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Volkswagen lost ground against its competitors in September in a strong month for European car sales, as the German carmaker seeks to recover from theemissions-rigging scandal, according to The Guardian.
Volkswagen’s share of the EU car market fell to 23.3% last month - from 23.6% a year earlier, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA). Its share was down from 26.5% in August, The Guardian reported.
Overall, VW sales also lagged behind the market, growing 8.4% from a year ago to 315,905 vehicles compared with 9.8% for the industry.
Read alsoGerman public prosecutors search Volkswagen offices - ReutersNews of the scandal broke on September 18, when the US government ordered Volkswagen to recall almost 500,000 cars after discovering the company had deployed sophisticated software to cheat emission tests, allowing its cars to produce up to 40 times more pollution than allowed. It took several days for the full extent of the scandal to become known. Eleven million diesel vehicles worldwide are affected and on Thursday VW said it would recall 8.5 million of the affected cars from across Europe.