By Kim Richters
Volkswagen AG said Friday that global deliveries surged in April, after dropping significantly in the same month last year when the coronavirus spread.
World-wide group sales for April rose 75% year-on-year to 829,800 vehicles, the German car maker said.
Deliveries to customers rose strongly in all markets except China including Hong Kong where sales fell 7% to 284,200 vehicles, Volkswagen said.
For the period from January to April, world-wide deliveries were up 31.5% year-on-year at around 3.3 million.
The Volkswagen group includes a number of brands, such as Audi, Skoda, Porsche and the company's namesake Volkswagen passenger cars.
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(END) Dow Jones Newswires
05-14-21 0515ET