Sales rise at US manufacturers and BMW as they acquire advantage of VWs problems after the emissions scandalVolkswagen’s share of European car sales fell last month as US manufacturers capitalised on the German company’s emissions rigging scandal to notch up strong gains.
VW’s group market share fell to 24.5% from 26.8% a year earlier as its main Volkswagen brand’s share tumbled to 12.2% from 13.5%. Group sales rose 4.2% but did worse than the wider market where sales increased by 13.7% to 1.12m, figures from the European Automobile Manufacturers organization showed. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com