Diesel vehicle sales up 37% in August 2011; VW Jetta TDI remains on top

Filed under: Diesel, Audi, BMW, Volkswagen, USA Through the end of August, sales of diesel vehicles in the U.S. were up 37.0 percent, compared to the same eight-month period in 2010. Led by the Volkswagen Jetta TDI and Golf TDI, diesel vehicles appear on track to slowly inch their way up the sales charts, though their tally of 8,808 vehicles sold in August still only represents 0.82 percent of...