GLOBAL - OCTOBER SALES - Volvo

• Global sales of 40,680 cars, up 12.6 per cent versus October last year
• Volvo Cars’ 16^th consecutive month of growth
• Year-to-date sales of 379,880 cars, an increase of 9.5 per cent versus 2013

Volvo Cars posted a 16^th consecutive month of retail sales growth in October, with China, Europe and the United States all recording a sales increase compared to October 2013.

China, Volvo Cars’ largest market, reported October sales of 6,917 cars, up 36 per cent versus October last year and the accumulated sales result for the first ten months of the year has already passed the full year result for 2013. The Volvo S60L sedan was the best-selling model followed closely by the XC60 crossover.

In Sweden, Volvo Cars sold 6,609 cars, up 30 per cent from the same month last year. The market share was 22.3 per cent with four Volvo models on the top 10 list of best-selling cars.

Volvo Cars continued its strong performance in Europe in October, where sales rose 12.1 per cent versus October last year. The UK market was the main growth driver where sales of the Volvo XC60 more than doubled versus last year. 

Germany and all Southern European markets also reported positive developments. The V40 remains the best-selling Volvo model in Europe, helped by its strong and class-leading line-up of Drive-E engines.

The United States was up by 1.4 per cent to 3,972 cars making it Volvo Cars’ third-largest individual market in October. The Volvo S60 and XC60 models were the best-selling models during the month.

“It’s very encouraging to see that all of our top five markets reported growth for the month which is a clear sign of a strong product offer,” says Alain Visser, Senior Vice President Marketing, Sales and Customer Service at Volvo Cars. “I’m also looking forward to see the reactions on what we will reveal at the upcoming motor shows in Los Angeles and Guangzhou this month.”

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

	October				January – October
	2013	2014	Change		2013	2014	Change
China	5 086	6 917	36,0%		48 466	65 827	35,8%
USA	3 919	3 972	1,4%		52 112	47 828	-8,2%
Sweden	5 084	6 609	30,0%		41 409	49 374	19,2%
Western Europe*	14 854	16 652	12,1%		134 084	147 500	10,0%
Other markets	7 184	6 530	-9,1%		70 773	69 351	-2,0%
TOTAL	36 127	40 680	12,6%		346 844	379 880	9,5%
*excluding Sweden

The Volvo XC60 was the best-selling model in October with 11,895 sold cars (2013: 9,954), followed by the Volvo V40 and V40 Cross Country for which deliveries reached a total of 9,981 cars (9,489). The third best-selling model was the Volvo V60 with 5,977 cars (5,170). Sales figures by model can be found in the Sales Volumes section of the Global Newsroom.