Volkswagen Group (VW) has announced an upturn in deliveries as part of its latest update for the first seven months of 2014.

The company reported a six per cent annual rise in unit deliveries for the January to July period, with 5.78 million vehicles purchased over the half-year.

July also proved to be a particularly positive month for the vehicle manufacturer, with an annual upturn in performance of 6.7 per cent and just over 808,000 models sold.

The European market has proven highly responsive to the group's marketing efforts over recent months, with a total of 2.32 models purchased by buyers between January and the end of July – 7.2 per cent higher than during the same time last year.

Meanwhile, the Asia-Pacific region continues to go from strength to strength for the business, with an annual 15.5 per cent rise in deliveries to 2.31 million purchases completed.

These extremely positive figures have helped to offset a 2.3 per cent decline in the North American market for VW (512,600 units sold), although the 21.5 per cent decline in South America was more keenly felt (523,400).

Group board member for sales Christian Klingler commented: "VW and its brands have made a pleasing start to the second half of the year. Nevertheless, uncertainty continues to overshadow economic conditions in the global automotive sector."

Broken down by brand, VW Passenger Cars continued to show modest growth with a 3.8 per cent upturn in vehicle deliveries for the first seven months of the year, while Audi sales rose by 11.1 per cent.

Porsche sales grew by ten per cent and Skoda and Seat deliveries increased by 13.3 and 10.6 per cent respectively. However, the news was not all rosy for the group, as VW Commercial Vehicles witnessed a decline in performance of 3.9 per cent worldwide.