AJAX, ON -  Fresh after winning 3 of 12 categories last Friday at last week’s judging of the best new vehicles in Canada for 2010 by the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC), Volkswagen Canada announced that it sold 3,545 new vehicles in October as shipments of its award-winning members of the new Golf Family made their way to Customers across the country. Customers took delivery of the 2010 new Golf Wagon, AJAC’s Best New Family Sedan (under $30k), the 2010 Golf GTI, voted as Canada’s Best New Sports / Performance Car (under $50k), as well as the all-new 2010 Golf hatchback models.

TDI Clean Diesel sales remained strong throughout the month, accounting for 24% of all deliveries including the best sales month ever for AJAC’s Best New SUV/CUV ($35k-$60k), the 2010 Touareg TDI Clean Diesel.

Sales of other Volkswagen models rose versus October 2008 on the news of the multiple AJAC wins, including Tiguan (+71%) and Passat (+62%). Overall, Volkswagen sales decreased slightly during the month by 3.2% versus the same time period in 2008.

From January to October 2009, Volkswagen has delivered 33,664 new vehicles in Canada, and has gained 40 points of market share versus the same time period in 2008 for a total of 2.7% year-to-date.

Sales by model line for the month of October were:

 

 
 

*Words & Photos courtesy of Volkswagen AG