USA SALES APRIL - VW - The German brand has turned a corner with growth in the 4th month of the year.

• April sales totaled 27,557 units, an increase of 1.6 percent over April 2016
• Total Golf sales, including Golf SportWagen and Alltrack, totaled 7,187 units delivered, an increase of 40.7  percent over April 2016
• Chattanooga-built Passat sales totaled 6,148 units, an increase of 9.2 percent over April 2016

Volkswagen of America, Inc. (VWoA) today reported sales of 27,557 units delivered in April 2017, a 1.6 percent increase over April 2016. With 96,426 units delivered year-to-date in April, the company is reporting an increase of 7.7 percent in year-over-year sales.

The german mass market brand has now turned a corner with sales slightly ahead of last year, but only just, the highlights of the increase at the Golf, Beetle, Beetle convertible and Passat, surprisingly the Golf GTi, Golf R and e-Golf all dropped sales, possibly with people awaiting the new MK VII Golf, unfortunately the Tiguan and Touareg both dipped sales, but the new Atlas and XL version of the Tiguan should help stem the crossovers decline.

April 2017 Sales

	April 17	April 16	Yr/Yr% change	April 17  YTD	April 16 YTD	Yr/Yr% change
Golf	1,249	1,104	13.1%	4,591	4,046	13.5%
GTI	1,702	1,988	-14.4%	7,307	7,085	3.1%
Golf R	367	678	-45.9%	1,828	1,851	-1.2%
e-Golf	307	326	-5.8%	1,274	938	35.8%
Golf SportWagen	3,562	1,012	252.0%	10,164	3,321	206.1%
Total Golf Family	7,187	5,108	40.7%	25,164	17,241	46.0%
Jetta Sedan	9,398	10,694	-12.1%	33,961	38,716	-12.3%
Jetta SportWagen       (now Golf SportWagen)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	-100.0%
Total Jetta	9,398	10,694	-12.1%	33,961	38,717	-12.3%
Beetle Coupe	732	480	52.5%	3,096	2,483	24.7%
Beetle Convertible	765	691	10.7%	2,309	2,007	15.0%
Total Beetle	1,497	1,171	27.8%	5,405	4,490	20.4%
Eos*	N/A	39	-100.0%	N/A	381	-100.0%
Passat	6,148	5,629	9.2%	24,415	19,692	24.0%
CC	150	230	-34.8%	712	1,221	-41.7%
Tiguan	2,939	3,804	-22.7%	13,150	13,096	0.4%
Touareg	238	437	-45.5%	1,040	1,588	-34.5%
TOTAL	27,557	27,112	1.64%	103,847	96,426	7.70%

*Eos production ended in July 2015