VW battles with GM for top car sales in China

Volkswagen (VW) will vie with General Motors (GM) for the sales crown among foreign carmakers in China next year, gaining share as Japanese carmakers led by Toyota Motor struggle to recover amid a territorial dispute.

VW, whose luxury Audi cars are popular with Chinese bureaucrats, has not led sales in the country since 2004 and will probably sell 2.7 million vehicles in the country next year to GM's 2.65 million, helped by eight new or revamped models including the Santana, Golf, Skoda Octavia and Audi Q3, according to industry researcher JSC Automotive Consulting.

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