Between January and October 2014, Volkswagen Passenger Cars delivered 5.08m vehicles globally, breaking the 5m mark for the first time.
In comparison, the German manufacturer delivered 4.95m in the same period 2013.
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In Europe, VW’s home market, sales increased 2.7% to 1.40m, of which 719,500 came from Western Europe, excluding Germany. In its home market, VW sold 483,500 vehicles, up 4.2% year-on-year.
Sales for the first nine months of 2014 were down in the Americas. In South America, sales fell 18.5% year-on-year in the period to 547,700, of which Brazil accounted for 443,200 cars. North American sales also fell, down 6.8% year-on-year for the nine month period, to 482,300.
In the Asia-Pacific region, VWs largest market, sales increased 12.4% year-on-year to 2.47m, for the nine months to October. China made up the vast majority of these sales, with 2.30m registrations.
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