Wednesday, January 04, 2006

Volkswagen Canada 2005 Sales Results

Text from CNW Group.
AJAX, ON, Jan. 4 /CNW/ - Volkswagen Canada sold 31,724 units during 2005, an increase of 977 units, or 3.2% compared with the 2004 total of 30,747. This result comprised of:

5,316 Golf/GTIs
18,202 Jettas
1,505 New Beetles
5,864 Passats
802 Touaregs
34 Phaetons...

The New Jetta and Passat were the two strongest selling models in Canada during 2005. Sales of the newest generation Jetta increased by 3,300 units or 26.4% compared with the 2004 total of 12,497. Volkswagen Canada also sold 1,216 more Passat models in 2005, an increase of 26.2% compared with 2004.

In December 2005, sales were 2,555 units, compared with 1,903 units in December 2004, an increase of 652 units, or 34.3%.

In analyzing the year, John White, newly appointed Executive Vice-President of Volkswagen Canada Inc, said "Despite a highly competitive Canadian automotive market in 2005, we are pleased with the relatively strong sales results achieved with our new Jetta and Passat models. We are looking forward to maintaining our sales momentum with even more new models expected in 2006, including the new Golf, the Passat Wagon, the pocket rocket GTI, Jetta GLI, and Eos -- the exciting new Volkswagen convertible coupe."