Record September sales in China – where it was a western JV pioneer – boosted global sales and market at Volkswagen, though it warned of a “difficult year” ahead on Friday.
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Deliveries in China in September broke all previous records with just under 150,000 units sold, a rise of 66%year on year, the company said.
This helped to push overall sales up by 12% last month, with global market share also up in the first nine months of the year.
“We are continuing to steer a steady course through the crisis and are developing better the competition,” AFP quoted Detlef Wittig, executive vice-president of group sales and marketing, as saying.
“We have maintained our position as market leader in the important core markets of China, Brazil and Germany. At the same time, we are well placed on emerging growth markets such as Russia and India,” he added.
Nevertheless, he cautioned that “2010 will be a difficult year, particularly on our core markets in western Europe.”
Volkswagen said it sold 615,100 cars in September.
It aims to overtake Toyota as the world’s leading carmaker by 2018.
