Volvo Cars records 14th consecutive month of sales growth

Volvo Cars continued to gain momentum globally in July, selling 41,681 cars in the month, a 9.3 percent increase over the same period last year. With this, the Swedish automaker now registered its 14^th consecutive month of sales growth globally.

Sales of the new Volvo XC90 were the main growth driver globally, while the XC60 continued to be the best-selling model overall. Further, the carmaker’s global growth for the first seven months was 10.3 percent.

The United States was Volvo’s biggest market in July, reporting a sales increase of 52.3 percent year-on-year (YoY) with 8,556 units sold. The new Volvo XC90 was the best-selling Volvo model in the US with the XC60 in second place.

Sales of Volvo cars in China amounted to 6,171 units in the reported month July, up 5.8 percent versus the same month last year. The best-selling cars were the locally produced Volvo XC60 and S60L models.

Meanwhile, sales in Europe remained flat with only a 0.1 percent increase, amounting to 20,502 units. The Volvo XC60 was the best-selling model in Europe while the new XC90 represented most of the growth for the month.

Globally, the Volvo XC60 was the best-selling model in July with 12,623 sold cars (2015: 12,933), followed by the Volvo XC90 with 7,899 sold cars (4,533). The Volvo V40/V40 Cross Country was the third best-selling model at 7,835 cars (7,098).

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