Volkswagen Sales Skyrocket 35.6% In September

Volkswagen of America, Inc. today reported 27,036 units sold in September 2011, a 35.6 percent increase over prior year sales.  Year-to-date sales are up 22.2 percent.

"We are continuing to see consumer interest in our German engineered vehicles grow as we launched the all-new Passat and Beetle in September," said Jonathan Browning, President and CEO, Volkswagen of America, Inc.  "As we enter the last quarter of the year, we anticipate Volkswagen to continue to outperform the overall industry as we expand our product portfolio and make German Engineering accessible to a larger audience."

The all-new, 2012 Volkswagen Passat went on sale September 12 with 3,176 units sold for the month.  The 2012 Beetle, also launched in September, sold 722 units during its first month of sales.  Volkswagen Jetta sales (including Sport Wagen) totaled 15,023 units, a 39.5 percent increase over last year.  GTI sales increased 43.4 percent while Golf sales rose 19.4 percent versus last year.  Sport utility vehicles Touareg and Tiguan experienced 104.4 percent and 22.8 percent sales increases, respectively.  Volkswagen's high-mileage, clean diesel TDI models accounted for 22.7 percent of all September sales and 41 percent year-to-date.

 

85bmw745i - 10/3/2011 4:43:03 PM

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The 44 mpg 2.0 tdi diesel should cover that

85bmw745i - 10/4/2011 7:05:33 PM

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30 mpg city is better than any other car in its class. And it is very under rated.

USNA1999 - 10/3/2011 7:11:56 PM

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BlackDynamiteMB,
So why are you so concerned and continue posting garbage? I would rather have a Passat anyday before a Camry. Every loser in town who wants an appliance for car owns a Camry and this is coming from someone who owns a Lexus. LoL!

mini22 - 10/4/2011 11:57:32 AM

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Getting past the insults or one upmanship lets have an intellegent conversation here. The question mark with Camry is how many new customers will Toyota bring into the fold with this new Camry?In the past 3 yrs Toyota has gotten some terrible PR. Part of this is due to their own making and part of is media hype. In any case Toyota reputaion has been somewhat damaged. But Toyota for yrs has cultivated it's current customers. Their loyalty has been second to none. Now Hyundai has come a long way in the loyalty stakes to even match Toyota.My issue with the Camry is that it's exterior styling makes look too much like a bigger Corolla rather then an upscale looking car. From what I;ve read it is a better car then it's predessesor in all areas. The question is how well it will sell given the market place and Toyota's stumbling issues the past few yrs. The same argument could be made of the Passat that it looks too much like a Jetta. The thing is from the outside the Jetta looks more upscale then a a Corolla so perhaps the Passat can get away with this.

USNA1999 - 10/4/2011 6:27:58 PM

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Actually all 3 look like appliances (Passat,Camry and Impala) but being the type inconspicuous consumer I am, I personally would purchase the Passat, a LOT less of them on the road.

85bmw745i - 10/4/2011 7:23:39 PM

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Just proof that we Americans know nothing about cars. They make it cheaper and less driver oriented, doesn't handle as good, less feedback, isn't as stylish, cheapened interior that is not as well built as the previous one and it sells better. No wonder American cars sold so well from the 70's - early 2000's despite how unbelievably poorly made they were.