The German group Volkswagen became the carmaker increased sales volume worldwide in the first six months of 2016 despite the scandal gas emissions of their vehicles to diesel, after beating Toyota Motor, which reported a fall in turnover in the first half.
the Japanese company, which manufactures Toyota, Lexus and Daihatsu brands, said its global sales fell 0.6 percent in the January-June period to 4.992 million units worldwide, below the 5.021 million vehicles sold in the same period last year.
Volkswagen reported sales of 5.116 million vehicles in the first half, up 1.5 percent.
after having held the title of largest global automaker with sales for four consecutive years through 2015, Toyota suffered this year by the decline of its production in Japan after an earthquake in April destroyed an operated by a key supplier plant, which stopped the activity in many of its lines for weeks.
Meanwhile, VW sales so far seem to have suffered too much by scandal called “diéselgate” generated when admitted in September that it had set up an illegal program that altered the level of toxic emissions from about 11 million of its cars to diesel worldwide.
While sales the popular brand VW have weakened, this has been more than offset by billing units luxury Audi and Porsche, plus the Czech brand Skoda.
the largest automaker in Europe said Thursday he expects sales of the entire year is slightly locate above the 9.93 million units sold last year, as demand in China and Western Europe offset declines in America and Russia. (I)
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