Bucking the prevailing trend of diminishing new car sales, Germany’s Volkswagen announced today that its year-to-date global sales are up 3.9 percent over last year’s numbers. Primarily buoyed by China, Brazil, Russia and eastern Europe, Volkswagen managed to eke out a 0.7 percent growth in the month of September.
VW’s operations chief, Detlef Wittig, said that the automaker is on track to sell more cars in 2008 than it did last year, even as it and other automakers are cutting back production and reducing expectations for the rest of the year.
Still, VW’s chief executive, Martin Winterkorn, told the Associated Press that 2009 is unlikely to hold the same rosy picture.
“We don’t know the full impact on our business yet, but VW is doing better than the competition so far,” he said.
10/24, 2:57 PM
posted by:
johnnycanuck
“Gee, Brain, what are we going to do tonight?”
“The same thing we do every night, Pinky – try to take over the world!”
10/24, 3:35 PM
posted by:
A4
gooooo vw!
screwwwww porsche!
10/24, 4:04 PM
posted by:
Impulsive
And everyone knocks Toyota for bland design … VW has the old Corolla design down pat.
10/24, 5:41 PM
posted by:
olds307
That proves it…….. people are idiots, they buy a car that genuinely IS junk, and meanwhile badmouth GM, who makes vastly better cars.
10/24, 7:10 PM
posted by:
Borat
^^^Perhaps GM has to start producing cars so even an idiot would buy one
10/24, 11:14 PM
posted by:
441Zuke
all the flamers must need cars
10/25, 12:01 AM
posted by:
deutschetouring1337
Porsche now has a FSI 3.5 litre V8 in the LMP2 class, possibilities of a new Porsche with a direct injection V8?….hmmmmm
10/25, 3:19 PM
posted by:
Get Real
Funny how all these countries don’t have good internet connection.
Information will kill VW oneday. Junk quaility cannot hide forever.
10/25, 9:32 PM
posted by:
sharpie
^^ You obviously don’t travel much. Did you just get your passport last year too?
10/26, 2:33 PM
posted by:
nitinsharma1000
WOW ppl still compare GM to german cars.