VW sales slip 4.5%, but don’t blame diesel-gate

Three months into the Volkswagen defeat device scandal and how is the OEM faring? The consensus seems to be 'not bad'. Global sales of the Volkswagen brand for the January-November period are down 4.5% at 5,335,700 units, though the most recent month of November saw a more moderate 2.4% decline. Notably, however, brand sales were down 4.7% in the first nine months, before the diesel scandal even came to light.