Germany's Volkswagen Group, the second largest automaker in the world and the biggest in Europe, has had a shaky year start, with deliveries at the core VW brand slowing down again in January. Fortunately, the other brands in the group managed to reshape the situation into a positive one, albeit with sales only edging 0.7 percent to the twelve brands delivering a total of 817,600 autos - up from 811,500 during the same period of 2014.