German multinational automotive manufacturing company, Volkswagen plans to produce a record number of vehicles in South Africa, despite a sluggish economy and other hurdles in the country.

Aiming higher, the German carmaker will increase its output by 28 per cent, meaning the firm will manufacture 161,900 vehicles this year with 108,000 destined for export.

Volkswagen has been seeking to diversify sales on the continent, whose auto market has seen slow growth in the past three years. However the bullish increase of production may be a game changer for the company, should they land a successful market.