Production up at Volkswagen in first half

06/08/2013
The Volkswagen group produced a total of almost 4.9 million vehicles worldwide in the first six months of 2013, an increase of 4.4% on the same period last year.

Only 25.6% of these cars were made in Germany, down from 26.3% in the first six months of 2012.

Of this total, 780,467 vehicles were under the Audi brand, up by 6.4% year on year, while deliveries of Bentley cars increased by 8.9% over the same period to 4,279 vehicles. The group also made 1,166 Lamborghini vehicles (up 5.1%) and 81,565 Porsches.