40.1 % in the reporting period. Of the major European volume markets, only Great Britain saw an increase in registrations (+ 4.3 . The passenger car market there was boosted in particular by lower vehicle prices. Passenger car demand in

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north america

The downward trend in the US passenger car market persisted in 2002 (– 4.0 . Some automobile manufacturers reacted to the weak north america demand by offering very favourable financing terms and price discounts. Even though the Volkswagen Group was restrained in taking such measures, it was able to defend its market share in a difficult competitive environment at 5.2 %. Sales fell by 3.5 % to 424,531 units, slightly down on the high level of the prior year. Strong growth was recorded by the Audi A4, the Jetta Wagon and the T4 Eurovan. New vehicle registrations in the [b]Canadian passenger car market were up 7.5 % against the prior year. With 50,224 units sold, the Group delivered 1.5 % more Volkswagen and Audi vehicles to customers, achieving a market share of 5.4 (5.7) %[b]. The positive development of the passenger car market in Mexico was sustained in 2002, with a 7.8 % increase. The Group sold a total of 188,523 vehicles (+ 4.6 in Mexico, and with a market share of 25.1 (25.8) % was again ahead of the competition. Significant increases were recorded by the Pointer and by the seat models launched into the market in 2001.