Volvo Cars North America Sales Report for August 2007
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IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 4 -- Volvo Cars of North America, LLC reports sales in the United States of 9,125 units for August, representing a 14 percent decrease from the same period last year.
Overall, Volvo sales in North America (United States, including Puerto Rico, Canada and Mexico) were 10,032 units -- down 15.5 percent for the month. Volvo Canada sales were 685 units and 222 units were sold at Volvo in Mexico, ... down 29.2 percent and up 26.2 percent respectively.
Volvo Cars of North America, LLC (VCNA), based in Irvine, CA, is a subsidiary of the 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 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
Retail Sales by Model 4-Sep-07
UNITED STATES
August* Year-to-Date*
2007 2006 % 2007 2006 %
Volvo Model
C30 26 n/a n/a 51 n/a n/a
S40 1,466 1,928 -24.0% 13,564 16,328 -16.9%
V50 214 327 -34.6% 1,961 2,771 -29.2%
S60 1,950 2,488 -21.6% 13,535 18,507 -26.9%
V70 430 571 -24.7% 2,512 4,102 -38.8%
XC70 870 1,326 -34.4% 8,038 9,071 -11.4%
C70 293 483 -39.3% 3,219 2,169 48.4%
S80 1,320 296 345.9% 8,654 5,018 72.5%
XC90 2,556 3,187 -19.8% 21,023 22,219 -5.4%
USA TOTAL 9,125 10,606 -14.0% 72,557 80,185 -9.5%
CANADA
August Year-to-Date
2007 2006 % 2007 2006 %
Volvo Model
C30 130 n/a n/a 772 n/a n/a
S40 79 145 -45.5% 835 1,029 -18.9%
V50 17 43 -60.5% 485 497 -2.4%
S60 84 176 -52.3% 1,252 1,601 -21.8%
V70 23 73 -68.5% 299 719 -58.4%
XC70 112 247 -54.7% 975 1,344 -27.5%
C70 21 60 -65.0% 309 128 141.4%
S80 32 25 28.0% 375 230 63.0%
XC90 187 199 -6.0% 1,502 1,849 -18.8%
CANADA TOTAL 685 968 -29.2% 6,804 7,397 -8.0%
MEXICO
August Year-to-Date
2007 2006 % 2007 2006 %
Volvo Model
C30 45 n/a n/a 152 n/a n/a
S40 82 138 -40.6% 800 844 -5.2%
V50 0 2 -100.0% 8 19 -57.9%
S60 17 44 -61.4% 144 266 -45.9%
V70 0 0 n/a 0 0 n/a
XC70 0 1 n/a 4 7 -42.9%
C70 6 8 n/a 66 13 407.7%
S80 18 1 n/a 127 15 746.7%
XC90 54 107 -49.5% 553 608 -9.0%
MEXICO TOTAL 222 301 -26.2% 1,854 1,772 4.6%
NAFTA TOTAL 10,032 11,875 -15.5% 81,215 89,354 -9.1%
* U.S. totals include Puerto Rico