(August 16, 2016) Current sales figures show that Volkswagen outsold General Motors in China in July. Volkswagen Group has also outsold GM in the first seven months of the year to reclaim its position as China's largest automaker. GM outsold China in June of this year as well as 2015.

VW Group delivered 285,900 vehicles in China last month, an increase of 16 percent from a year earlier. General Motors delivered 270,529 vehicles in China in July. Through July, VW Group sales in China totaled  2,148,000 vehicles, a gain of 8 percent from the same period last year.

The growth was led by the VW brand, which recorded sales of 210,500 vehicles, a rise of 17 percent from the same month last year. In July, Skoda volume advanced 16 percent year on year to 21,400 vehicles while Audi deliveries rose 9.9 percent to 45,454 vehicles.

GM sales through July totaled 2,081,005.

Source: Automotive News