Diesel scandal can't keep Volkswagen sales down
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Volkswagen's sales just keep going up despite its scandal over cars that cheated on diesel emissions tests.
The German auto maker sold 7.9 percent more cars in November compared to a year ago. Volkswagen's core brand and its other makes including Audi, Skoda and SEAT sold 899,400 cars worldwide.
November sales were boosted by China, the company's biggest market.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}And the company's sales are up 3.1 percent for 11 months of 2016 to 9.38 million.
Wolfsburg-based Volkswagen has agreed to pay $15 billion to settle demands from U.S. environmental authorities and customers over 475,000 cars with software that turned off diesel emission controls during normal driving.
A judge in San Francisco plans to hear Friday whether the company has reached a settlement over a further 80,000 cars.