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Volkswagen sells fewer cars in China
Volkswagen has in the first nine months of 2015 sold fewer cars compared to last year. The car company remains optimistic about the prospects for this year.
This makes Volkswagen said Monday, based on the results in the third quarter.
From January to September, a total of 2.58 million person vehicles sold in mainland China and in Hong Kong. That includes 137 000 imported vehicles.
Of the Volkswagen brand were sold in the first three quarters, 7.4 percent fewer cars compared to 2015. luxury subsidiary Audi the number fell by 0.3 percent.
Skoda, another brand of Volkswagen, have performed better. In the first nine months, sales increased by 0.7 percent compared to the same period in 2014.
Positive
The German carmakerâs market share in China and increase the performance of the company also show an upward trend. Especially now in September was a good month for the industry.
The group expects to come up with positive results for the last three months of 2015. Especially in cities with a large middle class and a relatively low percentage of car owners should improve the result.
Volkswagen is planning to expand the auto-supply in China. The company currently sells 148 different models in the Asian country.
Research
Meanwhile is following Germany, Japan and the United States also launched an investigation by the Chinese authorities to manipulate environmental testing by Volkswagen.
In addition, there is as yet only to the imported vehicles. The cars produced in China, would not be equipped with the sjoemelsoftware. In terms of sales, China is the biggest market for Volkswagen.
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