d.j. hardwell.t's coming up in a few minutes time. >>> european car sales rose in the month of september. that's the 25th consecutive month of gains. strong demand from vehicles from the likes of diamler, vmw and volkswagen as well. investors to get excited with shares giving back the earlier gains. let's bring in nancy for more on the european auto sales. it's important to highlight this is pre-emission scandals. before it hit the news wires. >> that's right. we knew about the diesel gate revelations around september 21st so this data is showing the end of the month. the end of the period for that. so we have to wait until october sales come in to see what effect if any it's having on volkswagen sales but volkswagen overall as a group was up about 8.3% but is that still trailed their german rivals. bmw 17% and diamler up 14%. the strongest session was porsche. so real strength in the premium. the luxury sector but what we need to mention too is that people are still waiting to see what impact the r