Thierry van Kan, CEO of D’Ieteren Auto

“The first few months of 2010 were characterised by a lack of visibility, but the year eventually ended with a record number of new car registrations. While the government incentives offered to buyers of environmentally-friendly vehicles propped up the market, D’Ieteren Auto’s teams responded with genuine dynamism. We were therefore able to make the most of the recovery plan put in place at Volkswagen. Our other makes perfectly matched the government incentives criteria and, despite a shortfall in production, continued to make progress. These developments enabled us to achieve our growth objective with a share in registrations of over 20% in 2010.”