xcel
08-29-2008, 03:24 AM
Sales declines are going from bad to worse for one of America’s greatest icons. (http://www.cleanmpg.com/forums/showthread.php?p=142200)
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/2009_VW_Jetta_TDI_Sportwagen.jpgWayne Gerdes - CleanMPG (www.cleanmpg.com) - Aug 28, 2008
2009 VW Jetta 2.0L TDI Sportwagen with a stick - 30/41 mpg per the 08 EPA.
WOLFSBURG, Germany - Volkswagen announced they have become the world’s top third largest automaker thanks to VW’s sales figures in the first half of 2008. Rival Ford is now ranked fourth.
VW delivered 3.31 million vehicles in the first half of 2008, an increase of 7.2% in the first six months of 2008, moving up to third place in the global vehicle sales while overtaking its rival Ford, which announced vehicle sales of 3.22 million for the same period.
In the US, Ford dwarfs VW’s sales with 1,265,466 cars and trucks vs. 135,966 through July of 2008.
"We are delighted that the Volkswagen Group has made it to the global automobile industry’s top three for the first time. This shows that we are on the right track with our ever-stronger international presence and, above all, our product program. We will systematically push ahead with our growth course even in the present difficult market environment," Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen, said.
Ford will have to move much faster with product launches that make sense as the world changes around them. Their survival will prove to be the most critical ascent in the company’s long and illustrious history. With both a declining and demoralized workforce and little new to offer the public in terms of real world needs matching today’s high energy cost realities, an uphill battle it will be :(
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/2009_VW_Jetta_TDI_Sportwagen.jpgWayne Gerdes - CleanMPG (www.cleanmpg.com) - Aug 28, 2008
2009 VW Jetta 2.0L TDI Sportwagen with a stick - 30/41 mpg per the 08 EPA.
WOLFSBURG, Germany - Volkswagen announced they have become the world’s top third largest automaker thanks to VW’s sales figures in the first half of 2008. Rival Ford is now ranked fourth.
VW delivered 3.31 million vehicles in the first half of 2008, an increase of 7.2% in the first six months of 2008, moving up to third place in the global vehicle sales while overtaking its rival Ford, which announced vehicle sales of 3.22 million for the same period.
In the US, Ford dwarfs VW’s sales with 1,265,466 cars and trucks vs. 135,966 through July of 2008.
"We are delighted that the Volkswagen Group has made it to the global automobile industry’s top three for the first time. This shows that we are on the right track with our ever-stronger international presence and, above all, our product program. We will systematically push ahead with our growth course even in the present difficult market environment," Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen, said.
Ford will have to move much faster with product launches that make sense as the world changes around them. Their survival will prove to be the most critical ascent in the company’s long and illustrious history. With both a declining and demoralized workforce and little new to offer the public in terms of real world needs matching today’s high energy cost realities, an uphill battle it will be :(