Volkswagen sales in Britain tumbled in November with new car registrations of VW-branded models falling 20% year-on-year in the wake of the diesel emissions-rigging scandal, industry figures showed.
Overall new car registrations grew 3.8% year-on-year in November to 178,876, Britain’s Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders said. This compared with a 1.1% drop in October, which ended 43 months of continual growth in a market which has benefited from purchases helped by cheap finance deals.
However, all of VW’s main brands recorded drops, with Audi branded cars falling 4%, Seat 24% and Skoda 11%.
Although the scandal engulfing the German carmaker first broke in mid-September, car deliveries typically occur several weeks after purchase decisions, making November’s data the best gauge so far of the impact on demand.
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