Do you know that Volkswagen means ‘Folk’s Wagon’ or ‘People’s Car’? If you notice, more and more of these ‘commoners’ cars’ can be seen on the roads nowadays, more dealers are carrying VW brand in Malaysia alone, even one of Zerotohundred’s mascot/ambassador cars is a Volkswagen.
No surprise that the Volkswagen Group is now the world’s third largest car manufacturer, having overtaken Ford. Figures for sales for the first sixth months of 2008 have just been released.
Toyota is in the top spot, having sold 4.82 million cars in this period, with previous leader General Motors trailing behind with 4.54 million.
Volkswagen – including the Audi, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Seat, and Skoda brands have sold 3.31 million, a 7.2% increase, while Ford sales fell by 11% to 3.09 million.
Ford’s sales total has been reduced by the sell-off of the Jaguar and Land Rover brands, as well as the decline in demand for its big trucks and SUVs in North America.
GM has also suffered from the changes to the market, but has retained its lead in the United States despite an 18.2% fall in American sales.
