Volkswagen Reports July 2006 Sales Increase
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Signifying Volkswagen’s return to its roots, the Rabbit posted July sales of 2,109. This is the highest monthly Golf/ Rabbit sales figure since 2002. The Rabbit’s unique combination of “Volks-pricing”, standard features, and iconic branding have succeeded in attracting new prospects, and buyers, to the Volkswagen brand.
Volume carlines, such as Jetta and Passat, continue to gain momentum in the marketplace. Year-to-date, Jetta is up 13.5% over 2005 levels, while Passat posted a year-to-date increase of 50.1% over 2005.
Year-to-date sales for the Volkswagen brand reflect an increase of 17.3% (138,672 units for 2006, as compared to 118,257 units for 2005). Shown below is the model-by model breakdown for July, and year-to-date, for the Volkswagen brand.
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| Jul-06 Actual | Jul-05 Actual | Yr/Yr % change | Jul-06 YTD Actual | Jul-05 YTD Actual | Yr/Yr % change |
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New Beetle - Coupe |
2,080 | 1,547 | 34.5% | 12,158 | 9,252 | 31.4% |
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- Convertible |
1,838 | 2,272 | -19.1% | 10,538 | 12,599 | -16.4% |
| Total New Beetle | 3,918 | 3,819 |
2.6% |
22,696 | 21,851 | 3.9% |
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Jetta Sdn |
9,712 | 10,469 |
-7.2% |
63,037 | 52,026 | 21.2% |
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Wgn |
| 230 | -100.0% | 20 | 3,548 | -99.4% |
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Total Jetta | 9,712 | 10,699 |
-9.2% |
63,057 | 55,574 | 13.5% |
| Eos | - | - | N/A | - | - |
N/A |
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Golf/GTI/R32 | 1,240 | 1,716 | -27.7% | 11,499 | 8,486 | 35.5% |
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Rabbit | 2,109 | - | N/A | 2,940 | - | N/A |
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Passat Sdn |
4,193 | 2,162 | 93.9% |
27,218 | 14,674 | 85.5% |
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Wgn | 810 | 1,284 | -36.9% | 4,807 | 6,662 | -27.8% |
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Total Passat | 5,003 | 3,446 | 45.2% |
32,025 | 21,336 | 50.1% |
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Phaeton | 9 | 56 | -83.9% | 191 | 498 |
-61.6% |
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Touareg |
636 | 1,817 | -65.0% | 6,264 | 10,512 | -40.4% |
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TOTAL | 22,627 | 21,553 | 5.0% |
138,672 |
118,257 | 17.3% |
| Mem new GTI | 1,129 | - |
N/A | 8,666 | - |
N/A |
| Mem new Jetta Sdn | 9,711 |
9,823 | -1.1% | 62,936 |
30,678 |
105.2% |
| Mem new Passat Sdn | 4,188 |
503 | 732.6% | 27,039 |
518 | 5119.9% |
| Mem new Passat Wgn | 807 | - | N/A | 4,653 | - | N/A |
