German car sales rise 8% in August as VW brand bounces back

September 02, 2016 05:00 AM

FRANKFURT -- New-car sales in Germany rose 8.3 percent to 245,076 vehicles in August as Volkswagen Group’s core VW brand bounced back from a 13 percent drop in July.

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