AUBURN HILLS, Mich., June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Volkswagen of America, Inc.
today reported May sales of 22,100, a 35.6 percent increase over prior year
sales of 16,297.
Volkswagen's volume car, the Jetta, continues to gain momentum -- up
48.5 percent versus last year, while the newly re-designed Passat posted a
tremendous increase over May of 2005.
Year-to-date sales show an increase of 23.6 percent (95,924 for 2006 as
compared to 77,633 for 2005). Below is the breakdown of the models for the
Volkswagen brand in May 2006.
VW-US Snapshot ---------- YEAR-TO-DATE ----------
May-06 May-05 Yr/Yr % May-06 May-05 Yr/Yr %
Actual Actual change YTD Actual YTD Actual change
New Beetle
- Coupe 2,254 1,297 73.8% 8,116 6,266 29.5%
- Convertible 2,077 2,046 1.5% 6,886 8,005 -14.0%
Total New
Beetle 4,331 3,343 29.6% 15,002 14,271 5.1%
Jetta Sdn 11,026 7,426 48.5% 44,725 32,430 37.9%
- Wgn 1 486 -99.8% 19 3,031 -99.4%
Total Jetta 11,027 7,912 39.4% 44,744 35,461 26.2%
Eos - - N/A - - N/A
Golf/GTI/R32 1,645 1,217 35.2% 8,886 5,475 62.3%
Rabbit - - N/A - - N/A
Passat Sdn 3,727 1,594 133.8% 19,065 10,806 76.4%
- Wgn 818 855 -4.3% 3,163 4,264 -25.8%
Total Passat 4,545 2,449 85.6% 22,228 15,070 47.5%
Phaeton 17 65 -73.8% 157 368 -57.3%
Touareg 535 1,311 -59.2% 4,907 6,988 -29.8%
TOTAL 22,100 16,297 35.6% 95,924 77,633 23.6%
Memo: new GTI 1,283 - N/A 6,489 - N/A
Memo: new Jetta
Sdn 11,023 6,024 83.0% 44,630 12,848 247.4%
Memo: new Passat
Sdn 3,718 - N/A 18,898 - N/A
Memo: new Passat
Wgn 817 - N/A 3,016 - N/A
SOURCE Volkswagen of America, Inc.
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