Volkswagen Group delivered over six million vehicles in the first eight months of this year.
Deliveries made by the Volkswagen Group are on the increase, with the brand reaching more than six
million sales between the period January to August this year.
This represents the first time that the carmaker has passed this milestone over the first eight months of a year and comes despite the fact uncertainty regarding the economic climate is ongoing.
It appears many people are plumping for Volkswagen models after checking out the latest new car offers, with the manufacturer delivering a total of 6.17 million vehicles over this timeframe.
This figure represented a 4.5 per cent climb, while deliveries in August alone remained stable – the 719,500 models sold marked an edging up of 0.1 per cent.
Christian Klingler, group board member for sales at Volkswagen, said: "The Volkswagen Group is in robust shape despite the economic uncertainty and our development in the period to August remained satisfactory.
"Notwithstanding the difficult conditions, we still expect deliveries for the full year to exceed the prior-year level."
In the overall European market, the group chalked up a total of 2.39 million vehicle deliveries to customers over the first eight months of the year, with 1.22 million drivers getting the keys to a new Volkswagen Group motor in Western Europe alone.
Numerous brands are included under the Volkswagen Group umbrella and have each played a part in helping the group record such encouraging figures over the first eight months of this year.
Deliveries by Audi climbed by 7.2 per cent during this time, which marked a new record for the January to August period, while Porsche delivered a total of 106,800 models in this time.
Skoda, meanwhile, offloaded 598,400 cars around the globe during this spell, including 393,200 to customers in the overall European market, while Seat delivered 234,200 models worldwide, with 191,700 of these being handed over in the overall European market and sales being particularly high in Germany.
By Fred Mason