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VW October sales to be up slightly, report says

FILE - In this July 2, 2015, file photo, a customer checks the interior of a vehicle for sale at the New Century Volkswagen dealership in Glendale, Calif. Toyota remained the top automaker in global vehicle sales after the first nine months of this year, selling nearly 7.5 million vehicles, outpacing rivals General Motors and Volkswagen. Toyota Motor Corp.'s global sales for the first three quarters totaled 7.498 million vehicles, down 1.5 percent from the same period the previous year, according to numbers released Monday, Oct. 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File) FILE - In this July 2, 2015, file photo, a customer checks the interior of a vehicle for sale at the New Century Volkswagen dealership in Glendale, Calif. Toyota remained the top automaker in global vehicle sales after the first nine months of this year, selling nearly 7.5 million vehicles, outpacing rivals General Motors and Volkswagen. Toyota Motor Corp.'s global sales for the first three quarters totaled 7.498 million vehicles, down 1.5 percent from the same period the previous year, according to numbers released Monday, Oct. 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

By Wire Service October 30, 2015 1 min read

Sales of Volkswagen brand vehicles in the U.S. have grown “slightly” in October, the first full month since the company’s emissions scandal broke, two people familiar with the matter said told Reuters.

VW is offering discounts on new models and other incentives in the world’s second-largest auto market, which have helped to offset a sales ban on all 2.0-liter, four-cylinder diesel models enacted last month when VW’s rigging of emissions tests became public, said the people with knowledge of the sales data.

U.S. sales at the VW brand, due to be published on Tuesday, could show an increase between about 1 and 5 percent in October, one of the people said.