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).
*EU20 includes Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Belgium/Luxemburg, France, Spain, Italy, Greece, Portugal, UK, Ireland, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Hungary and Czech Republic
