Despite Big Stumbles In The US & China, Volkswagen Is Outselling Toyota (For ... - The Car Connection
In Japan, Toyota's home turf, Toyota sales hit the skids due to economic woes. That's one of the big reasons that Toyota's global sales for the first half of 2015 were down 1. 5 percent compared to last year. Things are brighter in Europe, VW's home turf, where sales have continued to improve in lockstep with the region's economy. Even though VW depends heavily on other regions for sales, and even though it saw huge losses elsewhere (e. g. Brazil, off 30 percent), the strong European market trimmed those losses to 0. 5 percent for the first six months of the year. Will VW maintain its narrow lead of 20,000 sales and 2015 on top. However, VW stands a chance of stumbling in a big way if Europe's fragile economic recovery should stall (looking at you, Greece ). And of course, there's another player in this that bears mentioning: General Motors. Stay tuned on Thursday as GM releases sales stats for the first half of 2015. ___________________________________________. Follow The Car Connection on Facebook , Twitter and Google+. Source: www.thecarconnection.com
