据欧洲汽车新闻报道，年成为全球销量最大汽车生产商。大众集团今年前九个月全球销量为761万辆，比去年同期增长2.4%。而已经连续四年销量第一的丰田同期销量为753万辆，同比仅增长0.4%。大众今年三季度销量加速增长，而今年前六个月同比增幅仅为1.5%，销量为512万辆。丰田销量大幅增长，从下降0.6%提高到增长10%。虽然面料排放造假丑闻使其在某些市场销量下降，但大众仍取得成功。丰田在美国销量远超大众，但在世界最大汽车市场中国，大众平均每销售三辆车，丰田只销售一辆车。截至今年九月，大众在中国销量增加了11%至258万辆。柴油门丑闻导致大众品牌销量走弱，但集团的其他品牌，包括奥迪、保时捷和斯柯达市场需求旺盛。大众的目标是到今年底销量超过去年的993万辆。

VW set to overtake Toyota as world's largest automaker, thanks to China
Volkswagen Group is in position to finish the year as the world’s biggest-selling automaker, Automotive News Europe reports.
 
In the nine months to the end of September, VW Group sold 7.61 million vehicles worldwide, growth of 2.4 percent on the same period last year. By contrast, Toyota, which has held the top spot for the last four years, saw growth of just 0.4 percent, moving 7.53 million units over the same period.
 
Volkswagen’s sales growth accelerated in the third quarter of the year. For the first sixth months of the year, the German automaker reported growth of 1.5 percent, delivering 5.12 million vehicles.
 
Toyota actually outpaced that growth, recording an increase of 10 percentage points from a fall of 0.6 percent.

VW’s success comes despite the ongoing emissions cheating scandal, which has led to a drop in sales in some markets. Toyota far outsells VW in the U.S., for instance. But in China, the largest automobile market in the world, VW sells three cars for every one Toyota moves. Through the end of September, VW reported an increase in sales of 11 percent in China, up to 2.58 million units.

Sales at the Volkswagen brand itself have fallen in the wake of Dieselgate, but the Group’s numbers have been boosted by strong demand for Audi, Porsche, and Skoda. End-of-year sales of more than last year’s record high of 9.93 million are targeted.