Volvo Cars Sales Report in North America for March 2006
IRVINE, Calif., April 3 -- Volvo Cars of North America, LLC reports sales in March of 11,153 units in the United States*. Sales for the month are 4 percent down year over year, however trended up 32 percent compared to February. The March result represents the best month since July 2005.
Overall in North America (United States including Puerto Rico, Canada, and Mexico), sales of 12,605 units represented a 4.5 percent decrease compared to March of last year. Sales for Volvo Canada and Volvo Mexico were 1,261 and 191 units, respectively.
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 since 1927. The 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); and the all-new Volvo C70.
* U.S. sales include Puerto Rico
VOLVO CARS OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC
03-Apr-06
Retail Sales by Model
UNITED STATES
March* Year-to-Date*
2006 2005 % 2006 2005 %
Volvo Model
S40 0 1 n/a 0 2 n/a
All New S40 2,372 2,178 8.9% 6,181 6,419 -3.7%
V40 0 1 n/a 0 2 n/a
V50 374 466 -19.7% 1,078 1,462 -26.3%
S60 2,341 2,465 -5.0% 6,278 6,330 -0.8%
V70 464 659 -29.6% 1,296 1,973 -34.3%
XC70 1,333 1,265 5.4% 3,250 3,411 -4.7%
C70 2 274 -99.3% 9 697 -98.7%
New C70 9 n/a n/a 76 n/a n/a
S80 599 1,166 -48.6% 1,715 3,188 -46.2%
XC90 3,659 3,156 15.9% 8,568 8,738 -1.9%
USA TOTAL 11,153 11,631 -4.1% 28,451 32,222 -11.7%
CANADA
March Year-to-Date
2006 2005 % 2006 2005 %
Volvo Model
S40 0 0 n/a 0 0 n/a
All New S40 148 217 -31.8% 326 528 -38.3%
V40 0 0 n/a 0 0 n/a
V50 100 106 -5.7% 202 247 -18.2%
S60 300 278 7.9% 560 424 32.1%
V70 116 85 36.5% 214 160 33.8%
XC70 212 253 -16.2% 442 483 -8.5%
C70 0 2 n/a 0 3 n/a
S80 63 26 142.3% 103 53 94.3%
XC90 322 345 -6.7% 711 680 4.6%
CANADA TOTAL 1,261 1,312 -3.9% 2,558 2,578 -0.8%
MEXICO
March Year-to-Date
2006 2005 % 2006 2005 %
Volvo Model
S40 0 1 n/a 0 3 -100.0%
All New S40 89 128 -30.5% 300 386 -22.3%
V40 0 0 n/a 0 0 n/a
V50 1 1 0.0% 5 10 -50.0%
S60 30 44 -31.8% 80 120 -33.3%
V70 0 0 n/a 0 0 n/a
XC70 1 2 -50.0% 4 6 -33.3%
C70 0 0 n/a 0 3 n/a
S80 5 7 -28.6% 10 32 -68.8%
XC90 65 78 -16.7% 210 272 -22.8%
MEXICO TOTAL 191 261 -26.8% 609 832 -26.8%
NAFTA TOTAL 12,605 13,204 -4.5% 31,618 35,632 -11.3%
* U.S. totals include Puerto Rico