Volkswagen of America Reports June 2008 Sales

Best Overall Sales Month Since August 2006

HERNDON, Va., July 1, 2008 -- 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.

Heidi Klum with the New Volkswagen Tiguan

June reflects Volkswagen's best sales month since August 2006. The Volkswagen 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 Volkswagen Eos continues to be a summertime top-seller with sales of 1,632 unites, up 14 percent over last June.

                                             ---------- 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 %

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.

Source: Volkswagen of America, Inc. via /PRNewswire/

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