August 2017: Volvo Car USA, LLC

[William Maley]

Volvo Reports Four Percent Growth in August

ROCKLEIGH, N.J. (September 1, 2017) - Volvo Car USA, LLC, (VCUSA) reported U.S. sales of 7,994 vehicles for the month of August, a 4.1 percent increase versus August 2016. The month was led by the XC90 with 2,869 sales, followed by the XC60 with 2,218 current generation and 303 of the first arriving all-new vehicles.
 
“August brought the increased availability of carlines we have been anticipating and the arrivals of the first all-new XC60 vehicles,” said Lex Kerssemakers, President and CEO, Volvo Car USA. “This, coupled with strong programs in place, will allow us to carry the positive momentum for the remainder of the year, resulting in growth for 2017.”

Models	August 2017	August 2016	%	Year To Date 2017	Year To Date 2016	%
S60	1,125	1,110	1.4 %	7,978	8,755	-8.9 %
S60 CC	37	40	-7.5 %	176	400	-56.0 %
S80	1	99	-99.0 %	6	500	-98.8 %
S90	918	194	373.2 %	4,727	451	948.1 %
V60	111	342	-67.5 %	1,801	2,459	-26.8 %
V60 CC	127	412	-69.2 %	1,731	1,878	-7.8 %
V90	32	0	100.0 %	93	0	100.0 %
V90 CC	253	0	100.0 %	1,320	0	100.0 %
XC60	2,218	1,847	20.1 %	12,458	12,770	-2.4 %
XC60 II	303	0	100.0 %	1,282	0	100.0 %
XC70	0	778	-	73	3,919	-98.1 %
All-New XC90	2,869	2,859	0.3 %	17,421	21,760	-19.9 %
Total	7,994	7,681	4.1 %	49,066	52,892	-7.2 %

* I, II, III etc shows which generation the car model belongs to.

[G. David Felt]

Nice gain by Volvo. CUV's are taking off, the new V90 versions seem to be doing very well as well as the rest.