Volkswagen has announced that it has sold 2.5 million units globally in the first half of 2011. This number represents a 11.8 percent increase over the same time last year.
In North America, VW sold 237,700 cars in the first half of the year which represents a 21.8% increase over last year.
“The positive trend for the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand in the first half of the year is very encouraging,” said Christian Klingler, Volkswagen Board Member.
“It would be a major success if we could keep up this momentum during the second six months,” he added.
Of course China helped VW achieve the bigger sales number 852,800 units sold. China is now the biggest market for VW and it saw a 12.9 percent increase in sales over the same time last year.
Cars like the all new Jetta helped propel Volkswagen to record sales. Check out our first drive review of the all new Jetta below.
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