Volkswagen Canada on Pace for Sales Record

AJAX, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - July 2, 2015) -

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New vehicle sales at Volkswagen Canada continued their torrid pace in June. An all-time monthly record of 6,454 new cars and light trucks were sold by the company, a 4% improvement over the previous high-water mark, set just last year (6,226). Year-to-date sales of 36,974 put the company 21% ahead of last year's total (30,616).

"We are currently in a very enviable position," stated Maria Stenström, President and CEO of Volkswagen Group Canada. "Our engineering teams are providing us with the best cars they ever have, and the new Golf Sportwagon is the latest example of this."

The Golf family now includes the hatchback Golf, GTI and Sportwagon, and arriving soon will be the all-new, 2016 Golf R. This "top-of-the-line" model is the true 'type A" Golf, offering 292 turbocharged horsepower and Volkswagen's award-winning 4MOTION all-wheel drive.

The Golf R becomes the new benchmark in the "hot hatchback" segment, and completes the Golf lineup, which has sold over 30,000,000 copies in its 40+ year history.

Volkswagen sales by model line for the month of June 2015:

Volkswagen	June 2015	Year-to-date
Golf	1,849	10,416
Beetle	243	1,421
Jetta	2,573	15,053
Eos	76	272
Passat	551	3,131
Tiguan	999	5,613
Touareg	163	1,068
TOTAL	6,454	36,974

About Volkswagen Canada:

Founded in 1952, Volkswagen Canada is headquartered in Ajax, Ontario. It is the largest volume European automotive nameplate in Canada, and sells the Golf, Golf Sportwagon, Golf GTI, Golf R, Beetle, Jetta, Eos, Passat, CC, Tiguan, and Touareg through 136 independent Canadian Dealers. It is the leader in affordable TDI Clean Diesel vehicle sales in Canada, and forms part of Volkswagen Group Canada Inc., a subsidiary of Volkswagen AG headquartered in Wolfsburg, Germany.

Volkswagen is one of the world's largest producers of passenger cars and is Europe's largest automaker.

Visit Volkswagen Canada online at Volkswagen.ca.

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