Volvo Car Group reports global retail sales of 34,843 cars for the month of October, representing a 1.8 per cent decrease versus the same month in 2011. Year-to-date, the company has sold 347,532 cars worldwide, down 5.9 per cent versus 2011.
Retail sales status (deliveries to end customers) for Volvo Car Group is as follows:
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China | 3 837 | 3 389 | -11,7% |
| 36 793 | 34 094 | -7,3% |
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USA | 4 902 | 4 196 | -14,4% |
| 57 085 | 55 784 | -2,3% |
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EU20* | 20 546 | 21 326 | 3,8% |
| 210 754 | 188 389 | -10,6% |
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of which Sweden | 5 505 | 5 508 | 0,1% |
| 48 163 | 41 520 | -13,8% |
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Rest of World | 6 204 | 5 932 | -4,4% |
| 64 722 | 69 265 | 7,0% |
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TOTAL | 35 489 | 34 843 | -1,8% |
| 369 354 | 347 532 | -5,9% |
The all-new Volvo V40 has been well received in European markets and in October alone, 6,228 V40 cars were delivered to customers. Year-to-date, 12,097 V40 cars have been sold.
The Volvo XC60 is the best selling model so far this year with 86,551 cars (2011: 78,969), followed by the Volvo S60 which reached 53,565 cars (56,255) and the Volvo V60 where sales amounted to 42,884 cars (40,716). Historical sales figures by model can be found in the Sales Volume section of the Newsroom.
*EU20 includes Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Belgium/Luxemburg, France, Spain, Italy, Greece, Portugal, UK, Ireland, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Hungary and Czech Republic