Volkswagen sales (three days after Kosovo invited them for investment)

German automobile giant Volkswagen has sold more than 2.6 million vehicles in the first quarter of 2019, a 2.8 percent drop compared to the first quarter of last year.

The first quarter was as challenging as expected, said Christian Dalheim, director of sales.

Volkswagen sold 98,900 vehicles to customers worldwide in March, or 4.3 percent less compared to the same month of last year, when the German manufacturer sold 1,043,400 cars, according to the newspaper portal.

In general, a 9.9 percent drop in the Asia and the Pacific region and 10.2 percent in South America could not compensate for sales in Europe and North America, where they registered a 0.1 percent increase and 3.6 percent.

“However, Volkswagen is somewhat more optimistic about the second half of the year”, Dalheim concluded.