VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA ANNOUNCES NOVEMBER SALES

Posted 1st December, 2009 in Volkswagen | Leave a comment

HERNDON, Va., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ — Volkswagen of America, Inc. today reported November 2009 sales of 16,250 total units, representing a 13.7 percent increase over November 2008. November marks Volkswagen’s fifth consecutive sales month above last year.

Volkswagen’s stunning four door coupe, the CC, once again performed extremely well, and posted its best sales month ever with 3,187 units. The CC is an excellent example of what the Volkswagen Brand is all about — affordable, fun-to-drive, and stylish German engineering.

The Jetta, Volkswagen’s top selling nameplate, posted strong November results with 7,957 units, a 23 percent increase over November 2008. Demonstrating that today’s consumers are placing a greater emphasis on cleaner, more fuel efficient vehicles, Volkswagen’s clean diesel TDI models continue to perform especially well and accounted for nearly 25 percent of the brands total sales. The Jetta, Jetta SportWagen, Golf and Touareg TDI’s sold 3,667 total units in November.

“We’re thrilled not only with our November sales results, but also with the five consecutive months of sales growth,” said Mark Barnes, Chief Operating Officer, Volkswagen of America, Inc. “Our clean diesel TDI models continue to perform extremely well, signifying that today’s consumers are looking for not only affordability, but they’re also placing a much greater demand for extremely fuel efficient and environmentally friendly vehicles as well. Our current Sign-then-Drive promotion is proving to be highly successful in attracting new customers to our brand, especially to many of our newer products like our CC, Tiguan, and TDI models. With our brands full range of affordable, stylish, efficient and fun-to-drive vehicles we’re confident that our brand is well poised for future success in this market.” Barnes added.

[Source: VW]