Clean Diesel Fuels Volkswagen's June Sales
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Over 25 percent of sales were Clean Diesel TDI's
HERNDON, VA - July 1, 2009: Volkswagen of America, Inc. today announced June 2009 sales of 19,027 units, representing an 18 percent decrease over June 2008. However, Volkswagen's award winning clean diesels posted their best sales month since their re-launch with 5,072 units, representing an impressive 26 percent of total sales.
The Jetta SportWagen once again posted its best sales month ever with sales of 1,982 units. Clean diesel TDI's accounted for 81 percent of SportWagen sales, 40 percent of Jetta sedan sales, and 29 percent of Touareg sales.
"Volkswagen of America is encouraged by the momentum of our clean diesel TDI sales," said Mark Barnes, Chief Operating Officer, Volkswagen of America, Inc. "It appears that U.S. consumers are starting to realize the many benefits of today's clean diesels--vehicles that attain more than 30 percent better fuel economy while emitting 25 percent less greenhouse gas emission, all without sacrificing driving dynamics," Barnes added.
Volkswagen also announced today that they have been named a corporate leader in Strategic Visions Total Quality Index(R) (TQI). For 2009, Volkswagen has the most models across the segments that were measured than any other brand--New Beetle, Rabbit, Jetta, CC, and Tiguan were all recognized as TQI leaders in their respective segments.
VW-US Snapshot
June-09 June-08
Actual Actual Yr/Yr % change
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Rabbit 547 2,542 -78.5%
GTI 713 1,270 -43.9%
R32 2 285 -99.3%
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Total Rabbit/GTI/R32 1,262 4,097 -69.2%
Jetta Sdn 8,431 8,698 -3.1%
SportWagen 1,982 275 620.7%
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Total Jetta 10,413 8,973 16.0%
New Beetle - Coupe 581 1,855 -68.7%
- Convertible 492 1,536 -68.0%
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Total New Beetle 1,073 3,391 -68.4%
Eos 819 1,632 -49.8%
Passat Sdn 705 2,821 -75.0%
Wgn 204 690 -70.4%
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Total Passat 909 3,511 -74.1%
CC 1,214 - N/A
Tiguan 908 1,044 -13.0%
Touareg 330 560 -41.1%
Routan 2,099 - N/A
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TOTAL 19,027 23,208 -18.0%
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June-09 June-08
YTD Actual YTD Actual Yr/Yr % change
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Rabbit 3,955 11,795 -66.5%
GTI 3,527 6,372 -44.6%
R32 135 2,203 -93.9%
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Total Rabbit/GTI/R32 7,617 20,370 -62.6%
Jetta Sdn 39,107 46,113 -15.2%
SportWagen 7,536 275 2640.4%
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Total Jetta 46,643 46,388 0.5%
New Beetle - Coupe 4,639 8,233 -43.7%
- Convertible 2,353 6,848 -65.6%
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Total New Beetle 6,992 15,081 -53.6%
Eos 3,797 8,266 -54.1%
Passat Sdn 4,899 16,179 -69.7%
Wgn 1,222 3,613 -66.2%
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Total Passat 6,121 19,792 -69.1%
CC 9,504 N/A
Tiguan 6,115 1,723 254.9%
Touareg 1,929 3,904 -50.6%
Routan 8,290 N/A
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TOTAL 97,008 115,524 -16.0%
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