Volvo Cars Establishes New February Sales Record in the United States
IRVINE, Calif., March 1 -- Led by the continuing strength of Volvo's New S40 and the XC90, Volvo Cars of North America, LLC announces record sales for February in the United States. The 10,431 units sold for the month represent a 2.2 percent increase over the same period last year.
Since introduction, the new S40 and the all new V50 have combined to outsell their S40/V40 predecessors by more than 70 percent -- setting new high marks for Volvo in the segment. The XC90 continues to be the Volvo sales leader, with an added boost to sales as the company's first V8 has been added to the sales mix.
In North America overall (including Canada and Mexico), although early in the game, sales remain ahead of the record pace of 2004. Volvo Canada sales totaled 683 units, up 2.4 percent in February. And, sales in Mexico showed continued growth surpassing a 40 percent increase for the month, with 284 units sold. Year-to-date, VCNA has recorded 22,428 units, with sales 1.1 percent up over last year.
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 2005 Volvo Cars model line-up 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; versatile V70 wagon and rugged XC70 (Cross Country); and, the C70 convertible.
* U.S. results include Puerto Rico
VOLVO CARS OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC
Retail Sales by Model 01-Mar-05
UNITED STATES
February * Year-to-Date *
2005 2004 % 2005 2004 %
Volvo Model
S40 0 1,606 -100.0% 1 2,731 -100.0%
All New S40 2,136 219 n/a 4,241 219 n/a
V40 1 156 -99.4% 1 287 -99.7%
V50 545 n/a n/a 996 n/a n/a
S60 1,939 2,594 -25.3% 3,865 5,619 -31.2%
V70 701 800 -12.4% 1,314 2,000 -34.3%
XC70 1,055 1,013 4.1% 2,146 2,072 3.6%
C70 229 322 -28.9% 423 543 -22.1%
S80 949 865 9.7% 2,022 1,807 11.9%
XC90 2,876 2,627 9.5% 5,582 5,250 6.3%
USA TOTAL 10,431 10,202 2.2% 20,591 20,528 0.3%
CANADA
February Year-to-Date
2005 2004 % 2005 2004 %
Volvo Model
S40 0 74 -100.0% 0 135 -100.0%
All New S40 158 n/a n/a 311 n/a n/a
V40 0 34 -100.0% 0 78 -100.0%
V50 61 n/a n/a 141 n/a n/a
S60 92 164 -43.9% 146 283 -48.4%
V70 39 90 -56.7% 75 159 -52.8%
XC70 132 131 0.8% 230 224 2.7%
C70 0 0 n/a 1 2 -50.0%
S80 16 41 -61.0% 27 80 -66.3%
XC90 185 133 39.1% 335 279 20.1%
CANADA TOTAL 683 667 2.4% 1,266 1,240 2.1%
MEXICO
February Year-to-Date
2005 2004 % 2005 2004 %
Volvo Model
S40 0 60 -100.0% 2 111 -98.2%
All New S40 130 n/a n/a 258 n/a n/a
V40 0 0 -100.0% 0 0 n/a
V50 2 n/a n/a 9 n/a n/a
S60 39 49 -20.4% 76 115 -33.9%
V70 0 0 n/a 0 0 n/a
XC70 4 0 n/a 4 4 0.0%
C70 2 2 0.0% 3 3 0.0%
S80 9 10 -10.0% 25 23 8.7%
XC90 98 81 21.0% 194 161 20.5%
MEXICO TOTAL 284 202 40.6% 571 417 36.9%
NAFTA TOTAL 11,398 11,071 3.0% 22,428 22,185 1.1%
* U.S. totals include Puerto Rico