MK1 Volkswagen Sales Numbers

Volkswagen of America Sales Numbers
Year	Caddy US	Jetta* US	Scirocco US	Rabbit / Golf / GTI			Cabriolet
				Gas	Diesel	Total	US	Europe
1974	-	-	335	58	-	58	-	-
1975	-	-	16,108	98,215	-	98,215	-	-
1976	-	-	15,426	112,056	-	112,056	-	-
1977	-	-	24,786	151,767	12,939	164,706	-	-
1978	-	-	28,137	104,576	44,594	149,170	-	-
1979	78	-	26,014	139,243	75,592	214,835	-	-
1980	25,532	10,967	22,452	84,447	92,693	177,140	13,390	719
1981	33,879	27,972	17,043	63,137	99,308	162,445	12,115	851
1982	12,769	20,301	-	53,461	37,705	91,166	8,984	1,035
1983	4,861	22,017	-	69,359	15,686	85,045	9,613	1,076
1984	392	37,997	-	58,321	15,517	73,838	11,559	1,170
1985	2	-	-	-	-	-	12,637	1,054
1986	-	-	-	-	-	-	14,275	1,427
1987	-	-	-	-	-	-	13,563	1,660
1988	-	-	-	-	-	-	12,591	1,763
1989	-	-	-	-	-	-	9,891	2,565
1990	-	-	-	-	-	-	7,615	2,389
1991	-	-	-	-	-	-	5,401	1,730
1992	-	-	-	-	-	-	?	1,019
1993	-	-	-	-	-	-	?	511
1994	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
1995	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Totals	131,634	119,254	150,301	934,640	406,254	1,406,209	131,634	18,976

Further Breakdown of the UK Market Golf Cabriolet Sales Numbers (Total: 18, 976)
Year	GLI	GL	GLS	1.6	GTI Cabriolet	Clipper	Sportline	Rivage GTI	Rivage LTH
1980	719	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1981	631	33	187	-	-	-	-	-	-
1982	507	524	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
1983	279	307	-	-	490	-	-	-	-
1984	450	229	-	-	491	-	-	-	-
1985	14	294	-	-	737	9	-	-	-
1986	-	175	-	36	748	468	-	-	-
1987	-	2	-	210	840	608	-	-	-
1988	-	-	-	1	1052	710	-	-	-
1989	-	-	-	-	1138	1427	-	-	-
1990	-	-	-	-	1136	1253	-	-	-
1991	-	-	-	-	337	977	156	133	127
1992	-	-	-	-	38	522	149	211	99
1993	-	-	-	-	-	217	143	126	25
1994	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	1
1995	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
Totals	2,600	1,564	191	274	7,007	6,196	449	470	252

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Additional Notes:

• Rabbit:
  • The MK1 Golf is still produced and sold in South Africa.

• Jetta:
  • The Coupe model made up about 20% (max) of the total MK1 Jetta sales over the MK1 production line.

• Caddy / Pickup:
  • Although the pickups were sold in 84 & 85, the production actually stopped in mid 1983. Production then moved to Yugoslavia later that year, and were churning out 1000 Caddy's (Re-named) per month until war broke out in 1991.
  • The known production numbers for Europe from 1984 up to 1992 are an estimated 12,000 each year.
  • In 1983, a total of around 7000 were sold in Germany. The first came in 1982 from Noth America as parts, and would be assembeld in Germany.
  • There actually was never any US 1979, 1984, or 1985 model-year (MY) production. Only MY1980,81,82 & 83. But in some states/counties, MY1980's sold in late 1979 were titled/licensed as 1979's. Likewise with some left-over/carry-over MY1983's that weren't sold until until '84 and '85.
  • US Westmoreland production stopped in mid-1983 (April/May?) and tooling was shipped to Yugoslavia, with first production there as MY1984.
  • The Caddy is still produced in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

• Rabbit Convertible / Cabriolet:
  • The car is built from the ground up as a convertible at the Karmann Coachworks factory in Osnabrück, Germany.
  • Overall production would end up totaling over 388,500 cars.
  • There actually was never any 1994 or 1995 model-year (MY) production of the MK1 Cabriolet (US or otherwise), even though VAG and VOA records a handful of them sold for 1994 and 1995. They were simply left over models sold in those years.
• Scirocco:
  • While technically not a "MK1", the Scirocco 1 and 2 were both built on the A1 chassis, and are generally considered to be part of the MK1 group, for the most part, since they share many of the same mechanical aspects as the other MK1 models.

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