sobering VW

[Dan DiBiase]

Interesting sales figures; based on all the bitching and moaning about BMW styling, iDrive and unnatural electronic assist systems, I am surprised that their sales are up... Of course, they are really the only manufacturer listed here that has additional model lines compared to last year (6-Series, X3), so that could account for the increase of about 6,000 cars over the same period last year... And of course, Volve has the all-new S40 out there as well.
 
Dan D
'04 A4 1.8T q MT-6
Central NJ USA

Jon Linkov <jon at audiclubna.org> wrote:

BMW sales figures are broken out to exclude mini, and BMW STILL has a 4% YTD
gain: (Automotive News)
Cooling off
U.S. sales of top 6 European brands
7 MOS. 2004 % CHANGE VS. 2003
VW 151,934 -11.5
BMW 147,313 4
Mercedes 122,130 -2
Volvo 81,219 2.7
Audi 44,991 -8.3
Jaguar 28,051 -5.9
Europe total 
(19 brands) 658,456 -3.9*

Jon