- The Volkswagen Group sold 9.5 million vehicles worldwide in 2013 (not including MAN and Scania heavyweights), which represents an increase of 4.7% compared to 2012.

- The German group, which included both general brands (Volkswagen, Seat, Skoda) and Premium (Audi, Porsche, Bentley, Lamborghini, Bugatti) remained the third largest manufacturer last year, behind the Japanese Toyota group and American General-Motors group.

- With the exception of Skoda (-2% to 0.92 million units), all the group's brands contributed to the general growth: Volkswagen (+3.4% to 5.93 million units), Audi (+8.3% to 1.58 million units), Seat (+10.6% to 0.35 million units), Porsche (15% to 0.16 million units). Concerning the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles division is has stayed stable (+0.3%).

- The Volkswagen Group has performed well in Europe (-0.9% in a global market down by -1.9%), but has acquired most of its growth in Asia, where it sold 3.64 million vehicles (+14. 7% compared to 2012), of which 3.27 million in China (+16.4%), in China the group has a market share of 17%.

- The German group has seen its sales fall by 12.6% in Brazil and grow by 2.6% in the United States, two major countries for the group that has been present there since the early 50s.