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Volvo Cars of North America Reports May Sales


June 2006
 Filed under: VOLVO Car News | VOLVO Headlines
IRVINE, Calif., June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Volvo Cars of North America, LLC reports sales in May of 10,144 units in the United States*. For the month, sales were off 6 percent compared to the same period last year.
Overall in North America (United States including Puerto Rico, Canada, and Mexico), 11,610 unit were sold, representing a 6.5 percent decline year-over-year. Sales for Volvo Canada and Volvo Mexico were 1,228 and 238 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-Jun-06 UNITED STATES May * Year-to-Date * 2006 2005 % 2006 2005 % Volvo Model S40 0 0 n/a 0 3 n/a All New S40 2,040 2,229 -8.5% 10,330 10,765 -4.0% V40 0 0 n/a 0 5 n/a V50 360 469 -23.2% 1,749 2,462 -29.0% S60 2,744 2,506 9.5% 10,914 11,058 -1.3% V70 617 655 -5.8% 2,377 3,322 -28.4% XC70 1,142 1,124 1.6% 5,426 5,567 -2.5% C70 1 180 -99.4% 10 1,156 -99.1% New C70 28 n/a n/a 539 n/a n/a S80 799 759 5.3% 3,436 4,786 -28.2% XC90 2,413 2,904 -16.9% 13,563 14,667 -7.5% USA TOTAL 10,144 10,826 -6.3% 48,344 53,791 -10.1% CANADA May Year-to-Date 2006 2005 % 2006 2005 % Volvo Model S40 0 0 n/a 0 0 n/a All New S40 169 203 -16.7% 620 903 -31.3% V40 0 0 n/a 0 0 n/a V50 83 92 -9.8% 348 430 -19.1% S60 277 325 -14.8% 1,074 1,062 1.1% V70 160 112 42.9% 488 400 22.0% XC70 159 227 -30.0% 726 897 -19.1% C70 0 0 n/a 0 7 n/a New C70 51 n/a n/a 51 n/a n/a S80 27 27 0.0% 166 106 56.6% XC90 302 282 7.1% 1,294 1,204 7.5% CANADA TOTAL 1,228 1,268 -3.2% 4,767 5,009 -4.8% MEXICO May Year-to-Date 2006 2005 % 2006 2005 % Volvo Model S40 0 0 n/a 0 3 -100.0% All New S40 114 169 -32.5% 474 717 -33.9% V40 0 0 n/a 0 0 n/a V50 5 7 -28.6% 13 20 -35.0% S60 33 26 26.9% 126 199 -36.7% V70 0 0 n/a 0 0 n/a XC70 1 3 -66.7% 5 11 -54.5% C70 0 0 n/a 0 4 n/a New C70 0 0 n/a 0 0 n/a S80 0 9 -100.0% 11 54 -79.6% XC90 85 109 -22.0% 346 453 -23.6% MEXICO TOTAL 238 323 -26.3% 975 1,461 -33.3% NAFTA TOTAL 11,610 12,417 -6.5% 54,086 60,261 -10.2% * U.S. totals include Puerto Rico



Source: Volvo Cars of North America, LLC

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