VW grows 11% in the world

Volkswagen sold 9.1 million vehicles worldwide in 2012, an increase of 11.2% over the previous year. This was the first time that the German automaker surpassed the milestone of 9 million units sold. The best performance, showed the company's report, took place in North America-which hit the record sales since 1970. "The United States are one of the main markets of the Volkswagen Group for the implementation of our strategy," commented in a note, Martin Winterkorn, Chairman of the automaker. Already in South America, the volume was 8.2% over last year, reaching the milestone of 1 million cars sold. Of these, 780.2 million were destined to the Brazilian market, a 10.7% in 12 months. In the region that includes Asia and the Pacific, another record was broken: the 3 million vehicles. In total, were sold 3.2 million units, a growth of 23.3%. The European market remained stable, with 3.7 million cars, with 1.2 million just in Germany.