Volvo Cars Sales Report for March 2007
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IRVINE, Calif., April 3 -- Volvo Cars of North America, LLC (VCNA) reports sales of 10,666 units for the month in the United States. The results are down 4.4 percent compared to the same period last year.
Volvo Cars recorded sales throughout North America of 12,002 units, which represents a decrease of 4.8 percent. Sales in Canada were 18.4 percent down with 1,029 units sold, while in Mexico, Volvo sales increased 60.7 percent selling 307 units.
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 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 03-Apr-07
UNITED STATES
March * Year-to-Date *
2007 2006 % 2007 2006 %
Volvo Model
S40 2,204 2,372 -7.1% 5,693 6,181 -7.9%
V50 304 374 -18.7% 722 1,078 -33.0%
S60 1,702 2,341 -27.3% 4,378 6,278 -30.3%
V70 371 464 -20.0% 849 1,296 -34.5%
XC70 1,128 1,333 -15.4% 3,078 3,250 -5.3%
C70 368 11 3245.5% 1,011 85 1089.4%
S80 1,392 599 132.4% 3,103 1,715 80.9%
XC90 3,197 3,659 -12.6% 8,119 8,568 -5.2%
USA TOTAL 10,666 11,153 -4.4% 26,953 28,451 -5.3%
CANADA
March Year-to-Date
2007 2006 % 2007 2006 %
Volvo Model
C30 103 n/a n/a 128 n/a n/a
S40 74 148 -50.0% 184 326 -43.6%
V50 43 100 -57.0% 126 202 -37.6%
S60 309 300 3.0% 481 560 -14.1%
V70 27 116 -76.7% 91 214 -57.5%
XC70 110 212 -48.1% 304 442 -31.2%
C70 77 0 n/a 98 0 n/a
S80 57 63 -9.5% 139 103 35.0%
XC90 229 322 -28.9% 551 711 -22.5%
CANADA TOTAL 1,029 1,261 -18.4% 2,102 2,558 -17.8%
MEXICO
March Year-to-Date
2007 2006 % 2007 2006 %
Volvo Model
C30 13 n/a n/a 20 n/a n/a
S40 142 89 59.6% 352 300 17.3%
V50 1 1 0.0% 7 5 40.0%
S60 22 30 -26.7% 73 80 -8.8%
V70 0 0 n/a 0 0 n/a
XC70 0 1 -100.0% 2 4 -50.0%
C70 19 0 n/a 25 0 n/a
S80 21 5 320.0% 60 10 500.0%
XC90 89 65 36.9% 214 210 1.9%
MEXICO TOTAL 307 191 60.7% 753 609 23.6%
NAFTA TOTAL 12,002 12,605 -4.8% 29,808 31,618 -5.7%
* U.S. totals include Puerto Rico