“We offer tailored solutions for almost every transport need. That means we are gaining ever more customers.” said Dr Bernd Wiedemann, Head of the Board of Management, commenting on the figures.

“The Caddy has really taken off!” said Dr Michael Kern, member of the Board of Management for Sales. “We increased deliveries by 154 percent to 56,000 vehicles. In the first six months of 2004 the total was 22,000 vehicles.”

The T5 and its individual versions such as the Multivan and California also continued to make gains. Deliveries rose by 26.8 percent up to 83,300 vehicles (2004: 66,000).

In South America, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles’ truck and bus division continued its record of success. The company increased truck deliveries in weight classes between 7 and 45 tonnes by 12.3 percent to 15,400 vehicles (2004: 13,700). In Brazil, the region’s most important market, Volkswagen was the market leader in the 7 to 45 tonne segment with a market share of 33 percent.

In Australia, Sales are up 31% versus 2004 YTD. After just completing another record month in June, Mr Phil Clark, Director of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles in Australia, said “new Transporter and the just launched Caddy are proving to be outstanding contributors to the business, which leaves us with an opportunity to focus on our Mega Van activities with the LT product.”