How are VW sales doing in the U.S.?
White: We’ve grown our share in the U.S., so we’ve outperformed the market. We’re one of the top three in terms of performance versus the year previous. It’s difficult, our business is down, but fortunately nowhere near as down as the bigger players, whether it’s the Detroit Three or the big Japanese competitors. It’s a struggle, but with the share increasing, we’re on the right path. Volkswagen is a leader in diesel. How is diesel doing in Canada? White: It’s doing quite well. It represents an extremely significant percentage of our Jetta wagon sales [the majority]. And it’s significant also with our Jetta sedan sales. We expect it to be a big piece of our Touareg sales and also a good piece of our Golf sales. If it wasn’t for diesel right now, we would not be showing the sales gains versus last year, despite everything else that we’re doing. What do you think will be the big consumer trends in the near future? White: Clearly there’s a downsizing in the Canadian market in terms of the
