VW Brand Sales Drop 5%

Worldwide deliveries of Volkswagen passenger vehicles in April fell 5% to 496,100 units, dragged down by slumping demand in Russia, South America and the U.S.

VW didn't detail April sales by market. It does report VW-brand volume in January-April fell 2% to 1.98 million units.

Deliveries through the first fourth months of 2015 rose 3% to 582,000 units in Europe. But sales declined in China (-2% to 899,400 units), South America (-19% to 167,400), the U.S. (-8% to 118,200) and Russia (-47% to 24,300).