December 2018: Volvo Car USA, LLC

[William Maley]

Volvo Reports December and Year End Sales

ROCKLEIGH, N.J. (January 3, 2019) - Volvo Car USA, LLC, (VCUSA) reported U.S. sales of 8,826 vehicles for the month of December. For 2018, VCUSA has sold 98,263 vehicles, an increase of 20.6 percent versus the previous year.

The XC60 was the top seller for the month with 3,387 vehicles sold followed by the XC90 with 3,157 vehicles sold.

“2018 proved to be our best year in a decade,” said Anders Gustafsson, President and CEO, Volvo Car USA. “This year brought Volvo Cars and our retailer partners many successes, but perhaps none more monumental than the opening of our first US factory in South Carolina, the production home of our all-new S60 sedan.”

Models	December 2018	December 2017	%	Year To Date 2018	Year To Date 2017	%
S60	25	1,071	-97.7 %	7,056	12,142	-41.9 %
S60 II	230	0	100.0 %	254	0	100.0 %
S60 CC	1	27	-96.3 %	273	312	-12.5 %
S80	0	1	-	-	6	-
S90	466	818	-43.0 %	6,967	8,640	-19.4 %
V60	30	139	-78.4 %	1,333	2,251	-40.8 %
V60 CC	14	101	-86.1 %	2,930	2,118	38.3 %
V60 II	2	0	100.0 %	30	0	100.0 %
V90	52	23	126.1 %	491	183	168.3 %
V90 CC	146	307	-52.4 %	2,204	2,266	-2.7 %
XC40	1,316	0	100.0 %	12,427	0	100.0 %
XC60	0	217	-	264	15,532	-98.3 %
XC60 II	3,387	2,204	53.7 %	32,425	6,984	364.3 %
XC70	0	0	-	-	74	-
XC90	3,157	4,771	-33.8 %	31,609	30,996	2.0 %
Total	8,826	9,679	-8.8 %	98,263	81,504	20.6 %

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

[Drew Dowdell]

Volvo is in such a transition year with the 60 series switching over.  Still, year over year performance looks good. 

[A Horse With No Name]

1 hour ago, Drew Dowdell said:

Volvo is in such a transition year with the 60 series switching over.  Still, year over year performance looks good. 

I really love their current design language...!  Buick and Volvo are building some great cars...both of them...