Volkswagen global sales dip 5.3 percent in Oct after scandal

Volkswagen small diesel-powered auto owners are entitled to $1,000 worth in gift cards and vouchers as the auto company seeks to regain their customers’ trust after confessing to rigging more than 11 million of their vehicles worldwide with software that makes it appear as if the cars are compliant with United States emissions standards, USA Today reports.

The news is an update on a statement the company issued last week, which said it understated greenhouse-gas emissions and fuel consumption on as many as 800,000 vehicles.

Britain’s vehicle testing system is “clearly inadequate” according to MPs, who have launched an inquiry into it following the Volkswagen emissions scandal.

Volkswagen is grappling for a way through a crisis that has engulfed the company since it first admitted to cheating on emissions in September. “Developments in Brazil and Russian Federation continue to give cause for concern, while we were able to grow again on the Chinese market in October”.

The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand delivered 4.84 million vehicles to customers from January to October this year.

Its sales in Western Europe, Volkswagen’s home market, declined 1.3%. “We not only face the diesel and Carbon dioxide issues but also tense situations on world markets”, said Jürgen Stackmann, head of sales for the VW brand. (The company keeps selling them in Europe, however, for another month.) Around the same time, Volkswagen rescinds paperwork for the EPA to approve 2016 diesels, putting the authorization process on hold indefinitely. It has replaced its CEO and offered $500 cash payouts to owners hit by the scandal in the U.S.

In a joint interview with VW works council chief Bernd Osterloh published by German news agency DPA on Friday, Herbert Diess also said he saw no threat of job cuts for permanent staff as a result of the scandal. Ellman said compromise plans agreed by European Union countries to allow vehicles to carry on emitting more than twice agreed pollution limits had been “criticized for giving too much leeway to motor manufacturers”. And for cars bearing the VW badge, sales fell 5.3 percent for the month.