Ngemuva kokuphela konyaka wezi-2017 ngezimoto eziyizigidi eziyisithupha ezakhiqiziwe, iVolkswagen inesizathu esisodwa sokubungaza: kulezi zigidi eziyisithupha, yisigidi esisodwa kuphela ebesingamayunithi egalofu. Ukuhlanganisa yonke imikhiqizo kusukela ngo-1974, sifinyelela amayunithi ayizigidi ezingu-34 akhiqizwa.
Ngakho igalofu ihlanganisa isimo sayo esithengiswa kakhulu. Hhayi okwaVolkswagen kuphela, kodwa nasemakethe uqobo - okumele kusolwe kakhulu ngamayunithi angama-hatchback angu-34 million, i-Varianant, iCabrio ne-Sportsvan, asevele ekhiqiziwe.
“I-hatchback yegalofu isaqhubeka nokuba phambili emakethe engxenyeni yayo, eJalimane nase-Europe. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, iveni ikhule kakhulu emndenini weGolf, futhi inyuke ngo-11% uma kuqhathaniswa nonyaka odlule”
Igalofu iyireferensi, uTiguan noTouran balandela ngemuva
Kodwa-ke, uma iGolf iyireferensi emhlabeni wonke, iqiniso lithi, mayelana nokukhula, yiTiguan eyakhula kakhulu uma kubhekwa zonke iziphakamiso zakwaVW. Ngokuphela kwe-Tiguan ngo-2017 ngokunyuka kokuthengiswa kwe-40% uma kuqhathaniswa no-2016, okufana nengqikithi yamayunithi ayizinkulungwane ezingu-730 akhiqizwa. Ama-oda amaningi abeqhamuka eChina.
Phakathi kwama-MPV, u-Touran uyaqhubeka nokuba ngumholi wengxenye emakethe yasekhaya, eJalimane, futhi egcina izinga elihle lokuduma kwezinye izimakethe zaseYurophu. Isici siqinisekisile, empeleni, cishe kumayunithi ayizinkulungwane eziyi-150 athengiswa kwaVolkswagen, ngo-2017 kuphela.
Uma kubhekwa lezi zibalo, kuyanda okulindelwe ukuthi kube yimiphi imiphumela yokugcina yeVolkswagen Group. Lapho bethulwa, sizothola ukuthi ngabe umenzi waseJalimane uzoqhubeka nokuba yinombolo yokuqala emhlabeni, noma uma, ngokuphambene nalokho, uzothathwa yi-Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance. Umfelandawonye we-Franco-Japanese uvele phambili ekubaleni, ngemuva kwesigamu sokuqala sonyaka.