Volkswagen Backs Up Strong November With A 20% Jump In December - Ends 2016 Down 7.6%

Volkswagen of America, Inc. (VWoA) today reported sales of 37,229 units delivered in December 2016. This marks a 20.3 percent increase over December 2015.  Sales for 2016 total 322,948 units, a 7.6 percent decrease over 2015.

December 2016 highlights include:

• Tiguan delivered 5,575 units, a 13.8 percent increase over December 2015, marking the best month ever for the vehicle.
• The Golf family delivered 8,968 units, a 56.9 percent increase over December 2015.
  • Golf GTI delivered 2,777 units for the month, a 17.2 percent increase over December 2015, marking the best month ever for the vehicle.
  • Golf SportWagen delivered 3,332 units, a 271.5 percent increase over December 2015. This includes the all-new Alltrack.
• The Chattanooga-built Passat delivered 7,241 units, a 101.4 percent increase over December 2015.

Calendar year 2016 highlights include:

• Tiguan delivered 43,638 units in 2016, a 21.7 percent increase over 2015, marking the best year ever for the vehicle.
• Golf GTI delivered 23,934 units in 2016, a 1.1 percent increase over 2015, marking the best year ever for the model.

MDarringer - 1/4/2017 11:53:27 AM

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I wonder how much of the increase is TDI owners being hoodwinked by a too-good-to-be-true incentive on a new VW.

carsnyc - 1/4/2017 12:22:37 PM

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That, plus the fact that we suffer of short-term memory in the U.S. and thus the cheating scandal is starting to look old

nguyenvuminh - 1/4/2017 12:20:04 PM

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Surprising, I thought the sales drop would have been greater given the bad publicity.

MDarringer - 1/4/2017 1:01:15 PM

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VW also has put HIGH incentives out to dealers to allow steep discounts so as to keep the decline in sales from being too precipitous.