VW Routan Minivan is Company's Second-Best-Selling Model

The first company to report its November sales is Volkswagen, and there are signs that today will be a bloodbath for every automaker. In October, VW saw its sales decline 7.9% from the same period in 2007. In November, the company’s sales declined 19.2%. Making that number even more grim is the fact that VW has three new models helping to boost sales: the new Tiguan SUV, the Passat CC sedan and the Routan minivan, which with only 1,324 sales in November is now the brand’s second-best-selling vehicle, behind the Jetta sedan’s 5,312 units sold.

The 1,324 number isn’t large, but when you consider that the affordable Kia Sedona minivan sold 1,863 units in October, maybe the Routan isn’t doing that badly for a brand-new model. Considering all the money the company must have spent hiring Brooke Shields for its Routan Boom TV commercials, at least consumers should know about the poorly named family-hauler by now. The Tiguan, on the other hand…