The growth in percentage was spearheaded by China, with a 42.2 percent increase to 1.11 million vehicles. China accounts for the bulk of the Asia Pacific region sales, where VW managed to sell a total of 1.23 million vehicles.
The Indian market however fights back with force, posting a 121 percent increase in sales. Even if, speaking in terms of volume, this only means 21,300 vehicles sold, India is poised to become a type of a second China for the carmaker who plans to become No.1 in the world by 2018.
"After a very successful first six months we got off to a good start in the second half of the year. Over the coming months we will continue on our growth path with our model range and will perform better than the competition,” said Christian Klingle, VW's board member for Sales.
“However, this will be a challenge, given an operating environment that is again becoming difficult. Now that incentive programs have come to an end, the global automotive market is expected to decline in the second half of the year. There will not be a return to the high pre-crisis levels this year.”
Each of the group's brands contributed to the achievement, with Volkswagen Passenger Cars and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles selling 2.62 million and 236,600 units, respectively. Audi accounted for 646,300 of the total volume, while Skoda and Seat for 437,300 and 211,500, respectively.
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