- The Volkswagen Group sold 7.50 million vehicles over the last ten months (+10.2% compared to the ten months of 2011), with 789,000 units sold in the month of October (+14.6% compared to October 2011). Declining sales in Western Europe were offset by growth in North America, China and Russia.

- In China, sales over the last ten months rose by 19.6% to 2.26 million units. In North America, sales increased by 25.4%to 671,000 units, including 481,000 vehicles in the United States (33.5%). In Europe (27 countries), Group sales totaled 3.1 million units  in last ten months of 2012 (+0.9% versus same period of 2011). In Russia, the Group sales increased by 46.7% to 262,000 units.

- Except Seat, all the group's brands grew over ten months. Audi sales rose by 12.9% (1.22 million units), those of Volkswagen by 11.2% (4.72 million units), and those of Skoda  by 7, 2% (0.80 million units). Seat’s sales in contrast, have decreased by 9.8% down to 270 000 units.