Volkswagen brand global sales in August dipped 3.8% year on year to 493,800 vehicles.

“In a generally declining global market, Volkswagen succeeded in maintaining a stable market share in the reporting month and a slight increase for the year to date,” the brand said in a statement.

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As expected, fewer vehicles were delivered in Europe (-9.9%) following a particularly strong performance in August 2018 due to changing regulations bringing forward sales.

In Brazil and the US, VW saw increases of 15.4% and 9.8% respectively.

Western Europe sales fell 9.8% to 97,400 vehicles.

Central and Eastern Europe volume fell 10.7% to 22,100.

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German sales were down 10.9% at 38,700.

North America volume rose 2.9% to 52,900 but Mexico sales were off 12.4% to 10,600 vehicles.

South America sales rose 2.7% to 46,200 vehicles though volume in economically struggling Argentina fell 36.2% to 5,300.

Asia-Pacific sales dipped 3% to 263,900 vehicles.

China sales were down 1.6% to 252,700.