Volvo Cars North America Reports Sales for May 2007
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IRVINE, Calif., June 1 -- Volvo Cars of North America, LLC reports May sales of 9,208 units* in the United States, which represents a 9.2 percent decrease compared to the same period last year.
Overall, Volvo sales for North America (United States, including Puerto Rico, Canada and Mexico) were 10,636 units* -- down 8.4 percent from the YTD 2006. Volvo Canada sales were off 5 percent, with 1,166 units sold. Volvo sales in Mexico increased 10.5 percent ahead of last year, with 263 units sold.
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
1-Jun-07
UNITED STATES
May* Year-to-Date*
2007 2006 % 2007 2006 %
Volvo Model
S40 1,592 2,040 -22.0% 9,023 10,330 -12.7%
V50 286 360 -20.6% 1,263 1,749 -27.8%
S60 1,632 2,744 -40.5% 7,514 10,914 -31.2%
V70 293 617 -52.5% 1,392 2,377 -41.4%
XC70 1,236 1,142 8.2% 5,070 5,426 -6.6%
C70 572 29 1872.4% 2,060 549 275.2%
S80 971 799 21.5% 5,063 3,436 47.4%
XC90 2,626 2,413 8.8% 12,914 13,563 -4.8%
USA TOTAL 9,208 10,144 -9.2% 44,299 48,344 -8.4%
CANADA
May Year-to-Date
2007 2006 % 2007 2006 %
Volvo Model
C30 178 n/a n/a 408 n/a n/a
S40 181 169 7.1% 483 620 -22.1%
V50 84 83 1.2% 292 348 -16.1%
S60 166 277 -40.1% 855 1,074 -20.4%
V70 54 160 -66.3% 199 488 -59.2%
XC70 150 159 -5.7% 563 726 -22.5%
C70 49 51 n/a 214 51 n/a
S80 75 27 177.8% 271 166 63.3%
XC90 229 302 -24.2% 978 1,294 -24.4%
CANADA TOTAL 1,166 1,228 -5.0% 4,263 4,767 -10.6%
MEXICO
May Year-to-Date
2007 2006 % 2007 2006 %
Volvo Model
C30 50 n/a n/a 70 n/a n/a
S40 91 114 -20.2% 519 474 9.5%
V50 1 5 -80.0% 8 13 -38.5%
S60 12 33 -63.6% 99 126 -21.4%
V70 0 0 n/a 0 0 n/a
XC70 1 1 0.0% 3 5 -40.0%
C70 8 0 0.0% 45 0 n/a
S80 13 0 n/a 90 11 718.2%
XC90 87 85 2.4% 372 346 7.5%
MEXICO TOTAL 263 238 10.5% 1,206 975 23.7%
NAFTA TOTAL 10,637 11,610 -8.4% 49,768 54,086 -8.0%
* U.S. totals include Puerto Rico