European car sales rose 6.3 percent to 1.09 million vehicles in January, industry data showed today, even as Volkswagen Group saw registrations of VW-brand cars fall 4 percent in the wake of the automaker's emissions scandal. VW rivals Ford and Opel/Vauxhall posted gains of 11.4 percent and 12.4 percent, respectively, as the diesel-emissions cheating scandal weighed on VW's European sales for a fifth consecutive month.