Car: Vw dethrones Toyota in the first half and become number one in the world – FOCUS – Italian Stock Exchange

But global leadership in 2015 and not ‘granted for Wolfsburg (Il Sole 24 Ore Thomson Financial) – Milan, July 28 – Last year, Toyota had become the world leader in the auto industry succeeding in overcoming the German Volkswagen, but in the first half this year to prevail and ‘was instead the German group. Volkswagen has indeed dethroned the Japanese with sales of 5.04 million units’ in January-June compared to 5,022,000 of its rival Japan. In third place, with 4.86 million, General Motors (GM), which Toyota had blown in 2008 the world record, held by the American group for over 70 years. The race for the title of world’s leading manufacturer for the entire 2015 looks to be very tough because we play ‘on a knife edge. Gia ‘last year the distance was minimal with Toyota first with 10.23 million of units’, compared to 10.14 million Volkswagen. Sales of the house of the Rising Sun in the first half fell globally by 1.5% to a year earlier as a result of the slip by 11.5% in Japan, where its minicar suffered in particular the weakness of the economy Japanese. Toyota has nonetheless found that it and ‘treated’ in the first decline in two years “in Japan and for the whole 2015 estimated a decline of 1% to 10,150,000. The Japanese manufacturer, which had to give the scepter to GM in 2011 as a result of the tsunami that hit northeastern Japan in March of that year and then regain it again in 2012, recently unveiled productive investments in Mexico and China however will not be operational before 2019. Volkswagen, with its 12 brands, which also include the Italian Ducati, Lamborghini and Italdesign and trucks of Man and Scania, has 120 sites in the world, compared with 70 for Toyota, and earlier this year announced a plan 107 billion in five years, of which over 20 billion destined for China, the major source of revenue for the home of Wolfsburg. In the first half, however, ‘this trend and’ weakened with Vw who accused the period decreased by 3.9% of sales in the former Celestial Empire from a year earlier. Tomorrow, July 29, Volkswagen will make ‘Reports Results for the second quarter (for Toyota are scheduled on August 4th ed), which some analysts say could show a drop in net profit due to the situation in China and the charges of the German subsidiary Man . At Volkswagen is also to resolve the crucial issue of replacement for Ferdinand Piech, who left in April the chairmanship of the supervisory board as a result of the clash from which ‘emerged victorious the current chairman of the board of management, Martin Winterkorn, while problems of generalist brand Vw were entrusted to the care of Herbert Diess and Audi and Porsche are the most ‘profitable of the group.

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