AJAX, ON - May 3, 2010 – Volkswagen Canada announced today that it set a new record for sales in April with a total of 4,394 new vehicle deliveries (2009: 3,496), resulting in a 25.7% increase versus the same time period last year.

As in March, new models again contributed to this sales increase, including the new Golf with a 112% increase, and an 87.5% upswing for the Golf GTI. Other Volkswagen models which enjoyed rising sales during the month were the Jetta Sedan (+62.7%), Tiguan (+36.9%), Routan (+56.1%), Eos (+15.5%), New Beetle (+77.3%), and Touareg (+156%).

The Volkswagen Brand increased its overall share of the total Canadian light vehicle market for the month of April to 2.94% (2009: 2.43%) as industry figures released today showed an increase of 4.0% against the same time period in 2009.

TDI Clean Diesel sales represented 27.2% of all Volkswagen deliveries in April 2010.

Year-to-date, Volkswagen sales in Canada are up 34.6% versus the first four months of 2009, resulting in a market share during this period of 2.90% (2009: 2.40%).

Sales by model line for the month of April were:

 

 
 

*Words & Photos courtesy of Volkswagen AG