Despite the dramatic deterioration in its business environment, the Volkswagen Group met its unit sales, sales revenue and earnings targets last year and recorded the best figures in its history. Sales revenue grew by 4.5 percent to €113.8 billion on the back of a 1.3 percent rise in unit sales to 6.3 million vehicles. At €6.3 billion, operating profit was up by 3.0 percent year-on-year. Profit after tax amounted to €4.7 billion (+13.7 percent). “2008 was a good, a very successful year for Volkswagen. We made tremendous efforts throughout the entire Company to achieve our ambitious targets, and we achieved them. The Volkswagen Group kept its word”, said Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, on Thursday at the presentation of the Company’s 2008 financial results in Wolfsburg. Via volkswagen-media-services.com