Volkswagen Group India achieved impressive sales growth of 256.7 per cent by delivering 28,072 cars during January to March 2011 as compared to 7,871 cars during the same time period last year. Volkswagen India Private Ltd President and Managing Director John Chacko said that all three brands--Audi, Skoda and Volkswagen-- performed "extremely well".

He said that Audi delivered a total of 1,611 cars for the quarter ended March 31, 2011 as compared to 778 cars in the same period previous financial year, a growth of 107.1 per cent.

With the launches of the Audi A8 and the Audi R8 Spyder, he said, Audi had surpassed the half year sales of 2010 in the first quarter of 2011. Skoda delivered 8,217 cars as compared to 5,394 cars while Volkswagen delivered 18,244 cars as compared to 1,699 cars during the period, he added. "The launch of Polo and Vento have taken the small car and the mid-size car segment by a storm. The market share for the Volkswagen cars is on a growing trajectory and we have seen a phenomenal increase in the sales for Volkswagen passenger cars." He said to meet the high demand, the company has recently introduced the third shift which is in line with the ramping up plans. "We recently launched the new Passat to maintain a strong position in the high end car segment," Dr Chako said.

Volkswagen Group began 2011 on a successful note by winning a total of 32 awards at 9 auto awards ceremonies held during the last quarter. The Polo won 7 awards, while the Vento won 7 awards. The Skoda Yeti ruled the charts with 8 awards while Audi won a total of 4 awards among other awards won by the Group.