Major growth drivers over the past year were Audi's three biggest export markets: with China up 21.2 percent.
The Porsche 911 was especially successful last year - during its anniversary year, around 30,000 of these iconic sports cars were handed over to customers.
Volvo Cars achieved its strongest sales growth in 2013 in China, one of its biggest markets today, according to the company's sales report.
China's auto sales rose 13.9 percent in 2013 from a year earlier to 21.98 million units, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said.
Bentley sold 10,120 cars in 2013, 19 percent more than the previous year and the fourth-straight year of double-digit volume growth, the Britain-based carmaker said on Wednesday.
General Motors Co and its Chinese joint ventures sold a record 3.16 million vehicles in China in 2013, an 11.4 percent increase from a year earlier.
After virtual stagnation for two years, passenger vehicle sales in China surged 17 percent in 2013, which beat industry expectations of a single-digit rise.
Automakers' sales in China increased in 2013, recovering from a sharp decline a year earlier which was caused by anti-Japanese sentiment among Chinese consumers.
Sales of passenger vehicles surged 17 percent on an annual basis in 2013, after a two-year period of near stalling.
Sales at SAIC Motor Corp, China's largest carmaker, in 2013 rose 13.7 percent year on year to exceed 5.1 million units, the company announced on Tuesday.
FAW-Volkswagen still hit record high, with a sales volume of 1,607,000 units and year-on-year growth of 17.4 percent in 2013, well above the industrial average.
Honda Motor Co Ltd and its two local joint ventures sold a record 101,465 automobiles in China in December, up 60.4 percent from a year earlier.
Nissan Motor Co and its local joint-venture sold 134,200 automobiles in China in December. That follows a 95.7 percent year-on-year jump in November.
The US auto industry limped to its best year since the boom times before 2008 as results came up short in December.
Toyota Motor Corp and its two local joint-venture partners sold about 108,400 automobiles in China in December, up 19.4 percent from a year earlier.
Ford Motor Co and its local partners in China sold a total of 94,838 vehicles on a wholesale basis in December, an increase of 35 percent year-on-year.
Toyota Motor Corp and its two local joint-venture partners sold more than 900,000 vehicles in China last year, beating its annual sales target.
December US auto sales, spurred by end-of-the-year bargains, likely rose about 4 percent from a year earlier, industry analysts said.
Chinese carmaker Chongqing Changan on Monday announced 2013 sales of 2.13 million units, with an annual growth of 21.3 percent.
Nissan Motor Co announced that it has said that its auto output in China surged 150.5 percent year-on-year to 137,046 units in Nov this year.
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