VW Group's China sales fall 6.3% in May as Audi reports first decline since 2013
Sales at Volkswagen Group's brands slipped 6.3 percent to 300,000 vehicles in May as the German automaker continued to lose market share.
For the same period, industry sales of light vehicles in China rose 1.2 percent.
Audi's sales fell 1.6 percent in May, the first drop in the luxury carmaker's biggest market in more than two years. Deliveries at Audi totaled 47,410 cars and SUVs, down from 48,174 a year earlier.
It was the first decline in the brand's monthly China volume since February 2013, an Audi spokeswoman told Reuters.
The Volkswagen brand -- China's top-selling marque -- posted a sales downturn of 3.7 percent in May. Czech automaker Skoda reported a 1.8 percent increase in deliveries on strong demand for the Octavia sedan. And Porsche AG sales in China jumped 70 percent.
In the first five months, VW group sales fell 1.1 percent to 1.49 million vehicles in China, its largest global market.
VW's sales downturn comes at a time when most major automakers are grappling with soft demand in China. Over the past month or so, Volkswagen, General Motors, Ford and Hyundai each have cut prices.
General Motors, China's second biggest foreign automaker, reported a sales downturn last month of 4 percent to 252,567 vehicles. In the first five months, GM China deliveries were up 5.1 percent to 1.47 million vehicles.
Audi's sales fell 1.6 percent in May, the first drop in the luxury carmaker's biggest market in more than two years. Deliveries at Audi totaled 47,410 cars and SUVs, down from 48,174 a year earlier.
It was the first decline in the brand's monthly China volume since February 2013, an Audi spokeswoman told Reuters.
The Volkswagen brand -- China's top-selling marque -- posted a sales downturn of 3.7 percent in May. Czech automaker Skoda reported a 1.8 percent increase in deliveries on strong demand for the Octavia sedan. And Porsche AG sales in China jumped 70 percent.
In the first five months, VW group sales fell 1.1 percent to 1.49 million vehicles in China, its largest global market.
VW's sales downturn comes at a time when most major automakers are grappling with soft demand in China. Over the past month or so, Volkswagen, General Motors, Ford and Hyundai each have cut prices.
General Motors, China's second biggest foreign automaker, reported a sales downturn last month of 4 percent to 252,567 vehicles. In the first five months, GM China deliveries were up 5.1 percent to 1.47 million vehicles.
