Europe's biggest car maker Volkswagen group is expected to renew the car sales record in the fourth quarter of 2013. Volkswagen said on Friday, in the third quarter of 2013 the public brand cars and light commercial vehicles worldwide sales reached 7.03 million units. The most sales is in the Chinese market.
Volkswagen cars and light commercial vehicle sales of 9.143 million vehicles in the full 2012, and so far the overall sales of 2013 to more than 2012 years, the sales of less than 2 million cars. According to the current month sales, Volkswagen car sales will to 9.4 million vehicles in the whole year of 2013, including Porsche sports car sales is expected to be 150000.
Volkswagen sales in September was 856900, rose 7% year-on-year, it is reported that the Volkswagen sales increased by 4.8% for the first nine months. From the whole market, popular in the European market sales declined slightly, on the contrary it is in strong sales growth in China market, 18% in September, 2.35 million, accounting for one-third of its total sales.
The growth in the Chinese market is greater than the overall market, in September Volkswagen sales growth was about 18%, 1.79 million; Audi increase of 20.6% to 358200 vehicles.
In addition 2012 VW sold 9.3 million passenger cars and trucks, and this number will be expected to reach 9.5 million units in 2013.
Written by Dora Men
