Volkswagen Sales Drop 9.4% For September

Volkswagen of America, Inc. today announced September 2008 sales of 17,109 units, a 9.4 percent decrease over the September 2007 sales of 18,891 vehicles. On a year-to-date basis, 2008 Volkswagen sales are 0.2 percent ahead of 2007 sales through September.

“This is the toughest economy we’ve seen in a long time” said Mark Barnes, COO, Volkswagen of America, Inc. “We’re extremely pleased that we are still ahead of last years sales. With the arrival of our all-new luxurious CC and our seven passenger minivan, Routan, which are arriving in dealerships now, combined with our other new products launched earlier this year, such as our 50-state compliant clean diesel Jetta TDI, we see opportunity to continue to grow our business.”

Demonstrating that customers are looking for better fuel economy choices, the all-new Jetta TDI and Jetta SportWagen TDI continue to sell as fast as dealers get them in. 2008 has been a big year for Volkswagen new product launches, with five new vehicles launched, including the Jetta SportWagen, Jetta TDI, Tiguan, Routan and CC.

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1dott8 - 10/1/2008 11:30:54 AM

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see what porsche did! damn stutgart.

njsidekick3 - 10/1/2008 11:55:16 AM

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what do u expect? lightbulbs connections go every 5000 miles and the Trans goes @ 100k miles... VWs stink.

steve27t - 10/1/2008 12:22:36 PM

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stupid assinine comment.

commander104 - 10/1/2008 12:02:01 PM

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Duh, the people are waiting for more Tdi's. I know I'm holding out for either the Rabbit Tdi OR Accord iD-tec.

And why are UK Accords available with more safety features than the TSX. Features like lane departure, radar cruise, radar emergency braking? Look at the UK Honda website and you'll see what I'm talking about.

sector - 10/1/2008 12:44:03 PM

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Accords have those features right now:

lane departure -> two hands on the wheel
radar cruise -> learn how to use cruise control
radar emergency braking -> activated by your right foot

0to60 - 10/1/2008 2:05:11 PM

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I see the recession proof brand just met Mr Recession!

CRS2112 - 10/1/2008 2:09:21 PM

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Sad to say - but looking at the other companies - 9% looks good.

AMGZING_fanboy - 10/1/2008 3:07:50 PM

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couldn't have said it better ^^^^^