JANUARY SALES WORLDWIDE - VOLVO - Growth in all major markets

Volvo Cars’ global sales up 1.6 percent, growth in all key markets

• Volvo Cars’ 19^th consecutive month of growth
• Global sales of 30,854 cars, up 1.6 per cent versus January last year

Volvo Cars posted a 19^th consecutive month of retail sales growth in January with Europe, China and the United States all recording sales increases compared to January 2014.

Sales of Volvo Cars in Europe rose 4.9 per cent versus the same month last year. Most European markets did well, with the United Kingdom being the main growth driver; up 34.4 per cent versus January 2014.

Sweden remains a growing market for Volvo Cars with retail sales of 3,628 cars, up 0.2 per cent from the same month last year, and Volvo Cars retains its 20 per cent market share. The Volvo XC60 and XC70 crossovers were the best-selling models.

China also reported growth with January sales of 5,879 cars, up 0.7 per cent versus January last year. Volvo Cars’ best-selling models in China were the XC60 and the S60L.

Sales in the United States were up by 0.1 per cent to 3,795 cars in January. The best-selling models were the Volvo XC60 and S60.

“2014 was a good year and we continue the positive trend into 2015 with our 19^th month of consecutive growth,” says Alain Visser, Senior Vice President Marketing, Sales and Customer Service at Volvo Cars. “The fact that we have received over 15,000 pre-orders for the all new XC90 before its arrival in showrooms shows promise for Volvo Cars’ future.”

Retail sales status (deliveries to end customers) for Volvo Car Group is as follows:

	January
	2014	2015	Change
China	5 841	5 879	0,7%
USA	3 792	3 795	0,1%
Sweden	3 621	3 628	0,2%
Western Europe*	11 701	12 277	4,9%
Other markets	5 417	5 275	-2,6%
TOTAL	30 372	30 854	1,6%
*excluding Sweden

The Volvo XC60 was the best-selling mode in January with 10,403 sold cars (2014: 8,947), followed by the Volvo V40 and V40 Cross Country for which deliveries reached a total of 6,990 cars (2014: 6,575). The V60 and V60 Cross Country models were third best selling at 3,989 cars (2014: 4,628).