China's vehicle sales increased 19.8 percent to a record high of 859,400 units last month from a year earlier, China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said. Passenger car sales also climbed 19.8 percent to 661,900 units, while commercial vehicle sales amounted to 197,500 units, an increase of 19.91 percent year on year. FAW-VW Automobile Co Ltd ranked the first with 166,500 units sold, trailed by the mini-van maker SAIC-GM-Wuling and Shanghai Volkswagen Co Ltd.