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Volkswagen of America Reports October Sales


November 2006
 Filed under: VOLKSWAGEN CORPORATE Car News | VOLKSWAGEN CORPORATE Headlines
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Nov. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Volkswagen of America, Inc. today reported October sales of 15,942 units, a 7.4 percent decrease over October 2005 sales of 17,207.
October 2006 sales of Volkswagen's recently introduced Rabbit were 1,675, comparing very favorably to its Golf predecessor, which posted 650 units for October 2005.

Year to date, Volkswagen sales are up 9.9 percent as compared to last year. Below is a breakdown of the model line for the Volkswagen brand for October 2006.

VW-US Snapshot ---------- YEAR-TO-DATE ---------- Oct-06 Oct-05 Yr/Yr Oct-06 Oct-05 Yr/Yr Actual Actual % change YTD YTD % change Actual Actual New Beetle - Coupe 1,020 1,489 -31.5% 16,205 13,961 16.1% - Convertible 942 1,013 -7.0% 15,203 17,033 -10.7% Total New Beetle 1,962 2,502 -21.6% 31,408 30,994 1.3% Jetta Sdn 5,580 7,510 -25.7% 85,869 79,334 8.2% Wgn - 39 100.0% 21 3,844 -99.5% Total Jetta 5,580 7,549 -26.1% 85,890 83,178 3.3% Eos 724 - N/A 2,072 - N/A Golf/GTI/R32 1,059 1,244 -14.9% 15,195 13,205 15.1% Rabbit 1,675 - N/A 8,245 - N/A Passat Sdn 3,126 4,065 -23.1% 38,719 28,650 35.1% Wgn 1,005 541 85.8% 7,745 9,105 -14.9% Total Passat 4,131 4,606 -10.3% 46,464 37,755 23.1% Phaeton 6 63 -90.5% 224 686 -67.3% Touareg 805 1,243 -35.2% 8,618 14,375 -40.0% TOTAL 15,942 17,207 -7.4% 198,116 180,193 9.9% Memo: new GTI 999 - N/A 12,125 - N/A Memo: new Jetta Sdn 5,575 7,397 -24.6% 85,762 57,209 49.9% Memo: new Passat Sdn 3,117 3,703 -15.8% 38,526 11,397 238.0% Memo: new Passat Wgn 1,003 - N/A 7,588 - N/A

Source: Volkswagen of America, Inc.

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