Auto industry: Volkswagen is once again selling fewer cars

Wolfsburg. The decline in sales at the car manufacturer Volkswagen continued to accelerate in the third quarter. Around 1.89 million vehicles from all Group brands were delivered to customers worldwide from July to September - 14.3 percent less than a year earlier, as the company in Wolfsburg announced.

At 38.5 percent, the decline was particularly high in China. VW sold a good six million cars from January to September. That is 9.0 percent or around 600,000 fewer than in the same period last year.

The group is currently suffering in particular from the collapse of the Chinese market, which was the most important source of income for years. Added to this is the tough competition from Chinese providers on the European home market.