May 2005 Sales for Volvo Cars of North America, LLC
S40 Sales Up 30 Percent; Canada and Mexico Post New Records
IRVINE, Calif., June 1 -- Volvo Cars of North America, LLC announces sales records for Volvo Canada and Volvo Mexico in reporting 12,417 units combined for Canada, Mexico, and the United States, including Puerto Rico.
Volvo Canada recorded its best May on record with an 18.6 percent increase over the same period last year, as did Volvo Mexico, with a 20.8 percent increase over the same period last year. Sales in the U.S. for the S40 sport sedan were up 30 percent year on year. Sales in the U.S. were 10,826 units, representing a decline of 8.6 percent, compared to the strong results for the month during the record year in 2004.
Year-to-date sales of 60,261 units for overall Volvo Cars of North America trail last year 2.6 percent.
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. Sales include Puerto Rico
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VOLVO CARS OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC
Retail Sales by Model 01-Jun-05
UNITED STATES
May* Year-to-Date*
2005 2004 % 2005 2004 %
Volvo Model
S40 0 47 -100.0% 3 4,670 -99.9%
All New S40 2,229 1,714 30.0% 10,765 3,908 175.5%
V40 0 248 -100.0% 5 1,059 -99.5%
V50 469 n/a n/a 2,462 n/a n/a
S60 2,506 2,540 -1.3% 11,058 13,645 -19.0%
V70 655 861 -23.9% 3,322 4,617 -28.0%
XC70 1,124 1,239 -9.3% 5,567 5,542 0.5%
C70 180 481 -62.6% 1,156 1,819 -36.4%
S80 759 1,154 -34.2% 4,786 5,732 -16.5%
XC90 2,904 3,561 -18.4% 14,667 15,149 -3.2%
USA TOTAL 10,826 11,845 -8.6% 53,791 56,141 -4.2%
CANADA
May Year-to-Date
2005 2004 % 2005 2004 %
Volvo Model
S40 0 28 -100.0% 0 254 -100.0%
All New S40 203 n/a n/a 903 n/a n/a
V40 0 11 -100.0% 0 150 -100.0%
V50 92 n/a n/a 430 n/a n/a
S60 325 385 -15.6% 1,062 1,542 -31.1%
V70 112 174 -35.6% 400 645 -38.0%
XC70 227 160 41.9% 897 698 28.5%
C70 0 24 -100.0% 7 53 -86.8%
S80 27 40 -32.5% 106 260 -59.2%
XC90 282 247 14.2% 1,204 939 28.2%
CANADA TOTAL 1,268 1,069 18.6% 5,009 4,541 10.3%
MEXICO
May Year-to-Date
2005 2004 % 2005 2004 %
Volvo Model
S40 0 17 -100.0% 3 198 -98.5%
All New S40 169 153 10.5% 717 275 160.7%
V40 0 1 -100.0% 0 6 n/a
V50 7 0 n/a 20 n/a n/a
S60 26 50 -48.0% 199 269 -26.0%
V70 0 0 n/a 0 0 n/a
XC70 3 1 200.0% 11 7 57.1%
C70 0 0 n/a 4 6 -33.3%
S80 9 7 28.6% 54 56 -3.6%
XC90 109 93 17.2% 453 392 15.6%
MEXICO TOTAL 323 322 0.3% 1,461 1,209 20.8%
NAFTA TOTAL 12,417 13,236 -6.2% 60,261 61,891 -2.6%
* U.S. totals include Puerto Rico