(new: BMW)

RESTON/HERNDON/WOODCLIFF LAKE (dpa-AFX) - The Volkswagen Group posted mixed results in US sales in 2024. The VW brand sold 379,000 units, an increase of 15.2 percent, the company announced on Friday. In the fourth quarter, sales increased by 7.0 percent to just over 103,000 vehicles.

By contrast, its subsidiary Audi recorded a drop of 14 percent in 2024, to just over 196,500 vehicles. The fourth quarter also saw a decline. This amounted to 6 percent, to just over 60,600 cars.

BMW, on the other hand, was able to sell almost 51,000 vehicles in 2024, 12.3 percent more than in the previous year. In the fourth quarter, however, the Munich-based company had to accept a decline of 3.5 percent to almost 14,000 units./he