“The €6.5 billion apply to the recall,” Matthias Mueller told reporters after a tour of VW’s headquarters in the German town of Wolfsburg.
“I can only speculate about any further provisions. Should there be a change in sales volumes, we would react rapidly.”
Lower Saxony Premier Stefan Weil, a VW supervisory board member, said sales had been stable in October so far.
Volkswagen also confirmed it had stopped the sale within the European Union of new cars containing the software that can cheat diesel emissions tests.
VW admitted on 18 September it used illegal software to manipulate emissions tests on diesel vehicles in the United States, sparking the biggest business crisis in its history.
