Volkswagen of America November Vehicle Sales Down 24.7%

For the first time, Volkswagen AG U.S. sales were hit hard by the company’s diesel-emissions scandal as dealers labored for most of the month with relatively few cars on their lots that they could sell.

VW’s namesake brand saw deliveries decline by 25 percent in large part because the company couldn’t sell any diesel-powered cars. The company admitted in September that it used software in its cars with small diesel engines to cheat on U.S. emissions tests and stopped selling those cars. Last month, the company stopped delivering models with 6-cylinder diesel engines, including the Porsche Cayenne, after allegations that they also used so-called defeat devices.