Volkswagen U.S. sales rose 41.4 percent in January

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At the rate its sales are going in January, Volkswagen is on its way to achieving its goal to double US sales within the next 24 months. In January 2010, VW sold 18,019 cars, which is a 41.4% increase over the same month last year.
Nearly all Volkswagen models had sales growth in January. The models that didn’t do so well are the Passat (a 33.2% drop to 752 cars) and Golf (a 25.6% drop). Sales of the Touareg neither rose nor dropped. Sales of the CC sedan rose by 76.4%, while the new 2010 GTI sold 933 cars, a 72.1% increase. But the most amazing growth was experienced by the New Beetle, which is set to be replaced after this model year. Last month, VW sold 2167 Beetles, 1943 of which are coupes. This stands for a 172.9% jump when compared to last year’s sales record of 794 units.