VW's run ends with 8.1% drop; Audi's hot streak continues - Automotive News
Combined deliveries for the Golf lineup -- which now includes the Golf GTI, Golf R, e-Golf and Golf SportWagen -- rose 86 percent to 7,075 units last month. Tiguan compact crossover sales also benefited from robust CUV demand industrywide and gained 47 percent to 3,165, the model’s best monthly total since March 2013. “We are encouraged by the continued strength of the Golf family and confident that... The Golf and Tiguan gains were offset by the rest of VW’s car lineup, with an 18cq percent drop for the Jetta compact sedan and a 19 percent drop for the Passat midsize sedan. Analysts had forecasted August sales declines at many automakers because the Labor Day sales rush was included in August 2014 sales, but the holiday falls in September this year, skewing year-on-year comparisons. Audi, though, bucked the calendar quirk and rode a 41 percent jump in crossover volume to August sales of 18,794, a 9. 9 percent gain and its 56th consecutive monthly U. S. sales record, the company said. Source: www.autonews.com
