Volvo Cars Sales Report for October 2007 in North America
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IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 1, 2007 -- Volvo Cars of North America, LLC (VCNA) reports sales of 7,771 units in the United States* for the month, representing a decrease of 7.4 percent compared to the same period last year.
Overall in North America (United States, Puerto Rico, Canada and Mexico), Volvo sales were down 8.1 percent for the month, with 8,452 units sold. October sales in Canada and Mexico were 433 units (down 26.4 percent) and 248 units (up 14.3 percent) respectively.
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 2008 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; the new Volvo C70 - the convertible with the innovative retractable hardtop; the all- new Volvo S80; the recently introduced sporty C30, Volvo's two-door hatchback entry into a new segment; and also new to showrooms, the sophisticated yet rugged all-new XC70 and the soon to be released versatile V70 wagon.
* U.S. sales include Puerto Rico
UNITED STATES
October* Year-to-Date*
2007 2006 % 2007 2006 %
Volvo Model
C30 484 n/a n/a 1,351 n/a n/a
S40 1,116 2,136 -47.8% 15,819 20,895 -24.3%
V50 241 363 -33.6% 2,429 3,539 -31.4%
S60 1,113 1,724 -35.4% 15,476 22,131 -30.1%
V70 218 377 -42.2% 3,102 4,991 -37.8%
XC70 1,036 895 15.8% 10,028 11,346 -11.6%
C70 389 501 -22.4% 3,929 3,057 28.5%
S80 893 69 1194.2% 10,856 5,217 108.1%
XC90 2,281 2,330 -2.1% 25,772 27,095 -4.9%
USA TOTAL 7,771 8,395 -7.4% 88,762 98,271 -9.7%
CANADA
October Year-to-Date
2007 2006 % 2007 2006 %
Volvo Model
C30 91 n/a n/a 991 n/a n/a
S40 46 93 -50.5% 975 1,227 -20.5%
V50 23 51 -54.9% 561 608 -7.7%
S60 26 87 -70.1% 1,364 1,815 -24.8%
V70 7 39 -82.1% 335 810 -58.6%
XC70 95 133 -28.6% 1,210 1,724 -29.8%
C70 14 28 -50.0% 345 207 66.7%
S80 50 2 2400.0% 477 246 93.9%
XC90 81 155 -47.7% 1,764 2,179 -19.0%
CANADA TOTAL 433 588 -26.4% 8,022 8,816 -9.0%
MEXICO
October Year-to-Date
2007 2006 % 2007 2006 %
Volvo Model
C30 66 n/a n/a 270 n/a n/a
S40 75 91 -17.6% 951 1,049 -9.3%
V50 0 1 -100.0% 8 20 -60.0%
S60 11 31 -64.5% 165 326 -49.4%
V70 0 0 n/a 0 0 n/a
XC70 0 0 n/a 4 7 -42.9%
C70 16 11 45.5% 87 44 97.7%
S80 17 1 n/a 160 16 900.0%
XC90 63 82 -23.2% 690 772 -10.6%
MEXICO TOTAL 248 217 14.3% 2,335 2,234 4.5%
NAFTA TOTAL 8,452 9,200 -8.1% 99,119 109,321 -9.3%
* U.S. totals include Puerto Rico