Volkswagen Reports May 2006 Sales

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., June 1 -- Volkswagen of America, Inc. today reported May sales of 22,100, a 35.6 percent increase over prior year sales of 16,297.

Volkswagen's volume car, the Jetta, continues to gain momentum -- up 48.5 percent versus last year, while the newly re-designed Passat posted a tremendous increase over May of 2005.

Year-to-date sales show an increase of 23.6 percent (95,924 for 2006 as compared to 77,633 for 2005). Below is the breakdown of the models for the Volkswagen brand in May 2006.

  VW-US Snapshot                          ---------- YEAR-TO-DATE ----------
                    May-06  May-05  Yr/Yr %    May-06      May-05    Yr/Yr %
                    Actual  Actual  change   YTD Actual  YTD Actual  change
  New Beetle
   - Coupe           2,254   1,297    73.8%     8,116       6,266      29.5%
   - Convertible     2,077   2,046     1.5%     6,886       8,005     -14.0%
      Total New
       Beetle        4,331   3,343    29.6%    15,002      14,271       5.1%
  Jetta Sdn         11,026   7,426    48.5%    44,725      32,430      37.9%
   - Wgn                 1     486   -99.8%        19       3,031     -99.4%
      Total Jetta   11,027   7,912    39.4%    44,744      35,461      26.2%
  Eos                  -       -       N/A        -           -         N/A
  Golf/GTI/R32       1,645   1,217    35.2%     8,886       5,475      62.3%
  Rabbit               -       -       N/A        -           -         N/A
  Passat Sdn         3,727   1,594   133.8%    19,065      10,806      76.4%
   - Wgn               818     855    -4.3%     3,163       4,264     -25.8%
      Total Passat   4,545   2,449    85.6%    22,228      15,070      47.5%
  Phaeton               17      65   -73.8%       157         368     -57.3%
  Touareg              535   1,311   -59.2%     4,907       6,988     -29.8%
          TOTAL     22,100  16,297    35.6%    95,924      77,633      23.6%
  Memo: new GTI      1,283     -       N/A      6,489         -         N/A
  Memo: new Jetta
   Sdn              11,023   6,024    83.0%    44,630      12,848     247.4%
  Memo: new Passat
   Sdn               3,718     -       N/A     18,898         -         N/A
  Memo: new Passat
   Wgn                 817     -       N/A      3,016         -         N/A