Press Release

Volkswagen of America Announces November Sales

12/06/96

Volkswagen Sales Up Again -- Best November Since 1989

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Dec. 3 -- Volkswagen of America,
Inc. reported its best November sales results in the U.S. in seven
years.

The German automaker sold 9,116 new cars in November, representing a
28.9 percent increase over 1995's November figure of 7,072. It was
Volkswagen's best November since 1989 when it recorded sales of 9,127.

For the year, Volkswagen has sold 126,094 cars, up 17.7 percent over
the same period in 1995 when the mark was 107,167.

Once again, Volkswagen's sales were led by its top-selling Jetta model
with sales of 5,314 in November, representing a 7.7 percent increase
over last year's mark of 4,933.

Volkswagen's Golf and GTI models also enjoyed very strong results in
November with sales of 2,089 versus last year's total of 1,273, a 64.2
percent increase.

November sales were up dramatically for Volkswagen's mid-size Passat
sedan and wagon at 1,211 as compared to 1995's mark of 617, a 96.3
percent jump.