Overall in North America (United States including Puerto Rico, Canada, and Mexico), 11,307 units were sold. For the month, sales were down 12.2 percent year-over-year. Sales for Volvo in Canada and in Mexico were 704 and 265 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 01-Aug-06 UNITED STATES July* Year-to-Date* 2006 2005 % 2006 2005 % Volvo Model S40 0 0 n/a 0 4 n/a All New S40 2,065 2,066 0.0% 14,400 15,021 -4.1% V40 0 1 n/a 0 6 n/a V50 341 497 -31.4% 2,444 3,429 -28.7% S60 2,228 2,400 -7.2% 16,019 16,143 -0.8% V70 582 714 -18.5% 3,531 4,798 -26.4% XC70 1,051 1,580 -33.5% 7,745 8,672 -10.7% C70 0 63 -100.0% 11 1,368 -99.2% New C70 575 n/a n/a 1,675 n/a n/a S80 407 1,006 -59.5% 4,722 6,666 -29.2% XC90 3,089 3,184 -3.0% 19,032 21,471 -11.4% USA TOTAL 10,338 11,511 -10.2% 69,579 77,578 -10.3% CANADA July Year-to-Date 2006 2005 % 2006 2005 % Volvo Model S40 0 0 n/a 0 0 n/a All New S40 108 185 -41.6% 884 1,319 -33.0% V40 0 0 n/a 0 0 n/a V50 47 115 -59.1% 454 647 -29.8% S60 142 157 -9.6% 1,425 1,406 1.4% V70 54 122 -55.7% 646 608 6.3% XC70 195 225 -13.3% 1,097 1,333 -17.7% C70 0 0 n/a 0 7 n/a New C70 13 n/a n/a 68 n/a n/a S80 21 33 -36.4% 205 164 25.0% XC90 124 188 -34.0% 1,650 1,648 0.1% CANADA TOTAL 704 1,025 -31.3% 6,429 7,132 -9.9% MEXICO July Year-to-Date 2006 2005 % 2006 2005 % Volvo Model S40 0 0 n/a 0 3 -100.0% All New S40 120 149 -19.5% 706 1,061 -33.5% V40 0 0 n/a 0 0 n/a V50 2 8 -75.0% 17 33 -48.5% S60 57 36 58.3% 222 257 -13.6% V70 0 0 n/a 0 0 n/a XC70 0 2 -100.0% 6 16 -62.5% C70 0 1 n/a 0 5 n/a New C70 0 0 n/a 5 0 n/a S80 0 12 -100.0% 14 72 -80.6% XC90 86 139 -38.1% 501 710 -29.4% MEXICO TOTAL 265 347 -23.6% 1,471 2,157 -31.8% NAFTA TOTAL 11,307 12,883 -12.2% 77,479 86,867 -10.8% * U.S. totals include Puerto Rico Source: Volvo Cars of North America, LLC |