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The Volkswagen Group is defying the economic crisis and gearing up to set a new sales milestone this year. For the first time in its history, the German maker sold 6.11 million vehicles in the first nine months of the year, representing a 13.9 percent increase over the same period in 2010. "We are very pleased with the development of the Group. Delivering six million vehicles in nine months represents a key milestone on the way to reaching our annual target of eight million vehicles sold in 2011," said Group Board member for Sales Christian Klingler. "We are also expecting very good delivery figures for the fourth quarter. We continue to keep a close eye on developments in global automobile markets, some of which are highly volatile," Klingler added. The VW Group also enjoyed sales increase in all regions between January to September 2011. The breakdown is as follows: Asia Pacific: +17.3% to 1.92 million units North America: +21.4% to 485,400 units South America: +9.5% to 700,900 units Europe: + 10.8% to 2.77 million units In its home market of Germany, the VW Group's deliveries grew by 12.3 percent to 864,400 units. Breaking down by brands in the VW Group: Volkswagen: +12.3% to 3.81 million units Audi: +17.4% to 973,200 units Skoda: +16.8% to 664,800 units Seat: +3.1% to 266,800 units VW Commercial: +25.5% to 389,900 units

[extract] It looks like the Germans are on a roll this year. In my previous post, 2010 is set to become Audi

[extract] AUDI has already broken its sales record in 2008 during the first eleven months of this year. The brand sold around 1,003,900 cars between January to November, beating the sales figure of 1,003,469, the previous best year in the company

For the first time, Audi AG surpassed Mercedes-Benz in global quarterly new car sales. The Volkswagen AG premium brand moved 264,100 worldwide, as compared to Mercedes Benz, which sold 248,500 between January to March 2010. For Audi, the quarterly sales result was a new company record and 25.9 percent above the same period last year. The company