Volvo Cars Sets Best Six-Months on Record
Year-to-date Sales 2 percent ahead of last year in U.S.
IRVINE, Calif., July 1 -- Volvo Cars of North America, LLC (VCNA) recorded its best ever first six months with year-to-date sales of 69,158 units. The mark represents a 2.1 percent increase over the pace of the 2003 record year. For the month, 13,017 units were sold -- off 2.8 percent from the same period a year ago.
By model, the all new Volvo S40 has ramped up since its introduction this spring, recording 5,691 sales -- a 42 percent increase for the segment compared to last year.
"Sales results are an indicator that consumers are finding our class leading safety, all new S40, appealing," said Vic Doolan, president and CEO, Volvo Cars of North America. "We are reaching out to a new target audience with this vehicle in an extremely competitive segment, and we are pleased with the progress we're making," he said.
In addition, the XC90 continues as the best selling European SUV. XC90 sales are up 19.8 percent year-to-date compared with last year. And with the upcoming '05 model year updates to the S60, V70, and XC70, which includes significant changes to the existing models, it is encouraging news in the short-term for that range.
Overall in June, sales in North America totaled 14,266 units -- down 2.8 percent. For the month, Volvo sales in Canada were down 4.7 percent, while sales increased slightly at 0.4 percent in Mexico.
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, Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico.
The Volvo automobile model line includes the newly introduced award-winning 2004.5 all new S40, the award-winning XC90, the sporty S60 sedan -- including the award-winning performance sedan -- S60 R and its performance wagon counterpart -- V70 R, the flagship S80 luxury sedan, versatile V70 wagon and rugged XC70 (Cross Country), the C70 convertible, and the compact S40 and V40 models.
VOLVO CARS OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC
Retail Sales by Model 1-Jul-04
UNITED STATES
June * Year-to-Date *
2004 2003 % 2004 2003 %
Volvo Model
S40 32 1,380 -97.7% 4,702 7,317 -35.7%
All New S40 1,783 n/a n/a 5,691 n/a n/a
V40 187 257 -27.2% 1,246 1,646 -24.3%
V50 263 n/a n/a 263 n/a n/a
S60 2,242 3,514 -36.2% 15,887 18,585 -14.5%
V70 1,254 1,375 -8.8% 5,871 6,549 -10.4%
XC70 1,958 1,566 25.0% 7,500 8,741 -14.2%
C70 460 416 10.6% 2,279 2,021 12.8%
S80 1,483 1,593 -6.9% 7,215 7,422 -2.8%
XC90 3,355 3,285 2.1% 18,504 15,447 19.8%
USA TOTAL 13,017 13,386 -2.8% 69,158 67,728 2.1%
CANADA
June Year-to-Date
2004 2003 % 2004 2003 %
Volvo Model
S40 11 147 -92.5% 266 627 -57.6%
All New S40 14 n/a n/a 14 n/a n/a
V40 6 97 -93.8% 156 414 -62.3%
V50 6 n/a n/a 6 n/a n/a
S60 297 253 17.4% 1,839 1,543 19.2%
V70 123 110 11.8% 768 584 31.5%
XC70 231 156 48.1% 929 1,036 -10.3%
C70 13 16 -18.8% 66 32 106.3%
S80 35 22 59.1% 295 233 26.6%
XC90 227 210 8.1% 1,166 1,151 1.3%
CANADA TOTAL 963 1,011 -4.7% 5,505 5,620 -2.0%
MEXICO
June Year-to-Date
2004 2003 % 2004 2003 %
Volvo Model
S40 4 95 -95.8% 202 578 -65.1%
All New S40 163 n/a n/a 438 n/a n/a
V40 1 0 100.0% 7 7 0.0%
V50 0 n/a n/a 0 n/a n/a
S60 66 80 -17.5% 335 366 -8.5%
V70 0 0 n/a 0 4 -100.0%
XC70 1 2 -50.0% 8 10 -20.0%
C70 0 1 -100.0% 6 10 -40.0%
S80 10 19 -47.4% 66 91 -27.5%
XC90 41 88 -53.4% 433 307 41.0%
MEXICO TOTAL 286 285 0.4% 1,495 1,373 8.9%
NAFTA TOTAL 14,266 14,682 -2.8% 76,158 74,721 1.9%
* U.S. totals include Puerto Rico