VW's Porsche expects to repeat record vehicle sales this year

Volkswagen`s Porsche sports car brand is confident it can repeat last year`s record sales in 2018, the division`s chief executive told Reuters.

Porsche sold 196,562 vehicles during the first nine months of the year, with Europe showing a 9 percent increase and China, the world`s largest car market, growing by 4 percent.

"In light of these good numbers we expect that we can reach last year`s record again," Oliver Blume said in e-mailed comments on Thursday.

Porsche delivered 246,375 vehicles in 2017.

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