Volkswagen Diesel Success Continues With Sales Up 7.2% In October

CC, Volkswagen's stylish four door coupe performed exceptionally well for the month with 2,349 unit sales, representing its best sales month since March.

The Jetta, consistently Volkswagen's top selling model, posted a 25 percent increase over October 2008 with 9,076 unit sales. Demonstrating that today's consumers are placing a greater emphasis on cleaner, more fuel efficient vehicles, Volkswagen's clean diesel TDI models continue to perform especially well. Jetta TDI sales accounted for 40 percent of total Jetta sedan and SportWagen sales, while sales of all TDI models accounted for 24 percent of total October sales.

"We're extremely pleased with our October sales results," said Mark Barnes, Chief Operating Officer, Volkswagen of America, Inc. "Our clean diesel TDI models continue to gain momentum in the market place, and the Golf and Touareg TDI's are welcome editions to our model lineup. As our stylish and elegant CC continues to gain market awareness, I'm confident that it will continue to gain sales momentum. It's a remarkable vehicle that truly represents what this brand is all about--affordable German engineering. With more and more of today's consumers looking for affordable, fuel efficient, and fun-to-drive vehicles without sacrificing refinement, our brand is well positioned for a bright future, " Barnes added.


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david999 - 11/3/2009 5:41:30 PM

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Good for VW. Too bad their reliability record stinks because they do make some interesting vehicles.
A quote from consumer reports:
" A new Honda Insight is 27 times less likely to have a problem than the biggest dog in the pack, the Volkswagen Touareg"

Willis - 11/3/2009 10:44:29 PM

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Just because VW isn't ranked highest in the reliability studies doesn't mean that every single one of them is unreliable. For your information my father-in-law has a Toyota Sienna among his vehicles and it has been less stellar in terms of reliability. Should I claim that "all" Toyota's are unreliable because of this one car?

ThierryHenry14 - 11/3/2009 5:53:51 PM

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This is good for VW...

chewy - 11/3/2009 7:07:21 PM

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You are comparing a car that's a significantly more expensive and not yet available at most dealerships.

85bmw745i - 11/3/2009 9:26:19 PM

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The accent is nowhere near the golf. The golf has a nice, well crafted interior. Not quite luxury but more upscale than its competitiors. the accent isn't even in the same class anyway. Hyundai makes some pretty solid and good cars, but come on man, you are way overdoing it. My sister has a Tiburon and believe me it is nothing to brag about. light years behind the Scion TC. I do like the genesis coupe and sedan very much. If I were in the market for a car in that range it would be my first pick. I don't see it (genesis sedan) competing with BMW or Benz, but rather as an option for those that can't afford a comparable BMW, Benz, ETC.

85bmw745i - 11/5/2009 4:02:28 AM

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I agree though, Hyundai has come a long way. They are up there with Honda and Toyota, wiht better warranties, especially the sonata and genesis. The current Sonata (2009-2005ish) was the first of Hyundais cars that literally transformed their image overnight. It got rave reviews and gave honda and toyota an incentive to up their game.

85bmw745i - 11/5/2009 4:04:53 AM

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Where is the microbus? Why did they re-badge a chrysler minivan? The routan is what the Chrysler minivan should be now with its suspension and steering setup. It's as sac religious as making a corvette or other iconic American car out of a rebadged import.