Volkswagen Passenger Cars

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In 2020, Volkswagen Passenger Cars celebrated the debut of the ID.3, the first model based on the Modular Electric Drive Toolkit. The brand also expanded its portfolio of electric vehicles through the addition of an all-electric SUV, the ID.4.

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand aims to move you, and as such the TRANSFORM 2025+ strategy centers on a global model initiative through which the brand aims to lead innovation, technology and quality in the volume segment.

In fiscal year 2020, Volkswagen Passenger Cars launched the ID.3, the first model based on the Modular Electric Drive Toolkit (MEB). This efficient and fully connected all-electric car represents a milestone on the path towards zero-emission mobility for a broad customer base. Following on its heels in late 2020 was the ID.4, the brand’s first fully electric SUV. Powerful proportions, sleek lines and a sculptured rear are the hallmarks of its exterior and give the all-rounder an outstanding aerodynamic quality. The interior impresses with generous space, puristic design and sustainable upholstery materials. The ID.4 is to be built and sold in the core markets of Europe and China in the future and later on in the United States as well. There were several additions to the popular Golf family in the reporting period. These derivatives, based on the eighth generation of the bestselling model, include the spacious Golf Estate, the robust Golf Alltrack and the sporty, iconic Golf GTI. With the Arteon Shooting Brake, Volkswagen Passenger Cars brought out a new body version of the Arteon series in 2020 that is a completely new interpretation of the estate concept and expands the brand’s model range in the mid-size segment. In addition, the brand pushed the electrification of its portfolio with the introduction of plug-in hybrid versions of the Golf, Tiguan, Arteon, Arteon Shooting Brake and Touareg models.

The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand delivered 5.3 million vehicles worldwide in fiscal year 2020 (−15.1%). Sales figures were below the previous year’s level in almost all markets due to the pandemic. Sales of the T-Cross increased, thus bucking the trend, and the new Atlas Cross Sport was also very popular.

The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand sold 2.8 (3.7) million vehicles in the reporting year. The difference between deliveries and unit sales is mainly due 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 5.1 (6.2) million vehicles worldwide in 2020. At the Zwickau plant, the last vehicle with a combustion engine rolled off the assembly line in 2020. With the ID.3 and the ID.4, only electric models from Volkswagen Passenger Cars are produced there now, and models from the Audi and SEAT brands are to follow in the future.

SALES REVENUE AND EARNINGS

The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand’s sales revenue fell by 19.6% year-on-year in 2020 to €71.1 billion. Operating profit before special items decreased to €0.5 (3.8) billion. Lower fixed costs and better price positioning were unable to compensate for the impact of lower volumes due to the Covid-19 pandemic or for negative exchange rate effects. The operating return on sales before special items amounted to 0.6 (4.3)%. The diesel issue gave rise to special items of €−0.8 (−1.9) billion.

5.1 million

Vehicles produced worldwide

PRODUCTION

Units

 

2020

 

2019

 

 

 

 

 

Tiguan

 

754,276

 

910,926

Passat/Magotan

 

477,892

 

543,706

Polo/Virtus

 

467,765

 

706,052

Jetta/Sagitar

 

422,908

 

541,715

Lavida

 

416,209

 

514,698

Golf

 

408,528

 

679,351

Bora

 

329,263

 

345,077

T-Cross

 

285,824

 

274,071

T-Roc

 

285,299

 

328,069

Atlas/Teramont

 

178,954

 

183,648

Santana

 

174,966

 

244,132

JETTA

 

165,681

 

68,612

Tharu/Taos

 

149,781

 

136,899

Gol

 

117,471

 

151,241

Lamando

 

65,730

 

92,903

ID.3

 

64,259

 

50

up!

 

59,786

 

108,676

Touran

 

56,833

 

90,366

Arteon/CC

 

55,899

 

51,868

Saveiro

 

41,146

 

54,941

Touareg

 

41,136

 

52,859

Sharan/Viloran

 

32,142

 

25,681

Fox/Suran

 

12,184

 

44,275

Phideon

 

10,344

 

13,750

ID.4

 

6,487

 

Beetle

 

 

20,580

 

 

5,080,763

 

6,184,146

VOLKSWAGEN PASSENGER CARS BRAND

 

 

2020

 

2019

 

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deliveries (thousand units)

 

5,328

 

6,279

 

−15.1

Vehicle sales

 

2,835

 

3,677

 

−22.9

Production

 

5,081

 

6,184

 

−17.8

Sales revenue (€ million)

 

71,076

 

88,407

 

−19.6

Operating result before special items

 

454

 

3,785

 

−88.0

Operating return on sales (%)

 

0.6

 

4.3

 

 

ID.3

Volkswagen ID.3 (photo)
DELIVERIES BY MARKET
in percent
Delivieries by market – Volkswagen (pie chart)

FURTHER INFORMATION
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