Volvo Cars of North America Reports November 2005 Sales
IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 1, 2005 -- Volvo Cars of North America, LLC. (VCNA) reports sales of 9,444 units for November, representing a 21.5 percent decrease compared to the same period last year.
For the month, unit sales in North America were as follows: United States* -- 8,111; Canada -- 1,014; and, Mexico -- 319.
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 current 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 S80 luxury sedan; the versatile V70 wagon and rugged XC70 (Cross Country).
* U.S. sales include Puerto Rico VOLVO CARS OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC Retail Sales by Model 01-Dec-05 UNITED STATES November * Year-to-Date * 2005 2004 % 2005 2004 % Volvo Model S40 0 0 n/a 4 4,618 -99.9% All New S40 1,507 2,459 -38.7% 22,963 17,114 34.2% V40 0 15 -100.0% 8 1,501 -99.5% V50 376 506 -25.7% 5,313 1,928 175.6% S60 1,557 1,678 -7.2% 23,132 26,102 -11.4% V70 402 794 -49.4% 6,845 9,931 -31.1% XC70 740 933 -20.7% 13,118 15,000 -12.5% C70 5 239 -97.9% 1,434 3,780 -62.1% S80 644 1,160 -44.5% 9,670 12,721 -24.0% XC90 2,880 3,105 -7.2% 32,276 34,165 -5.5% USA TOTAL 8,111 10,889 -25.5% 114,763 126,860 -9.5% CANADA November Year-to-Date 2005 2004 % 2005 2004 % Volvo Model S40 0 0 n/a 0 279 -100.0% All New S40 166 237 -30.0% 1,953 1,133 72.4% V40 0 0 n/a 0 163 -100.0% V50 66 89 -25.8% 980 401 144.4% S60 155 159 -2.5% 2,102 2,743 -23.4% V70 80 37 116.2% 992 1,033 -4.0% XC70 198 76 160.5% 2,020 1,779 13.5% C70 0 2 -100.0% 7 99 -92.9% S80 48 49 -2.0% 335 490 -31.6% XC90 301 171 76.0% 2,558 2,260 13.2% CANADA TOTAL 1,014 820 23.7% 10,947 10,380 5.5% MEXICO November Year-to-Date 2005 2004 % 2005 2004 % Volvo Model S40 0 6 -100.0% 3 229 -98.7% All New S40 170 144 18.1% 1,532 1,283 19.4% V40 0 0 n/a 0 9 -100.0% V50 1 2 -50.0% 60 10 n/a S60 34 51 -33.3% 419 618 -32.2% V70 0 0 n/a 0 0 n/a XC70 1 0 n/a 19 10 90.0% C70 0 0 n/a 6 13 -53.8% S80 5 7 -28.6% 100 127 -21.3% XC90 108 111 -2.7% 1,092 1,057 3.3% MEXICO TOTAL 319 321 -0.6% 3,231 3,346 -3.4% NAFTA TOTAL 9,444 12,030 -21.5% 128,941 140,586 -8.3% *U.S. totals include Puerto Rico