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Automotive News Europe, June, 2003 by Weernink, Wim Oude
Byline: Wim Oude Weernink
For the first time the world's three major car markets - the USA, Europe and Japan - have declined simultaneously, said Volkswagen CEO Bernd Pischetsrieder.
But the Volkswagen group has an important offsetting factor - China, where it is the market leader.
"Our growth in China was 70 percent last year and we expect growth of 90 percent this year," said Pischetsrieder, a keynote speaker at the Automotive News Europe Congress.
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