Best Overall Sales Month Since August 2006
HERNDON, Va., July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Volkswagen of America, Inc. today
announced June 2008 sales of 23,208 units, a 0.3 percent increase over the
June 2007 sales of 23,137 vehicles. On a year-to-date basis, 2008
Volkswagen sales remain 0.6 percent ahead of 2007 sales through June.
June reflects Volkswagen's best sales month since August 2006. The
Passat wagon had its best sales month since January 2007 with sales up 25.9
percent over June 2007. Volkswagen's innovative coupe-convertible-sunroof
Eos continues to be a summertime top-seller with sales of 1,632 unites, up
14 percent over last June.
About Volkswagen of America, Inc.
Volkswagen of America, Inc. recently announced Electronic Stabilization
Program (ESP) as standard equipment on all its 2009 model year vehicles. As
a result, Volkswagen is one of the only original equipment manufacturers to
offer an electronic stabilization control system on its entire product line
-- ahead of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA)
deadline requiring stabilization systems in the 2012 model year vehicles.
Volkswagen's ESP technology works in conjunction with anti-lock brakes and
helps reduce loss of control, rollovers and other types of crashes. NHTSA
predicts nearly 10,000 lives could be saved each year if all vehicles had
stabilization systems as standard equipment.
Founded in 1955, Volkswagen of America, Inc. is headquartered in
Herndon, Virginia. It is a subsidiary of Volkswagen AG, headquartered in
Wolfsburg, Germany. Volkswagen is one of the world's largest producers of
passenger cars and Europe's largest automaker. Volkswagen sells the Rabbit,
New Beetle, New Beetle convertible, GTI, Jetta, GLI, Passat, Passat wagon,
Eos, and Touareg through approximately 600 independent U.S. dealers. Visit
Volkswagen of America online at vw.com.
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VW-US Snapshot
June- June- June- June-
08 07 Yr/Yr % 08 YTD 07 YTD Yr/Yr %
Actual Actual change Actual Actual change
New Beetle - Coupe 1,855 1,637 13.3 % 8,233 8,049 2.3 %
-
Convertible 1,536 1,489 3.2 % 6,848 7,129 -3.9 %
Total New Beetle 3,391 3,126 8.5 % 15,081 15,178 -0.6 %
Jetta Sdn 8,698 9,804 -11.3 % 46,113 49,973 -7.7 %
SportWagen 275 - 0.0 % 275 -
Total Jetta 8,973 9,804 -8.5 % 46,388 49,973 -7.2 %
Eos 1,632 1,431 14.0 % 8,266 6,625 24.8 %
Golf - - N/A - 21 -100.0 %
Rabbit 2,542 3,134 -18.9 % 11,795 12,158 -3.0 %
GTI 1,270 1,562 -18.7 % 6,372 7,770 -18.0 %
R32 285 - N/A 2,203 - N/A
Total Golf/Rabbit/
GTI/R32 4,097 4,696 20,370 19,949 2.1 %
Passat Sdn 2,821 3,015 -6.4 % 16,179 15,346 5.4 %
Wgn 690 548 25.9 % 3,613 3,762 -4.0 %
Total Passat 3,511 3,563 -1.5 % 19,792 19,108 3.6 %
Phaeton - 1 -100.0 % - 17 -100.0 %
Touareg 560 516 8.5 % 3,904 4,030 -3.1 %
Tiguan 1,044 - N/A 1,723 - N/A
TOTAL 23,208 23,137 0.3 % 115,524 114,880 0.6 %
SOURCE Volkswagen of America, Inc.
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