Volvo Cars Reports Sales Up Slightly for February 2007
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IRVINE, Calif., March 1 -- Volvo Cars of North America, LLC (VCNA) reports a slight increase in sales for the month compared to the same period last year. In the United States 8,468 units were sold -- up 0.6 percent.*
While the XC90 remains the Volvo sales leader, C70 results indicate the appeal of Volvo's retractable hardtop during this time of year -- the convertible segment is up 444 percent.
In addition, all-new S80 sales were up and the XC70 had a strong showing.
Next week an all-new Volvo XC70 with be unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show, along with its wagon counterpart, an all-new Volvo V70.
Volvo Cars sales throughout North America recorded 9,178 units, which represented a slight decrease of 1.6 percent. Sales in Canada were down 28.2 percent with 502 units sold. In Mexico, Volvo sales of 208 units were off slightly by 1.9 percent.
Volvo Cars of North America, LLC (VCNA), based in Irvine, Calif., is a subsidiary of Volvo Car Corporation of Goteborg, 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 nearly 80 years. The current 2007 model lineup of Volvo cars includes: the award-winning new S40 and its wagon counterpart the 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 versatile V70 wagon and rugged XC70 (Cross Country); the new Volvo C70 -- the convertible with the innovative retractable hardtop, and the all-new Volvo S80.
* U.S. sales include Puerto Rico
VOLVO CARS OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC
Retail Sales by Model 01-Mar-07
UNITED STATES
February * Year-to-Date *
2007 2006 % 2007 2006 %
Volvo Model
S40 2,112 1,833 15.2% 3,489 3,809 -8.4%
V50 223 323 -31.0% 418 704 -40.6%
S60 1,441 1,870 -22.9% 2,676 3,937 -32.0%
V70 221 383 -42.3% 478 832 -42.5%
XC70 1,095 894 22.5% 1,950 1,917 1.7%
C70 256 47 444.7% 643 74 768.9%
S80 580 548 5.8% 1,711 1,116 53.3%
XC90 2,540 2,519 0.8% 4,922 4,909 0.3%
USA TOTAL 8,468 8,417 0.6% 16,287 17,298 -5.8%
CANADA
February Year-to-Date
2007 2006 % 2007 2006 %
Volvo Model
C30 24 n/a n/a 25 n/a n/a
S40 55 96 -42.7% 110 178 -38.2%
V50 41 57 -28.1% 83 102 -18.6%
S60 54 149 -63.8% 172 260 -33.8%
V70 22 50 -56.0% 64 98 -34.7%
XC70 90 129 -30.2% 194 230 -15.7%
C70 15 0 n/a 21 0 n/a
S80 44 15 193.3% 82 40 105.0%
XC90 157 203 -22.7% 322 389 -17.2%
CANADA TOTAL 502 699 -28.2% 1,073 1,297 -17.3%
MEXICO
February Year-to-Date
2007 2006 % 2007 2006 %
Volvo Model
C30 7 n/a n/a 7 n/a n/a
S40 94 98 -4.1% 210 211 -0.5%
V50 3 1 200.0% 6 4 50.0%
S60 18 31 -41.9% 51 50 2.0%
V70 0 0 n/a 0 0 n/a
XC70 1 3 -66.7% 2 3 -33.3%
C70 4 0 n/a 6 0 n/a
S80 30 1 2900.0% 39 5 680.0%
XC90 51 78 -34.6% 125 145 -13.8%
MEXICO TOTAL 208 212 -1.9% 446 418 6.7%
NAFTA TOTAL 9,178 9,328 -1.6% 17,806 19,013 -6.3%
* U.S. totals include Puerto Rico