Premium carmaker remains on track for a fourth consecutive year of record sales. January-September 2017 sales total 413,472 cars, up 9.0 percent.
04 Oct 2017 | 3217 Views | By Autocar Pro News Desk
Volvo Cars has continued its sales momentum in September, reporting year-on-year growth in all main regions, and remains on track for a fourth consecutive year of record sales.
Sales in September reached 53,674 cars sold, up 11.2 percent compared with the same month last year. In the first nine ...
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Volvo Cars has continued its sales momentum in September, reporting year-on-year growth in all main regions, and remains on track for a fourth consecutive year of record sales.
Sales in September reached 53,674 cars sold, up 11.2 percent compared with the same month last year. In the first nine months of 2017 sales amounted to 413,472 cars, up 9.0 per cent compared to the year ago period.
Strong demand for the 90 series cars and the ramping up of new XC60 production continued to be an important factor in the company’s sales growth.
In China, Volvo’s largest market, sales grew by 29.8 percent in September to a total of 11,544 cars. The locally produced XC60, S60L and S90 models continued to be the main growth drivers. The Asia Pacific region recorded the strongest growth of all regions during the first nine months of 2017, up 23.7 per cent, compared with the same period last year.
In the US, Volvo reported a very strong 40.7 percent increase year-on-year for the month of September, following strong sales of the XC90 SUV, the S90 sedan and the just arrived new XC60 mid-size SUV. The Americas region as a whole grew by 36.3 per cent in September.
Sales in the EMEA region grew by 0.8 percent in September to 29,606 cars. For the first nine months of 2017, sales were up by 6.3 per cent to 234,852 cars as the region continued to see strong demand for the new V90, new XC60 and XC90.
Globally, the Volvo XC60 was the best-selling model in September with 14,391 cars sold (2016: 15,551), followed by the Volvo V40/V40 Cross Country with 8,421 cars sold (10,341). The XC90 was third with 7,937 sold cars (7,856).