Volvo Cars Sales July 2005 Report for North America
Mexico Up 38.2 Percent; Canada 5.7 Percent for July, While Steady in the US for the MonthIRVINE, Calif., Aug. 2, 2005; Volvo Cars of North America, LLC reports sales for July of 11,511 units in the United States. The results are 6.3 percent off last year's record pace. The Volvo XC90 continued to be the company's sales leader, with impressive showings by both the S40 and S60.
Overall, NAFTA (Canada, Mexico, and the United States, including Puerto Rico) sales reached 12,883 units, representing a 4.6 percent decrease compared to the same period last year. In July, Volvo Cars Canada reported sales up 5.7 percent, with 1,025 units sold. Volvo Cars Mexico sold 347 units -- an increase of 38.2 percent over 2004.
VCNA, part of the Volvo Car Corporation of Gothenburg, Sweden, provides marketing, sales, parts, service, technology and training support to Volvo automobile retailers in the United States, and oversees Volvo operations in Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico.
Volvo has been building cars with Safety in mind for over 75 years. The recently introduced 2006 model line-up of Volvo Cars includes: the award-winning new S40 and its wagon counterpart the all-new V50; the award-winning XC90; the sporty S60 sedan -- including the award-winning performance sedan -- S60 R and the performance wagon version -- V70 R; the flagship S80 luxury sedan; the versatile V70 wagon and rugged XC70 (Cross Country).
* U.S. Sales include Puerto RicoVOLVO CARS OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC Retail Sales by Model 02-Aug-05 UNITED STATES July * Year-to-Date * 2005 2004 % 2005 2004 % Volvo Model S40 0 4 -100.0% 4 4,706 -99.9% All New S40 2,066 2,365 -12.6% 15,021 8,056 86.5% V40 1 131 -99.2% 6 1,377 -99.6% V50 497 105 373.3% 3,429 368 831.8% S60 2,400 2,580 -7.0% 16,143 18,469 -12.6% V70 714 802 -11.0% 4,798 6,673 -28.1% XC70 1,580 1,743 -9.4% 8,672 9,243 -6.2% C70 63 377 -83.3% 1,368 2,656 -48.5% S80 1,006 1,073 -6.2% 6,666 8,288 -19.6% XC90 3,184 3,102 2.6% 21,471 21,606 -0.6% USA TOTAL 11,511 12,282 -6.3% 77,578 81,442 -4.7% CANADA July Year-to-Date 2005 2004 % 2005 2004 % Volvo Model S40 0 8 -100.0% 0 274 -100.0% All New S40 185 166 11.4% 1,319 180 632.8% V40 0 4 -100.0% 0 160 -100.0% V50 115 50 130.0% 647 56 1055.4% S60 157 172 -8.7% 1,406 2,011 -30.1% V70 122 77 58.4% 608 845 -28.0% XC70 225 228 -1.3% 1,333 1,157 15.2% C70 0 18 -100.0% 7 84 -91.7% S80 33 29 13.8% 164 324 -49.4% XC90 188 218 -13.8% 1,648 1,384 19.1% CANADA TOTAL 1,025 970 5.7% 7,132 6,475 10.1% MEXICO July Year-to-Date 2005 2004 % 2005 2004 % Volvo Model S40 0 7 -100.0% 3 209 -98.6% All New S40 149 117 27.4% 1,061 555 91.2% V40 0 1 -100.0% 0 8 -100.0% V50 8 0 n/a 33 0 n/a S60 36 48 -25.0% 257 383 -32.9% V70 0 0 n/a 0 0 n/a XC70 2 1 100.0% 16 9 77.8% C70 1 1 n/a 5 7 -28.6% S80 12 12 0.0% 72 78 -7.7% XC90 139 64 117.2% 710 497 42.9% MEXICO TOTAL 347 251 38.2% 2,157 1,746 23.5% NAFTA TOTAL 12,883 13,503 -4.6% 86,867 89,663 -3.1% * U.S. totals include Puerto RicoSOURCE Volvo Cars of North America, LLC
