VW Deliveries Decline in October Amid Emissions Scandal
- Shrinking demand in Brazil and Russia weighs on sales
- Deliveries dropped 5.3 percent in October to 490,000 cars
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Global deliveries at Volkswagen AG’s namesake passenger-car brand dropped in October as Europe’s largest automaker struggled to contain the fallout from a cascade of emissions-manipulation revelations.
Deliveries fell 5.3 percent to 490,000 vehicles last month and were down 4.7 percent at 4.84 million cars in the January-to-October period, the Wolfsburg, Germany-based manufacturer said in a statement Friday. Sales gains lagged the growth of the market substantially in China, where VW sells nearly half of its cars.