Volkswagen car sales tumble

AFP, LONDON: Sales of new Volkswagen cars collapsed in Britain by nearly a fifth last month as the German carmaker was plagued by fallout from the pollution-cheating scandal, industry data showed Friday. There were 12,958 new registrations of Volkswagen branded vehicles in November, down almost 20 per cent from the same month in 2014, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders said in a statement. Sales of other key Volkswagen brands also fell sharply, with Audi down 4.4 per cent, SEAT slumping 23.8 per cent and Skoda losing 11 per cent in November year-on-year. But sales of expensive brand Bentley surged by 20.6 per cent on lower volumes, while Porsche fell by just 0.8 per cent, according to SMMT data. VW is remains embroiled in a massive pollution-cheating scandal after it was forced to admit that it had installed software in 11 million diesel engines worldwide designed to skew the results of emission tests.

Volkswagen car sales tumble

AFP, LONDON: Sales of new Volkswagen cars collapsed in Britain by nearly a fifth last month as the German carmaker was plagued by fallout from the pollution-cheating scandal, industry data showed Friday. There were 12,958 new registrations of Volkswagen branded vehicles in November, down almost 20 per cent from the same month in 2014, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders said in a statement. Sales of other key Volkswagen brands also fell sharply, with Audi down 4.4 per cent, SEAT slumping 23.8 per cent and Skoda losing 11 per cent in November year-on-year. But sales of expensive brand Bentley surged by 20.6 per cent on lower volumes, while Porsche fell by just 0.8 per cent, according to SMMT data. VW is remains embroiled in a massive pollution-cheating scandal after it was forced to admit that it had installed software in 11 million diesel engines worldwide designed to skew the results of emission tests.