Volkswagen Group has sold over 6m vehicles in the first eight months of a year for the first time.

Sales from January to August 2013 rose 4.5% to 6.17m though August volume inched up just 0.1% to 720,400 units.

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“The Volkswagen Group is in robust shape despite the economic uncertainty, and our development in the period to August remained satisfactory,” sales chief Christian Klingler said. “Notwithstanding the difficult conditions, we still expect deliveries for the full year to exceed the prior year level.”

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