Volkswagen Reports April 2009 Sales

Best Routan sales month ever

HERNDON, Va., May 1 /PRNewswire/ — Volkswagen of America, Inc. today announced April 2009 sales of 16,289 units, a 16.1 percent decrease over April 2008 sale of 19,415 units.

Volkswagen’s European tuned minivan, Routan, posted its best sales month ever with 2,606 unit sales. The New Beetle also performed well in April with its best sales month since August of 2008.

“Our new products continue to sell well and are helping us gain important market share,” said Mark Barnes, Chief Operating Officer, Volkswagen of America, Inc. “Products like our Tiguan and stylish CC continue to perform well. We are extremely pleased that our seven passenger minivan, Routan, posted its best sales month ever. Volkswagen also has several key new models coming this year, like our all-new clean diesel Touareg TDI, which will be available in dealer showrooms across all 50-states this month. We’re also anxiously awaiting the arrival of the all-new sixth generation Golf and GTI. Our Golf, which was recently named World Car of the Year, will be offered with the highly acclaimed clean diesel engine when it arrives this fall,” added Barnes.

Volkswagen of America, Inc.

Founded in 1955, Volkswagen of America, Inc. is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia. It is a subsidiary of Volkswagen AG, headquartered in Wolfsburg, Germany. Volkswagen is one of the world’s largest producers of passenger cars and Europe’s largest automaker. Volkswagen sells the Eos, Rabbit, New Beetle, New Beetle convertible, GTI, Jetta, Jetta SportWagen, GLI, Passat, Passat wagon, CC, Tiguan, Touareg 2 and Routan through approximately 600 independent U.S. dealers. All 2009 Volkswagens come standard-equipped with Electronic Stabilization Program. This is important because the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has called ESC the most effective new vehicle safety technology since the safety belt. Visit Volkswagen of America online at vw.com or www.media.vw.com to learn more.

    VW-US Snapshot                                      ----YEAR-TO-DATE----
                                   April  April  Yr/Yr  April   April  Yr/Yr
                                    -09    -08     %   -09 YTD -08 YTD   %
                                   Actual Actual change Actual  Actual change

    Rabbit                            610  1,809 -66.3%  2,797  6,860 -59.2%
    GTI                               475  1,173 -59.5%  1,957  3,943 -50.4%
    R32                                 6    399 -98.5%    132  1,603 -91.8%
            Total Rabbit/GTI/R32    1,091  3,381         4,886 12,406 -60.6%
    Jetta Sdn                       4,937  7,171 -31.2% 21,684 29,112 -25.5%
          SportWagen                1,084      -   0.0%  3,949      -   N/A
                    Total Jetta     6,021  7,171 -16.0% 25,633 29,112 -12.0%
    New Beetle - Coupe              1,467  1,585  -7.4%  3,456  4,700 -26.5%
               - Convertible          379  1,218 -68.9%  1,291  3,503 -63.1%
               Total  New Beetle    1,846  2,803 -34.1%  4,747  8,203 -42.1%
    Eos                               597  1,663 -64.1%  1,969  4,827 -59.2%
    Passat Sdn                        861  3,045 -71.7%  3,343 10,342 -67.7%
           Wgn                        182    628 -71.0%    790  2,245 -64.8%
                    Total Passat    1,043  3,673 -71.6%  4,133 12,587 -67.2%
    CC                              1,640      -   N/A   6,871          N/A
    Tiguan                          1,206      -   N/A   4,074      -   N/A
    Touareg                           239    724 -67.0%  1,299  2,835 -54.2%
    Routan                          2,606      -   N/A   4,801      -   N/A

                             TOTAL 16,289 19,415 -16.1% 58,413 69,970 -16.5%

SOURCE Volkswagen of America, Inc.