Volkswagen overtakes Toyota as World’s Largest Automaker

Regardless of the massive dieselgate scandal, Volkswagen has were able to pass Toyota whilst the world’s largest automaker in the initial half 2016.
Volkswagen sales have actually increased 1.5 percent through the fist half this season, even though it announced late this past year that it cheated on diesel emissions tests. The German automaker has sold 5.12-million vehicles during June, in comparison to Toyota’s 4.99 million. However, it was exactly the same case this past year with Volkswagen, who held a lead over Toyota after the initial half a year of 2015 but couldn’t hang on after the emissions scandal broke.

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Nevertheless now, the scandal’s impact on sales has mostly been contained within the U.S., that will be among Volkswagen’s smallest markets anyways. Vehicles sales in the U.S. dropped 7.2 percent for the first half 2016, but Volkswagen saw a 3.8 percent escalation in Europe and a 6.8 percent escalation in China.

Toyota however could close the gap since production was slowed up consequently of an earthquake in April in Japan’s Kumamoto prefecture. Following Toyota in the rankings is General Motors.