Volvo Cars of North America Sales Report for February 2006
IRVINE, Calif., March 1 -- Volvo Cars of North America, LLC reports February sales in the United States* of 8,417 units, representing a 19.3 percent decline compared to the same period last year.
Overall in North America (United States including Puerto Rico, Canada, and Mexico), sales for the month were off 18.2 percent, with 9,328 units sold. Volvo Canada reports sales of 699 units and Volvo in Mexico recorded 212 units -- up 2.3 percent and down 25.4 percent, respectively.
VCNA, part of the Volvo Car Corporation of Gothenburg, Sweden, 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 since 1927. The 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 soon-to-be released 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 01-Mar-06
UNITED STATES
February * Year-to-Date *
2006 2005 % 2006 2005 %
Volvo Model
S40 0 0 n/a 0 1 n/a
All New S40 1,833 2,136 -14.2% 3,809 4,241 -10.2%
V40 0 1 n/a 0 1 n/a
V50 323 545 -40.7% 704 996 -29.3%
S60 1,870 1,939 -3.6% 3,937 3,865 1.9%
V70 383 701 -45.4% 832 1,314 -36.7%
XC70 894 1,055 -15.3% 1,917 2,146 -10.7%
C70 47 229 -79.5% 74 423 -82.5%
S80 548 949 -42.3% 1,116 2,022 -44.8%
XC90 2,519 2,876 -12.4% 4,909 5,582 -12.1%
USA TOTAL 8,417 10,431 -19.3% 17,298 20,591 -16.0%
CANADA
February Year-to-Date
2006 2005 % 2006 2005 %
Volvo Model
S40 0 0 n/a 0 0 n/a
All New S40 96 158 -39.2% 178 311 -42.8%
V40 0 0 n/a 0 0 n/a
V50 57 61 -6.6% 102 141 -27.7%
S60 149 92 62.0% 260 146 78.1%
V70 50 39 28.2% 98 75 30.7%
XC70 129 132 -2.3% 230 230 0.0%
C70 0 0 n/a 0 1 n/a
S80 15 16 -6.3% 40 27 48.1%
XC90 203 185 9.7% 389 335 16.1%
CANADA TOTAL 699 683 2.3% 1,297 1,266 2.4%
MEXICO
February Year-to-Date
2006 2005 % 2006 2005 %
Volvo Model
S40 0 0 n/a 0 2 -100.0%
All New S40 98 130 -24.6% 211 258 -18.2%
V40 0 0 n/a 0 0 n/a
V50 1 2 -50.0% 4 9 -55.6%
S60 31 39 -20.5% 50 76 -34.2%
V70 0 0 n/a 0 0 n/a
XC70 3 4 n/a 3 4 n/a
C70 0 2 n/a 0 3 n/a
S80 1 9 -88.9% 5 25 -80.0%
XC90 78 98 -20.4% 145 194 -25.3%
MEXICO TOTAL 212 284 -25.4% 418 571 -26.8%
NAFTA TOTAL 9,328 11,398 -18.2% 19,013 22,428 -15.2%
* U.S. totals include Puerto Rico
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