Volkswagen Reports October

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Thanks to Cars Wanted for this post.
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"Volkswagen Reports October Year-To-Date Sales Up
13 Percent
11/10/2000
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. /PRNewswire/ - Volkswagen of
America, Inc. reported sales of 27,132 new cars
in the U.S., which represents a 2.4 percent
decrease over last year's October mark of 27,809.
The shortfall in sales was due primarily to the
strike at the Puebla, Mexico, facility - the site
of New Beetle and Jetta production for North
America - and product shortages in some key
markets.
Volkswagen's year-to-date sales are well ahead of
last year's brisk pace. Through October, the
German automaker has sold 302,017 new cars in the
U.S., up 13.0 percent from the same period in
1999 when sales were 267,191.


The Passat enjoyed its best October sales month
ever with 6,589 sold, versus last year's figure
of 5,875, an increase of 12.2 percent.


Volkswagen reported 10,394 new Jetta sales during
the month. That compares to 1999's mark of
11,591, a decrease of 10.3 percent.


In October, Volkswagen sold 5,734 New Beetles.
This is a 22.4 percent decrease over last year's
sales of 7,390. To date, New Beetle sales of
69,154 are virtually on pace with 1999
year-to-date sales of 69,621. The Golf model
sales were 3,465 for October, an increase of
111.7 percent over 1999's mark of 1,637. "


The link: http://www.overboost.com/newsdisplay.asp?id=758


I thought some other people might like to see
VW's PR spin.
 

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Volkswagen Canada's year to date sales up 4.9%

AJAX, ON, Nov. 1 /CNW/ - Volkswagen Canada's year to date sales totalled
37,010 which surpassed last year's figure by 1739 new units or 4.9%.
October Passat sales increased by 13.2% compared to October 1999. Year to
date sales are up 9.8% from 3,639 new units sold to 3,997.
The Volkswagen Golf continued to perform well in October with a total of
786 new units sold, translating into an increase of 20.4% over October 1999.
GTI sales also increased this month by 19.7%, adding to year to date
sales of 904 new units sold.
The Jetta continues to be the top selling Volkswagen in Canada with year
to date sales of 19,391 new units, an increase of 3,010 units or 18.4% over
the year to date figures of October 1999.
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Audi Canada's Year to Date Sales increase by 23.7%

AJAX, ON, Nov. 1 /CNW/ - Canadian Audi sales year to date have reached
4,965 new units, a 23.7% increase over last year's total of 4,014.
The A4 continues to be the top selling Audi in Canada with total sales
for October of 270 new units. The A4 1.8T is the dominant trim level selling a
total of 180 new units this month.
October sales of the TT Coupe and Roadster reached 52 new units,
contributing to total year to date sales of 696.
Audi continues to enjoy success with the A6 quattro in both sedan and
Avant formats, a total of 94 A6 sales were recorded in October adding to a
year to date sales increase of 6.0%.
 

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Interesting. 10,400 Jettas and 3500 Golfs. The ratio used to be even more biased in favor of Jettas.

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This is because the strike in Mexico affected Jetta production (but not the Golf's).

Or... perhaps people are finally noticing that in addition to more space, better handling, and more parking options, they are actually better looking....
 

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My opinion on the newly improved Golf sales number is that they having essentially nothing to do with market demand for Golfs, and everything to do with supplies of Golfs, now that VW's new Brazilian Golf assembly line is up and running. Perhaps after nearly 2 years, Golf supplies are beginning to catch up with demand? Anyhow, I'm pleased with that, because it should help assure that there will still be Golfs in our market when it becomes time to replace my Golf. Owning an exclusive car is neat, but I am not interested in a car that is so exclusive that none will be built, such as the 1996 Golf TDI for the North American market.
 
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