June 2008 Sales: Volkswagen of America

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Volkswagen Reports June 2008 Sales

July 1 /PRNewswire/

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Best Overall Sales Month Since August 2006

HERNDON, Va., July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Volkswagen of America, Inc. today

announced June 2008 sales of 23,208 units, a 0.3 percent increase over the

June 2007 sales of 23,137 vehicles. On a year-to-date basis, 2008

Volkswagen sales remain 0.6 percent ahead of 2007 sales through June.

June reflects Volkswagen's best sales month since August 2006. The

Passat wagon had its best sales month since January 2007 with sales up 25.9

percent over June 2007. Volkswagen's innovative coupe-convertible-sunroof

Eos continues to be a summertime top-seller with sales of 1,632 unites, up

14 percent over last June.

About Volkswagen of America, Inc.

Volkswagen of America, Inc. recently announced Electronic Stabilization

Program (ESP) as standard equipment on all its 2009 model year vehicles. As

a result, Volkswagen is one of the only original equipment manufacturers to

offer an electronic stabilization control system on its entire product line

-- ahead of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA)

deadline requiring stabilization systems in the 2012 model year vehicles.

Volkswagen's ESP technology works in conjunction with anti-lock brakes and

helps reduce loss of control, rollovers and other types of crashes. NHTSA

predicts nearly 10,000 lives could be saved each year if all vehicles had

stabilization systems as standard equipment.

Founded in 1955, Volkswagen of America, Inc. is headquartered in

Herndon, Virginia. It is a subsidiary of Volkswagen AG, headquartered in

Wolfsburg, Germany. Volkswagen is one of the world's largest producers of

passenger cars and Europe's largest automaker. Volkswagen sells the Rabbit,

New Beetle, New Beetle convertible, GTI, Jetta, GLI, Passat, Passat wagon,

Eos, and Touareg through approximately 600 independent U.S. dealers. Visit

Volkswagen of America online at vw.com.

---------- YEAR-TO-DATE ------
    VW-US Snapshot
                            June-   June-           June-    June-
                             08      07   Yr/Yr %   08 YTD   07 YTD   Yr/Yr %
                           Actual  Actual  change   Actual   Actual   change

    New Beetle - Coupe      1,855   1,637   13.3 %   8,233    8,049     2.3 %
               -
    Convertible             1,536   1,489    3.2 %   6,848    7,129    -3.9 %

         Total New Beetle   3,391   3,126    8.5 %  15,081   15,178    -0.6 %

    Jetta Sdn               8,698   9,804  -11.3 %  46,113   49,973    -7.7 %

       SportWagen             275       -    0.0 %     275        -

              Total Jetta   8,973   9,804   -8.5 %  46,388   49,973    -7.2 %

    Eos                     1,632   1,431   14.0 %   8,266    6,625    24.8 %

    Golf                        -       -    N/A         -       21  -100.0 %

    Rabbit                  2,542   3,134  -18.9 %  11,795   12,158    -3.0 %

    GTI                     1,270   1,562  -18.7 %   6,372    7,770   -18.0 %

    R32                       285       -    N/A     2,203        -     N/A

       Total Golf/Rabbit/
        GTI/R32             4,097   4,696           20,370   19,949     2.1 %

    Passat Sdn              2,821   3,015   -6.4 %  16,179   15,346     5.4 %

                  Wgn         690     548   25.9 %   3,613    3,762    -4.0 %

             Total Passat   3,511   3,563   -1.5 %  19,792   19,108     3.6 %

    Phaeton                     -       1 -100.0 %       -       17  -100.0 %

    Touareg                   560     516    8.5 %   3,904    4,030    -3.1 %

    Tiguan                  1,044       -    N/A     1,723        -     N/A

                   TOTAL   23,208  23,137    0.3 % 115,524  114,880     0.6 %