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The car market in China is showing signs of a comeback from COOVID-19 after months of lockdown. In February sales fell 79%.
Volkswagen said its operations there are showing “clear signs” of business recovery.
All 2,000 Volkswagen brand dealerships are now open again, with showroom traffic during the last weekend of March comparable to the same period last year.
It said over 95% of the dealerships of its Audi and ŠKODA outlets have also reopened.
The total number of group facilities that have resumed operations has risen to 32 of the 33 car and component plants.
Bloomberg reported last week that the recovery in Wuhan, a city of 11 million and the original centre of the coronavirus and the first to be sealed off, with dealerships gradually opening their doors.
It said the strength of pent-up demand took some car dealers by surprise, with daily sales now running at levels seen before the economic freeze.
Volkswagen Group China CEO Stephan Wöllenstein said: “Our dealerships are seeing customers on the showroom floors once again.
“There are growing signs of recovery, with a good chance that the Chinese car market could reach last year’s level in early summer. For Volkswagen, many highlights are still to come in 2020. This year, MEB production will begin and the Volkswagen ID. family will debut in China.”