Volvo Cars North America
Sales Report for August 2006
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IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 1 -- Volvo Cars of North America, LLC reports sales in the United States of 10,606 units for August -- trending upward 2 percent over the previous month. Compared to August of last year, the results are off slightly by 2 percent.
For the month, the Volvo XC90 performed well up nearly 15 percent, within an SUV segment trending down industry wide.
Overall, Volvo sales in North America (United States, including Puerto Rico, Canada and Mexico) were 11,875 units -- down 2.3 percent for the month. Volvo Canada sales were 968 units and 301 units were sold at Volvo in Mexico, ... down 7 percent and up 3 percent respectively.
Volvo Cars of North America, LLC (VCNA), based in Irvine, CA, is a subsidiary of the Volvo Car Corporation of Gothenborg, Sweden. VCNA 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); and the new Volvo C70, the convertible with the innovative retractable hardtop.
* U.S. sales include Puerto Rico
VOLVO CARS OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC
01-Sep-06
Retail Sales by Model
UNITED STATES
August* Year-to-Date*
2006 2005 % 2006 2005 %
Volvo Model
S40 0 0 n/a 0 4 n/a
All New S40 1,928 2,296 -16.0% 16,328 17,317 -5.7%
V40 0 1 n/a 0 7 n/a
V50 327 514 -36.4% 2,771 3,943 -29.7%
S60 2,488 2,166 14.9% 18,507 18,309 1.1%
V70 571 628 -9.1% 4,102 5,426 -24.4%
XC70 1,326 1,424 -6.9% 9,071 10,096 -10.2%
C70 0 34 -100.0% 11 1,402 -99.2%
New C70 483 n/a n/a 2,158 n/a n/a
S80 296 990 -70.1% 5,018 7,656 -34.5%
XC90 3,187 2,773 14.9% 22,219 24,244 -8.4%
USA TOTAL 10,606 10,826 -2.0% 80,185 88,404 -9.3%
CANADA
August Year-to-Date
2006 2005 % 2006 2005 %
Volvo Model
S40 0 0 n/a 0 0 n/a
All New S40 145 165 -12.1% 1,029 1,484 -30.7%
V40 0 0 n/a 0 0 n/a
V50 43 103 -58.3% 497 750 -33.7%
S60 176 196 -10.2% 1,601 1,602 -0.1%
V70 73 109 -33.0% 719 717 0.3%
XC70 247 262 -5.7% 1,344 1,595 -15.7%
C70 0 0 n/a 0 7 n/a
New C70 60 n/a n/a 128 n/a n/a
S80 25 37 -32.4% 230 201 14.4%
XC90 199 170 17.1% 1,849 1,818 1.7%
CANADA TOTAL 968 1,042 -7.1% 7,397 8,174 -9.5%
MEXICO
August Year-to-Date
2006 2005 % 2006 2005 %
Volvo Model
S40 0 0 n/a 0 3 -100.0%
All New S40 138 100 38.0% 844 1,161 -27.3%
V40 0 0 n/a 0 0 n/a
V50 2 12 -83.3% 19 45 -57.8%
S60 44 61 -27.9% 266 318 -16.4%
V70 0 0 n/a 0 0 n/a
XC70 1 1 0.0% 7 17 -58.8%
C70 0 1 n/a 0 6 n/a
New C70 8 0 n/a 13 n/a n/a
S80 1 5 -80.0% 15 77 -80.5%
XC90 107 111 -3.6% 608 821 -25.9%
MEXICO TOTAL 301 291 3.4% 1,772 2,448 -27.6%
NAFTA TOTAL 11,875 12,159 -2.3% 89,354 99,026 -9.8%
* U.S. totals include Puerto Rico