USA SALES SEPT - Volkswagen's sales are still heading backwards, faster than the Golf GTi goes forward.

• September sales totaled 24,112  units
• Best ever September for Tiguan, with  2,988 units, a 0.5 percent increase over September 2015

Volkswagen of America, Inc. (VWoA) today reported sales of 24,112 units delivered in September 2016. In late September, both #PinkBeetle and the all-new Golf Alltrack, based on the SportWagen began to reach showrooms.

Total sales are still dropping, the continued bad press over the diesel scandal has hit Volkswagen very hard, and still around one year on, the buyers are still keeping away from the German giants dealerships. 

No matter how many lawsuits have been filed and settled, how many compensation schemes have been offered, at the end of the day, if the buyer has decided not to go into that dealership, it's going to take a lot of effort, money and time to get those people back into the showrooms.

However, VW is not sitting on their laurels, they are continuing to upgrade, renew and replace the cars, there has been a number of significant launches, with the new Tiguan, Passat and updated Golf range, these have not been enough to stem the tide of retreating sales.

September 2016 Sales

	September 16	September 15	Yr/Yr% change	September 16  YTD	September 15 YTD	Yr/Yr% change
Golf	1,082	1,193	-9.3%	9,549	16,193	-41.0%
GTI	1,837	1,825	0.7%	17,187	16,817	2.2%
Golf R	204	462	-55.8%	3,103	2,701	14.9%
e-Golf	529	343	54.2%	2,782	2,555	8.9%
Golf SportWagen	933	1,428	-34.7%	8,477	11,501	-26.3%
Total Golf Family	4,585	5,251	-12.7%	41,098	49,767	-17.4%
Jetta Sedan	8,299	7,746	7.1%	89,743	94,793	-5.3%
Jetta SportWagen       (now Golf SportWagen)	n/a	27	n/a	5	2,672	-99.8%
Total Jetta	8,299	7,773	6.8%	89,748	97,465	-7.9%
Beetle Coupe	988	890	11.0%	6,839	10,736	-36.3%
Beetle Convertible	353	649	-45.6%	4,322	8,330	-48.1%
Total Beetle	1,341	1,539	-12.9%	11,161	19,066	-41.5%
Eos*	n/a	356	n/a	387	2,156	-82.1%
Passat	6,335	7,228	-12.4%	53,086	63,736	-16.7%
CC	234	384	-39.1%	2,355	4,490	-47.6%
Tiguan	2,988	2,972	0.5%	30,225	22,221	36.0%
Touareg	330	638	-48.3%	3,208	5,314	-39.6%
TOTAL	24,112	26,141	-7.76%	231,268	264,215	-12.47%

*Eos production ended in July 2015