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Volvo Cars of North America Announces April Sales Report


May 2006
 Filed under: VOLVO Car News | VOLVO Headlines
IRVINE, Calif., May 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Volvo Cars of North America, LLC reports April sales of 9,749 units in the United States*. Sales for April were down 9 percent compared to the same period last year. Overall in North America (United States including Puerto Rico, Canada, and Mexico), 10,858 unit sales represented an 11 percent decrease year-over-year. Sales for Volvo Canada and Volvo Mexico were 981 and 128 units, 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 all-new Volvo C70.

* U.S. sales include Puerto Rico





VOLVO CARS OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC Retail Sales by Model 02-May-06 UNITED STATES April * Year-to-Date * 2006 2005 % 2006 2005 % Volvo Model S40 0 1 n/a 0 3 n/a All New S40 2,109 2,117 -0.4% 8,290 8,536 -2.9% V40 0 3 n/a 0 5 n/a V50 311 531 -41.4% 1,389 1,993 -30.3% S60 1,892 2,222 -14.9% 8,170 8,552 -4.5% V70 464 694 -33.1% 1,760 2,667 -34.0% XC70 1,034 1,032 0.2% 4,284 4,443 -3.6% C70 0 279 -100.0% 9 976 -99.1% New C70 435 n/a n/a 511 n/a n/a S80 922 839 9.9% 2,637 4,027 -34.5% XC90 2,582 3,025 -14.6% 11,150 11,763 -5.2% USA TOTAL 9,749 10,743 -9.3% 38,200 42,965 -11.1% CANADA April Year-to-Date 2006 2005 % 2006 2005 % Volvo Model S40 0 0 n/a 0 0 n/a All New S40 125 172 -27.3% 451 700 -35.6% V40 0 0 n/a 0 0 n/a V50 63 91 -30.8% 265 338 -21.6% S60 237 313 -24.3% 797 737 8.1% V70 114 128 -10.9% 328 288 13.9% XC70 125 187 -33.2% 567 670 -15.4% C70 0 4 n/a 0 7 n/a S80 36 26 38.5% 139 79 75.9% XC90 281 242 16.1% 992 922 7.6% CANADA TOTAL 981 1,163 -15.6% 3,539 3,741 -5.4% MEXICO April Year-to-Date 2006 2005 % 2006 2005 % Volvo Model S40 0 0 n/a 0 3 -100.0% All New S40 60 162 -63.0% 360 548 -34.3% V40 0 0 n/a 0 0 n/a V50 3 3 0.0% 8 13 -38.5% S60 13 53 -75.5% 93 173 -46.2% V70 0 0 n/a 0 0 n/a XC70 0 2 -100.0% 4 8 -50.0% C70 0 1 n/a 0 4 n/a S80 1 13 -92.3% 11 45 -75.6% XC90 51 72 -29.2% 261 344 -24.1% MEXICO TOTAL 128 306 -58.2% 737 1,138 -35.2% NAFTA TOTAL 10,858 12,212 -11.1% 42,476 47,844 -11.2% *U.S. totals include Puerto Rico



Source: Volvo Cars of North America, LLC

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