After two years of declining sales, resulting from the use of illegal software to cheat on emissions tests scandal, Volkswagen is now reporting that sales are up 12 percent from last year.
Volkswagen’s revival is being driven by two new sport-utility vehicles that arrived in showrooms this year.
“We can now target the heart of the S.U.V. market,” Hinrich J. Woebcken, president and chief executive of Volkswagen Group of America, told reporters last month. “We are at a fundamental turning point for the brand and our strategy for our American customers. This country always loves the comeback story, right? That’s what American people love, and they love to give people a second chance.”
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