Crisis, what crisis? Volkswagen seems to be overcoming the scandal of emissions with good business results worldwide, although in certain markets its registrations have fallen, in the overall have improved records to clinch the top spot worldwide.
If in 2015 the first half of the year was dominated by VAG, with the problem of emissions in the second half was a little confusing and Toyota regained its top position . In the first half of 2016 seems to be repeating history and Volkswagen which has managed to close dominate the world market.
despite this good news for Volkswagen, economic results are not as satisfactory as in 2015 . According to data provided by the German group net profit fell by 36.8% to 3,579 million euros. This decrease is directly related to the provision of 2,200 million for the dieselgate.
is also fair to say that signature Volkswagen is the one which is weighing on the group results and is thanks to Audi , Porsche, Skoda and SEA T has been able to improve something the income statement, being very important Porsche in particular that continues to increase its operating profit.
what have been the reasons for the decline in sales of Toyota? Mainly the problems experienced in Japan with earthquakes and explosion at a plant in addition to the significant drop in demand for the Toyota Prius in the US (top 25%). Nor harassment of kei-cars is helping, something especially Daihatsu affected.
After General Motors is already the alliance Renault-Nissan with 4.31 million units sold Hyundai-Kia beating . You know that the Franco-Japanese alliance also includes Samsung, Datsun and Infiniti signatures and are also the ones that are showing greater signs of growth.