The Volkswagen group aims to set another record by selling 8m cars in 2011, its chief executive said.
In the first six months of this year it delivered 4m cars, Martin Winterkorn said in Berlin, according to Reuters.
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“I expect that we will add quite a bit to that,” he said.
In 2010, the group sold 7.3m cars.
Winterkorn said the company had increased sales not just in China but also in western and eastern Europe as well as in North and South America.
It is aiming to dethrone Toyota as global market leader within a few years.
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By GlobalDataThe Volkswagen brand alone sold 2.5m cars in the first half of 2011, Winterkorn said, adding that it had grown 11.8%, almost twice as much as the global market.
Asked about plans to build a production plant for its Audi brand in the United States, Winterkorn said nothing had been decided but that it was being discussed.
