Outpacing General Motors, German auto giant Volkswagen has acquired second spot in the global auto sales in the first three quarters of the current year. General Motors has proclaimed that the company sold 7.373 million cars and trucks across the globe between January this year until September which is relatively slightly less than 7.40 million vehicles sold by Volkswagen during the same time span. However Toyota has yet not revealed asles figure for the first three quarters, but the company stood at numero uno position in the first half of current year with 5.1 million sales and is expected to sell around 10.1 million vehicles by the year end.
Last year, Toyota sold 9.98 million vehicles maintaining its pinnacle in global auto sales followed by General Motors in the second and Volkswagen AG at third position.
Contrary to last year, this year, in the first half, Volkswagen managed to outnumber General Motors, despite the latter registering its best third quarter global sales in last 34 years on the back of robust sales in China and North America.
During these nine months GM posted 9 per cent growth in sales in Chinese market and 5 per cent rise in sales in North America. Company officials reveal that GM has been able to achieve strong growth in these regions on the back of launch of new products such as Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon pickup trucks.
Though, Volkswagen is grappling in US market for last two years, the company witnessed slump in sales by 6 per cent through September.
