Volkswagen of America today reported that April sales rose 1.6 percent over a year ago with the Chattanooga-based Passat up 9.2 percent.
VW's total April sales hit 27,557 units with the Golf, including the SportWagen and Alltrack, up 40.7 percent over April 2016, the company said.
Passat sales totaled 6,148 units.
However, sales of VW's Tiguan sport utility vehicle fell 22.7 percent to 2,939 units last month.
For the year so far, VW sales of 96,426 units are up 7.7 percent in a year ago, the company reported.