VW Group Profit By Brand : 2015-17

tháng 5 15, 2018

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Brand - VW Prem

Profit is a sensitive area of company business and many companies don't break it down. To their credit, VW does just that. The figures below excludes its China operations for some brands as that involves joint venture partners.

The chart below shows sales in thousands, profit in millions of Euros and profit per car, again in Euros.
Interestingly the overall picture is good, with the VW brand

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Porsche Model Production : 2016-17

tháng 5 09, 2018

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Brand - VW Prem

If one thinks of Porsche, sports cars come to mind. SUVs are in fact the majority of vehicles made. Any manufacturer who doesn't have them in their range is very brave. Mclaren is the only company that has no plans to get into SUVs.

Porsche hit the 250k mark in 2018, a record number. The new Panamera was the reason for the increase. The sports cars added just under a quarter of the production

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Bentley Model Production : 2016-17

tháng 5 07, 2018

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Brand - VW Prem

The Flying Spur


Luxury marques had a challenging 2017. Bentley didn't drop in volume like Rolls Royce did but the yellow in the chart below shows nothing was easy about the year. The downturn in volume was attributed to 'production cycles' by VW. The Bentayga SUV makes up nearly half of the total and the Flying Spur had a positive 33% gain in production volume. It will be interesting to see

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Lamborghini Model Production : 2016-17

tháng 5 04, 2018

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Sales 2017 - Model

I wonder what most people think about Lamborghini. It doesn't really do anything for me and I would never buy one. However, there is a place in the motoring world for such a car and it's about to get a sales boost. That will come from the Urus SUV. Yes, while Mclaren has said it will never build such a vehicle, everyone else is, including Lamborghini.

The Urus is now flowing out of the

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Audi Global Model Production : 2016-17

tháng 4 28, 2018

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Brand - VW Prem

Audi model designations are easy to follow and very compact as well. There is a nice spread of sales across the model range too. The SUV type of car is taking more share as new models are added. It now stands at 38%, just over double since 2010.

Production was down slightly with a 1% drop. The last time that happened was in 2009 and before that 1994 so not a common occurrence in recent times.

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