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Volkswagen Passenger Cars

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In the 2021 fiscal year, Volkswagen Passenger Cars celebrated the market debut of the ID.4, the brand’s first all-electric SUV. The ID. family gained a new member with the ID.5, a modern symbiosis of SUV and coupé.

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand aims to move people. The centerpiece of the ACCELERATE 2030 strategy is a global initiative through which the brand aspires to transform itself into a technology and software business focused on customer needs.

In fiscal year 2021, the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand launched the ID.4, the first all-electric SUV in the ID. family. Athletic proportions, a sleek design and a sculptured rear are the hallmarks of its exterior and give the all-rounder excellent aerodynamics. The impressive interior has generous space, puristic design, intuitive controls and sustainable upholstery materials. The recognition as “World Car of the Year 2021” underlines the brand’s ambition to combine performance and everyday practicality with the ID.4. The ID.4 is currently built and sold in the core markets of Europe and China. This will be extended in future to include the United States. The ID.4 CROZZ, ID.4 X and ID.4 GTX are derivatives of the base model. In late autumn of the reporting year, Volkswagen Passenger Cars presented another model belonging to the ID. family. The new ID.5 is impressive with a its futuristic form that combines the strengths of an SUV with the aerodynamic silhouette of a coupé, creating a modern symbiosis of the two. The popular Golf family celebrated the 45th anniversary of the Golf GTI in the reporting year. To mark the anniversary of the sporty icon, the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand presented the special-edition Golf GTI “Clubsport 45”. The exclusive anniversary model has 221 kW (300 PS) of power and pays homage to the first Golf GTI with its special GTI features.

The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand delivered 4.9 million vehicles worldwide in fiscal year 2021. The decline of 8.1% was due chiefly to the limited vehicle availability as a result of the semiconductor shortage. In the USA, sales increased by 15.1%.

The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand sold 2.7 (2.8) million vehicles in the reporting year. There was strong demand for the T-Roc, T-Cross and Atlas models, and the ID.3 and ID.4 models were also very popular. The difference between deliveries and unit sales is due mainly to the fact that the vehicle-producing joint ventures in China are not attributed to the companies in the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand.

The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand produced 4.6 (5.1) million vehicles worldwide in 2021. In May 2021, Volkswagen Slovakia – consisting of the sites in Bratislava, Martin and Stupava – celebrated its 30th anniversary. The multi-brand plant in Bratislava currently produces eight models for five Group brands under one roof.

SALES REVENUE AND EARNINGS

The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand increased its sales revenue by 7.1% year-on-year to €76.1 billion in 2021. The operating result before special items was influenced by margin-related factors and stood at €2.5 (0.5) billion. This was higher than the previous year’s figure, which was particularly affected by the pandemic. Upfront expenditure for new products and technologies increased. The operating return on sales before special items amounted to 3.3 (0.6)%. The diesel issue gave rise to special items of €−0.7(−0.8) billion.

30 years

Volkswagen Slovakia

PRODUCTION

Units

 

2021

 

2020

 

 

 

 

 

Tiguan

 

598,656

 

754,276

Polo/Virtus/Nivus/Taigo

 

453,479

 

467,765

Lavida

 

394,222

 

416,209

Passat/Magotan

 

379,614

 

477,892

Jetta/Sagitar

 

295,490

 

422,908

T-Cross/Tacqua/Taigun

 

295,101

 

285,824

T-Roc

 

282,748

 

285,299

Golf

 

267,352

 

408,528

Bora

 

242,022

 

329,263

Tharu/Taos

 

206,789

 

149,781

Atlas/Teramont

 

180,873

 

178,954

JETTA

 

157,157

 

165,681

Santana

 

138,232

 

174,966

ID.4

 

134,319

 

6,487

Gol

 

131,129

 

117,471

up!

 

75,616

 

59,786

ID.3

 

73,738

 

64,259

Lamando

 

58,551

 

65,730

Arteon/CC

 

42,508

 

55,899

Saveiro

 

40,212

 

41,146

Touareg

 

34,957

 

41,136

Touran

 

30,603

 

56,833

ID.6

 

20,461

 

Fox/Suran

 

18,162

 

12,184

Sharan/Viloran

 

16,806

 

32,142

Phideon

 

6,618

 

10,344

 

 

4,575,415

 

5,080,763

VOLKSWAGEN PASSENGER CARS BRAND

 

 

2021

 

2020

 

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deliveries (thousand units)

 

4,897

 

5,328

 

–8.1

Vehicle sales

 

2,719

 

2,835

 

–4.1

Production

 

4,575

 

5,081

 

–9.9

Sales revenue (€ million)

 

76,127

 

71,076

 

+7.1

Operating result before special items

 

2,503

 

454

 

x

Operating return on sales (%)

 

3.3

 

0.6

 

 

ID.5

Volkswagen ID.5 (photo)

DELIVERIES BY MARKET

in percent

Delivieries by market – Volkswagen (pie chart)