Shanghai (ZXZC)- In July, FAW-VW's delivery volume reached 154,097 units, representing a good start for FAW-VW in the second half of 2018. Specifically, sales of Volkswagen brand reached 101,089 units, while Audi brand's sales reached 53,008 units (including Audi import vehicles) with a YoY growth of 3.9%.

In terms of Volkswagen brand, the Bora performed most excellently with deliveries of 19,713 units, growing 9.7% from a year ago. The Sagitar, a standard model in A+ class vehicle market, achieved a 7% year-on-year growth to 25,131 units in July. The Magotan, a leader in B-class vehicle, posted a year-on-year growth of 4% to 17,840 units in July.

As to Audi brand, sales of the Audi A4L totaled 13,985 units in July, surging 33.3% from a year ago. With deliveries of 8,465 units, the Audi A3 led the pack in compact high-end sedan market with a year-on-year growth of 28.4%. In addition, the Audi A6L's deliveries totaled 10,126 units in July. Sales of the Audi Q5 and Q3 reached 9,078 units and 5,545 units respectively in July.

Industry insiders analyzed that the entire trend of the Chinese vehicle market kept a slow growth in July. With the leasing of some beneficial policy in auto market, the whole auto market will continue to see growth. On one hand, the implementation of tariff cut on import vehicles which started on July 1 encouraged more customers to buy import vehicles. On the other hand, new models which will be launched in the second half of 2018 also will help drive the development of auto market. 

This year, FAW-VW had launched the T-ROC, the all-new Arteon and the all-new Bora. In the second half of 2018, FAW-VW will introduce more compelling new models into the market to boost the growth of auto market and also meet market demands.