VW's sales advanced 8.9 percent during the first four months of 2012, but the German automaker says that pace will slow as it deals with slumping European demand. VW didn't indicate by how much its sales growth might slow.
Part of that slower growth will undoubtedly be linked to VW's Spanish Seat brand. Seat was the only VW brand that failed to record higher sales during the first four months of 2012, posting sales down 13.3 percent to 105,100 units. Seat is most popular in the southern regions of Europe which have been hit hardest by the continent's economic troubles.
