Volkswagen is aiming for sales this year of 9.5m cars, up from 9.3m in 2012, chief executive Martin Winterkorn said in Frankfurt.

The group also said brand sales in August fell 1% to 461,600 cars. That gives a year to date total of 3.84m, a 3.1% rise on last year.

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“The VW brand is not immune to the effects of the ongoing very challenging situation in world markets,” sales chief Christian Klingler told Reuters.

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