Volkswagen Reports June 2006 Sales

First half 2006 sales up 20 percent over 2005 volume

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., July 3 -- Volkswagen of America, Inc. today reports June 2006 sales of 20,121, a 5.5 percent increase over prior year sales of 19,071. Year-to-date sales show an overall increase of 20.0 percent (116,045 for 2006, as compared to 96,704 for the first half of 2005).

Volkswagen's mid-sized sedan, the Passat, continues to gain momentum -- up a phenomenal 132.1 percent versus last year. New Beetle Coupe sales continue to surge, posting a 36.3 percent increase over June of last year.

Rabbit sales hopped off to a fast start with 831 retail deliveries for June, with the vehicle officially launching on Saturday, June 24.

For the first half of 2006, sales of diesel engine vehicles accounted for 14.9 percent of total Volkswagen brand sales, maintaining our diesel passenger car sales leadership.

Shown below is the sales breakdown of models for the Volkswagen brand in June and year-to-date 2006.

                                                 Jun-06   Jun-05
                   Jun-06    Jun-05   Yr/Yr %      YTD      YTD     Yr/Yr %
                   Actual    Actual   change      Actual   Actual   change

  New Beetle
    Coupe           1,962     1,439     36.3%    10,078     7,705     30.8%
    Convertible     1,814     2,322    -21.9%     8,700    10,327    -15.8%
      Total New
       Beetle       3,776     3,761      0.4%    18,778    18,032      4.1%

  Jetta
    Sdn             8,600     9,127     -5.8%    53,325    41,557     28.3%
    Wgn                 1       287    -99.7%        20     3,318    -99.4%
      Total Jetta   8,601     9,414     -8.6%    53,345    44,875     18.9%

  Golf/GTI/R32      1,373     1,295      6.0%    10,259     6,770     51.5%

  Rabbit              831        --      N/A        831        --      N/A

  Passat
    Sdn             3,960     1,706    132.1%    23,025    12,512     84.0%
    Wgn               834     1,114    -25.1%     3,997     5,378    -25.7%
      Total Passat  4,794     2,820     70.0%    27,022    17,890     51.0%

  Phaeton              25        74    -66.2%       182       442    -58.8%

  Touareg             721     1,707    -57.8%     5,628     8,695    -35.3%

      TOTAL        20,121    19,071      5.5%   116,045    96,704     20.0%