VOLVO CAR GROUP REPORTS GLOBAL RETAIL SALES OF 34,843 CARS FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, REPRESENTING A 1.8 PER CENT DECREASE VERSUS THE SAME MONTH IN 2011. YEAR-TO-DATE, THE COMPANY HAS SOLD 347,532 CARS WORLDWIDE, DOWN 5.9 PER CENT VERSUS 2011
November 5, 2012.- Retail sales status (deliveries to end customers) for Volvo Car Group is as follows:
| October | January – October | ||||||
| 2011 | 2012 | Change | 2011 | 2012 | Change | ||
| China | 3 837 | 3 389 | -11,7% | 36 793 | 34 094 | -7,3% | |
| USA | 4 902 | 4 196 | -14,4% | 57 085 | 55 784 | -2,3% | |
| EU20* | 20 546 | 21 326 | 3,8% | 210 754 | 188 389 | -10,6% | |
| of which Sweden | 5 505 | 5 508 | 0,1% | 48 163 | 41 520 | -13,8% | |
| Rest of World | 6 204 | 5 932 | -4,4% | 64 722 | 69 265 | 7,0% | |
| TOTAL | 35 489 | 34 843 | -1,8% | 369 354 | 347 532 | -5,9% | |
The all-new Volvo V40 has been well received in European markets and in October alone, 6,228 V40 cars were delivered to customers. Year-to-date, 12,097 V40 cars have been sold.
The Volvo XC60 is the best selling model so far this year with 86,551 cars (2011: 78,969), followed by the Volvo S60 which reached 53,565 cars (56,255) and the Volvo V60 where sales amounted to 42,884 cars (40,716).
*EU20 includes Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Belgium/Luxemburg, France, Spain, Italy, Greece, Portugal, UK, Ireland, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Hungary and Czech Republic.
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Text: Volvo.
Photograph by: Erik-Fagerwall and Volvo.
