Volkswagen of America Announces 16 Percent Increase for July Sales and a 13th Consecutive Month of Growth
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CC and Tiguan Models Set All-Time Sales Records
HERNDON, Va., Aug. 3, 2010; Volkswagen of America, Inc. today reported July 2010 sales of 23,880 total units, for a 16 percent increase over July 2009, and its thirteenth consecutive month of sales growth. For the year-to-date, Volkswagen's sales have risen 27.5% versus the same timeframe in 2009. With the exception of last August's "Cash for Clunkers" sales, July marked the best sales month for Volkswagen of America since December 2005.
The Volkswagen CC had a record month with 3,394 units sold, a 140 percent increase compared with June 2009. Jetta had an outstanding month as well with 8,262 sold, and over 10,000 units when combined with the SportWagon. The popular Golf had a record-breaking month for its current model with 1,889 sold, which resulted in 193 percent increase from the same time last year.
Volkswagen's line of Tiguan's, the sporty compact SUV, showed its strongest month ever, with 1,968 units, up 80.9 percent compared with June 2009. Routan also had a strong performance in July with a 24.7 percent increase.
"A continued positive consumer response in July to our full line of vehicles has brought Volkswagen our thirteenth consecutive month of year-over-year sales growth and has provided another solid step in the right direction for our growth strategy," said Mark Barnes, Interim-President, Volkswagen of America, Inc. "We have been saying for some time that Volkswagen's combination of design, fuel economy, safety and fun driving experience is perfect for the American market and it is clear that consumers are responding."
Volkswagen of America, Inc.
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 Eos, Golf, New Beetle, New Beetle convertible, GTI, Jetta, Jetta SportWagen, Passat, Passat Wagon, CC, Tiguan, Touareg and Routan through approximately 600 independent U.S. dealers. All 2010 Volkswagens come standard-equipped with Electronic Stabilization Program. This is important because the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has called ESC the most effective new vehicle safety technology since the safety belt. Visit Volkswagen of America online at www.vw.com to learn more.
VW-US Snapshot
July- July-
10 09 Yr/Yr %
Actual Actual change
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Rabbit/Golf 1,889 644 193.3%
GTI A5/A6 1,190 810 46.9%
R32 - - N/A
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Total Rabbit/
Golf/GTI/R32 3,079 1,454 111.8%
Jetta Sdn 8,262 9,663 -14.5%
SportWagen A5/A6 2,151 2,415 -10.9%
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Total Jetta 10,413 12,078 -13.8%
New Beetle -
Coupe 838 923 -9.2%
-Convertible 511 395 29.4%
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Total New
Beetle 1,349 1,318 2.4%
Eos 824 741 11.2%
Passat Sdn 760 735 3.4%
Wgn 172 163 5.5%
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Total Passat 932 898 3.8%
CC 3,394 1,413 140.2%
Tiguan 1,968 1,088 80.9%
Touareg 238 251 -5.2%
Routan 1,683 1,350 24.7%
TOTAL 23,880 20,591 16.0%
July-10 July-09 Yr/Yr
YTD YTD %
Actual Actual change
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Rabbit/Golf 8,795 4,599 91.2%
GTI A5/A6 9,120 4,337 110.3%
R32 - 135 -100.0%
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Total Rabbit/
Golf/GTI/R32 17,915 9,071 97.5%
Jetta Sdn 51,434 48,770 5.5%
SportWagen A5/A6 14,237 9,951 43.1%
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Total Jetta 65,671 58,721 11.8%
New Beetle -
Coupe 9,322 5,562 67.6%
-Convertible 3,208 2,748 16.7%
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Total New
Beetle 12,530 8,310 50.8%
Eos 4,578 4,538 0.9%
Passat Sdn 6,971 5,634 23.7%
Wgn 1,668 1,385 20.4%
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Total Passat 8,639 7,019 23.1%
CC 16,159 10,917 48.0%
Tiguan 12,358 7,203 71.6%
Touareg 2,269 2,180 4.1%
Routan 9,773 9,640 1.4%
TOTAL 149,892 117,599 27.5%
