German car production jumped 14% to 515,200 vehicles in September, driven by strong demand from Asia, according to the auto industry association.

VDA president Matthias Wissmann said: “Our companies are currently profiting from their presence in (foreign) growth centres and the apparent stabilisation in the west European market.”

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The strong growth in production, driven by a 15% increase in exports to 389,000 cars, meant that output in the first three quarters of 2013 returned to the 4.1m vehicle level from the year-ago period.

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