PASSAT SALESOver 30 percent of October U.S. sales of the Chattanooga-made Passat were the clean diesel model, according to VW.
Amid the havoc of superstorm Sandy, two of the three automakers with plants in Tennessee posted higher U.S. sales in October over a year ago with Volkswagen reporting a 22 percent jump.
Jonathan Browning, Volkswagen Group of America’s chief executive, said Thursday that 130 VW dealers, or 25 percent of its total, were affected by the end-of-the-month storm.
“It’s a remarkable achievement by dealers across our network,” Browning said in a conference call.
Overall U.S. sales for the automaker of 34,311 were highest for the month in 39 years, according to VW.