Volkswagen of America Announces 17.9% Increase Over Prior Year's October Sales
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HERNDON, VA - November 2, 2010: Volkswagen of America, Inc. today reported that October 2010 marked a 17.9 percent increase over prior year sales for their entire line of vehicles. The all-new Volkswagen Jetta sold 5,464 in its first full month of sales, the best non-Cash for Clunker sales month for Jetta since 2005.
In addition to the Jetta, Volkswagen's Routan, Golf and GTI models also had increases in sales compared to October 2009. The Routan sold 1,103 units, a 64.9 percent increase from the same month last year. The Golf achieved a 65.7 percent increase and the GTI a 58.7 percent increase compared with the same time period in 2009.
Consumers committed to purchasing more fuel efficient vehicles helped Volkswagen's popular TDI clean diesel models achieve its second best sales month of the year with 5,093 total sales, or 25% of Volkswagen's total volume.
"Volkswagen continues to grow sales in all models and products through October," said Mark Barnes, Chief Operating Officer, Volkswagen of America, Inc. "It is good to see the all-new Jetta getting off to such a promising start and our TDI products to continue to do well."
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October-10 Actual |
October-09 Actual |
Yr/Yr % change |
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October-10 YTD Actual |
October-09 YTD Actual |
Yr/Yr % change |
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Rabbit/Golf |
991 |
598 |
65.7% |
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12,294 |
6,276 |
95.9% |
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GTI A5/A6 |
914 |
576 |
58.7% |
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11,836 |
5,995 |
97.4% |
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R32 |
- |
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N/A |
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139 |
-100.0% |
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Total Rabbit/Golf/GTI/R32 |
1,905 |
1,174 |
62.3% |
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24,130 |
12,410 |
94.4% |
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Jetta Sdn |
9,979 |
7,046 |
41.6% |
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77,970 |
76,333 |
2.1% |
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SportWagen A5/A6 |
1,979 |
2,030 |
-2.5% |
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21,095 |
13,904 |
51.7% |
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Total Jetta |
11,958 |
9,076 |
31.8% |
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99,065 |
90,237 |
9.8% |
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New Beetle - Coupe |
474 |
873 |
-45.7% |
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11,324 |
8,850 |
28.0% |
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- Convertible |
256 |
295 |
-13.2% |
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4,153 |
3,964 |
4.8% |
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Total New Beetle |
730 |
1,168 |
-37.5% |
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15,477 |
12,814 |
20.8% |
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Eos |
371 |
473 |
-21.6% |
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6,080 |
6,388 |
-4.8% |
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Passat Sdn |
464 |
471 |
-1.5% |
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9,676 |
7,855 |
23.2% |
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Wgn |
81 |
168 |
-51.8% |
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2,225 |
1,947 |
14.3% |
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Total Passat |
545 |
639 |
-14.7% |
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11,901 |
9,802 |
21.4% |
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CC |
1,781 |
2,349 |
-24.2% |
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22,674 |
17,536 |
29.3% |
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Tiguan |
1,453 |
970 |
49.8% |
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16,735 |
10,809 |
54.8% |
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Touareg |
238 |
519 |
-54.1% |
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3,070 |
3,513 |
-12.6% |
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Routan |
1,103 |
669 |
64.9% |
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13,642 |
13,308 |
2.5% |
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TOTAL |
20,084 |
17,037 |
17.9% |
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212,774 |
176,817 |
20.3% |
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