Volkswagen Salvages A 2.7% Gain In A Soft Month For The Industry

Volkswagen of America, Inc. (VWoA) today reported sales of 27,635 units delivered in March 2017, a 2.7 percent increase over March 2016. With 76,290 units delivered year-to-date in 2017, the company is reporting an increase of 10.1 percent in year-over-year sales.

The Golf family delivered 6,369 units, for an increase of 41.7 percent. The GTI, Golf R, e-Golf and Golf SportWagen each delivered their best March on record, continuing their success of the previous month.

TheSteve - 4/3/2017 4:58:12 PM

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Another anti-VW slanted headline. VW “Salvages A 2.7% Gain In A Soft Month”, while BMW “returns” with a 3.3% gain, and Mercedes “Rises” with a 3.3% gain.

I guess at AutoSpies, that 0.5% difference is the difference between “salvaging” and doing okay.

MDarringer - 4/3/2017 8:11:14 PM

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"Salvages" is both accurate and a clever pun. After months of collapse, VW has signs of life and that would be salvaging its sustainability. One also has to wonder how many of the VWs in the increase are sales to owners that had their TDIs salvaged.

atc98092 - 4/4/2017 8:42:34 AM

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Since the e-Golf still isn't available in all states, that gain is impressive. I also don't think it's the new model with the modest range increase. If I was in the market for a car, I would look at it seriously. But since I want to stay with the CUV style, I'm waiting to hear about alternative powerplants for the Atlas and/or Tiguan. Since diesels are most likely not returning, I want to see what sort of hybrid power might be coming.