VW Edges Past GM in Global Auto Sales to Take No. 2 Spot
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Volkswagen AG gave a more precise figure for the number of vehicles it sold last year, pushing it narrowly ahead of General Motors Co. for second place in global auto deliveries.
The German manufacturer, which earlier this month reported a total of “over 9.7 million” vehicles sold, actually delivered 9.73 million vehicles in 2013, Christian Klingler, VW’s global sales chief, said today at an industry conference in Stuttgart. The figure, which includes vehicles from the Wolfsburg-based company’s MAN SE and Scania AB heavy-truck units, edged ahead of GM’s 9.71 million vehicles for the year. A spokesman for VW confirmed the comment.