Some manufacturers have focused on hybrids, others on electrics - but it is the clean diesels of Volkswagen that are reaping the rewards in the USA.
Volkswagen of America posted July 2009 sales of 20,590 units - that’s a 0.7 per cent increase compared to the same month in the previous year. However, at the heart of this success was its diesel cars - the Jetta, Jetta SportWagon and Touareg TDI - which accounted for 6,320 of the units sold - just over 30 per cent of the total sales.
The sales success marked the third consecutive month for the Jetta SportWagon to post its best sales results ever - this time at 2,415 units. Indeed clean diesel TDIs represented 81 per cent of SportWagon sales and 40 per cent of Jetta saloon car sales, which reached a total of 9,663 units.
According to Mark Barnes, the chief operating officer of Volkswagen of America, the cash for clunkers programme also played its part. It accounted for more than 3,300 sales.
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