Editing Volkswagen Group (section)

===Leadership, sales and market share===
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|+Volkswagen (mbH, GmbH, AG) leaders
!Tenure!!Leader(s)
|-
|align="left"|1937 to 1945||[[Bodo Lafferentz]], [[Ferdinand Porsche]], [[Jakob Werlin]]<ref>[http://www.verfolgte-schueler.org/1933-45.htm Chronik/Rückblick mit scheinbaren Analogien und ohne Anspruch auf Vollständigkeit] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420003513/http://www.verfolgte-schueler.org/1933-45.htm |date=20 April 2010 }}. Retrieved 22 October 2009.</ref>
|-
|align="left"|June 1945 to December 1947||[[Ivan Hirst]] (Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers)<ref name=VW-intl-hist/>
|-
|align="left"|1 January 1948 to April 1967||[[Heinrich Nordhoff]]<ref name="Chronicle">{{cite web|url=https://www.volkswagen-media-services.com/medias_publish/ms/content/en/broschueren/2008/09/16/hn07_volkswagen_chronicle.standard.gid-journalisten.html|title=Historical Notes 7: Volkswagen Chronicle&nbsp;– Becoming a Global Player|access-date=20 November 2011|year=2008}}{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
|align="left"|1 May 1968 to September 1971||[[Kurt Lotz]]<ref name="Chronicle"/>
|-
|align="left"|1 October 1971 to February 1975||[[Rudolf Leiding]]<ref name="Chronicle"/>
|-
|align="left"|10 February 1975 to December 1980||[[Toni Schmücker]]<ref name="Chronicle"/>
|-
|align="left"|1 January 1982 to December 1992||[[Carl Hahn]]<ref name="Chronicle"/>
|-
|align="left"|1 January 1993 to 16 April 2002||[[Ferdinand Piëch|Ferdinand K. Piëch]]<ref name="Chronicle"/>
|-
|align="left"|16 April 2002 to 31 December 2006||[[Bernd Pischetsrieder]]<ref name="Chronicle"/>
|-
|align="left"|1 January 2007 to 23 September 2015||[[Martin Winterkorn]]<ref name="Chronicle"/><ref>{{cite news|last1=Moore|first1=Thad|title=Volkswagen CEO quits amid emissions cheating scandal|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/volkswagen-ceo-resigns-after-emissions-cheating-scandal-spreads/2015/09/23/6b09e540-6203-11e5-8e9e-dce8a2a2a679_story.html|access-date=23 September 2015|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923220627/http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/volkswagen-ceo-resigns-after-emissions-cheating-scandal-spreads/2015/09/23/6b09e540-6203-11e5-8e9e-dce8a2a2a679_story.html|archive-date=23 September 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Woodyard|first1=Chris|title=VW CEO resigns in cheating scandal|newspaper=The Detroit Free Press|page=1B|date=23 September 2015}}</ref>
|-
|align="left"|25 September 2015 to 12 April 2018||[[Matthias Müller (businessman)|Matthias Müller]]<ref name="volkswagen-media-services.com">{{cite web |url=https://www.volkswagen-newsroom.com/en/press-releases/matthias-mueller-appointed-ceo-of-the-volkswagen-group-2040 |title=Matthias Müller appointed CEO of the Volkswagen Group |date=25 September 2015 |work=volkswagen-media-services.com |access-date=25 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926034026/https://www.volkswagen-media-services.com/en/detailpage/-/detail/Matthias-Mller-appointed-CEO-of-the-Volkswagen-Group/view/2726856/7a5bbec13158edd433c6630f5ac445da?p_p_auth=rd5HndKL |archive-date=26 September 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|align="left"|12 April 2018 to 31 August 2022||[[Herbert Diess]]<ref name="ReferenceA" />
|-
|align="left"|From 1 September 2022 ||[[Oliver Blume]]<ref name="Chronicle"/>
|-
|}

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|+ Top 3 Automakers Global, 2018, by global volume<ref name="Reuters20190130">{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-automakers-sales-japan/renault-nissan-group-sold-most-cars-last-year-but-vws-no-1-including-trucks-idUSKCN1PO0R1 | title=Renault-Nissan group sold most cars last year, but VW's No.1 including trucks | work=[[Reuters]] | access-date=18 April 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418013439/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-automakers-sales-japan/renault-nissan-group-sold-most-cars-last-year-but-vws-no-1-including-trucks-idUSKCN1PO0R1 | archive-date=18 April 2019 | url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! Group
! Units
|-
| Volkswagen
| 10,083,000
|-
| Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi
| 10,076,000
|-
| Toyota
| 10,059,000
|}

In 2024, Volkswagen Group's largest single country market was [[People's Republic of China|China]] with 2.93 million units delivered, followed by Germany with 1.12 million units. Divided by regions, Asia-Pacific was the second-largest market of the Volkswagen Group with 3.21 million units in 2013, followed by Western Europe with 3.14 million, and North America with 962,000 units delivered in 2024.<ref name="AR2018">{{cite web |title=Volkswagen AG Annual Report 2024 |url=https://annualreport2024.volkswagen-group.com/_assets/downloads/entire-vw-ar24.pdf |url-status=live |publisher=Volkswagen AG}}</ref>

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|-
|+ Top 3 Automakers EU27, 2013, new passenger car volume<ref name="ACEA2013"/>
|-
! Group
! Units
! share
|- 
| Volkswagen
| 2,957,653
| 25.0
|-
| PSA
| 1,311,406
| 11.1
|-
| RENAULT
| 1,076,367
| 10.4
|}

The European ranking of automakers is compiled monthly by the European Auto Manufacturers' Association ACEA.<ref name="ACEA2013">{{cite web|title=New Passenger Car Registrations by Manufacturer – European Union (EU)|url=http://www.acea.be/press-releases/article/passenger-car-registrations-1.7-in-2013-13.3-in-december|publisher=ACEA|date=16 January 2014|access-date=27 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303184647/http://www.acea.be/press-releases/article/passenger-car-registrations-1.7-in-2013-13.3-in-december|archive-date=3 March 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> Volkswagen has held the top spot in Europe uninterrupted for more than two decades.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acea.be/images/uploads/files/20101028_06_PC_90-10_By_Manufacturer_W_Europe.xls|title=Historical series: 1990–2010: New Passenger Car Registrations by manufacturer|publisher=ACEA|year=2011|access-date=13 August 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927060927/http://www.acea.be/images/uploads/files/20101028_06_PC_90-10_By_Manufacturer_W_Europe.xls|archive-date=27 September 2011}}</ref>

The company was again the top global automaker in 2018, for the fifth consecutive year, selling 10.083 million vehicles in the year 2018, just 7,000 more than the [[Renault–Nissan–Mitsubishi Alliance]].<ref name="Reuters20190130"/>