Volkswagen, Europe's biggest car maker, said today it was satisfied with business in the first six months of the current year, when unit sales rose by by 5.5%.
'Vehicle deliveries grew to 4.7 million in the first half of 2013 from 4.45 million in the year-earlier period,' VW said in a statement.
In June alone, the group sold a total 827,800 vehicles worldwide, 3.7% more than a year earlier.
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'We remain on course and are entering the second half of the year with confidence. Nevertheless, the enormous challenges persist,' he said.
First-half sales of the VW brand alone were up 4.4% at 2.91 million, with strongest growth seen in China.
The high-end brand Audi saw unit sales grow by 6.4% to 780,500 units, also with 'significant growth' seen in China.
The group said it sold a total 81,600 of its Porsche luxury sports cars in the January-June period.
By contrast, sales of its Skoda brand fell by 5.8%, but SEAT sales were up 11.5% in the six-month period.
In the commercial vehicles division, unit sales edged up by 0.2% over the first half of the year, VW said.