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  1. Volvo News & Rumors
    Volvo Cars will be unable to reach its global volume target of 800,000 vehicles this year. Considering everything that has - or hasn't - happened in 2020, any automaker that ends the period moving more metal than they did in 2019 should probably have a statue erected in front of their...
  2. Volvo News & Rumors
    Sales are up again at Volvo in the Americas, with double-digit growth, the company's best year in more than a decade in the U.S., big sales in Canada and increases in Latin America. The total for 2019 was 133,828 cars in the U.S., Canada, and Latin America, a gain of 10 percent in the region...
  3. Volvo News & Rumors
    Volvo USA has just reported sales up a whopping 20.2 percent for October, which makes this the company's best October in 15 years. That's right, with 8,807 vehicles sold last month, that's the highest sales level Volvo has hit in October since 2004. When the company offered up the S40, very old...
  4. Volvo News & Rumors
    Thanks to the increasing popularity of its two most affordable models, 2019 appears to be the year in which Volvo's U.S. operations will appear firmly and solidly back on track. For the first time since 2007, Volvo is set to sell more than 100,000 vehicles in the United States. At the current 6...
  5. Volvo News & Rumors
    New products and launches took a heavy toll on Volvo's third quarter earnings report. The brand announced today that despite global sales rising a healthy 14% last quarter, its operating income fell by roughly 50% in the same period. This coincides with the launch of the critically acclaimed...
  6. Volvo News & Rumors
    Volvo Cars remains on a roll, with sales up 12.9 percent globally for this September. It puts the automaker well on its way to a fifth consecutive record sales year. Last month, Volvo sold 60,622 cars. That's up 12.9 percent from the same month a year before. That's a slightly lower growth rate...
  7. Volvo News & Rumors
    Volvo Car USA just reported sales figures for September, and the brand is up more than 10 percent from the same month last year. That continues the annual growth that has sales up nearly a third from this time in 2017. "In a challenging market, Volvo’s sales remained strong," said Anders...
  8. Volvo News & Rumors
    Polestar has brought in a new sales boss. They're getting experience from a new executive who has worked with Jaguar Land Rover, PSA, Mercedes-Benz, and Toyota. Mike Whittington is the latest addition to the Polestar team, as the leader of Global Sales Operations. That means it's his job to...
  9. Volvo News & Rumors
    Volvo marked another excellent sales month, putting it even closer to yet another year of record sales for the automaker. In August, Volvo saw 43,361 vehicles delivered. That's up 14.5 percent over the same month a year before. It puts the company at 411,931 for the year, which is coincidently...
  10. Volvo News & Rumors
    Volvo Cars reported big sales gains for the first half of this year, setting another record and jumping 14.4 percent from the same period last year. That means 317,639 sales for Volvo, and the automaker reports it is on course for record full-year sales, likely to top 600,000 for the first time...
  11. Volvo News & Rumors
    Volvo Cars has reported global sales are up again this month. That's 12.2 percent for April 2018 compared to the same month a year before. That means the Swedish automaker managed to move 52,635 cars for the month. Nearly 6,000 more than April last year. That puts the automaker up 13.6 percent...
  12. Volvo News & Rumors
    Volvo Cars announced their first quarter financial results earlier today. The automaker reported an operating profit of 3,616 million Swedish Kroner. That's around US $416 million. That's up 3.6 percent from the same quarter last year. Net revenues for the company were MSEK 56,813 which is up...
  13. Volvo News & Rumors
    March was a good month for Volvo, with sales around the world growing by more than 10%, as compared to March 2017. Growth was strong in all of Volvo's major markets, but was particularly steep in the US, where sales rose by 53%. Together with the January and February numbers, Volvo has sold 49%...
  14. Volvo News & Rumors
    New models and growth in China have lead Volvo to record profits for 2017. The company reported operating profits up 27.7 percent over last year, hitting 14.1 billion Swedish crowns (US $1.76 billion). Vehicle sales were up 7 percent for 2017, hitting 571,577. Sales in China, the automaker's...
  15. Volvo News & Rumors
    Customer deliveries of Volvo's first compact crossover, the XC40, started less than a month ago but orders have already topped 20,000 units. Those are big numbers for the debut of the XC40, and it still hasn't launched in what could be its biggest market: China. Volvo is launching the crossover...
  16. Volvo News & Rumors
    Volvo had a record-breaking 2017, selling a total of more than 570,000 vehicles. That figure amounts to a 7% rise over the automaker's 2016 numbers. The record-breaking numbers came with one caveat, though, as the brand struggled in December, with sales slipping nearly 4% in the year's final...
  17. Volvo News & Rumors
    Sales for Volvo were on the up and up this month, as the automaker sold 5.3% more cars in October 2017 than it did in the same month a year earlier. That hike came as a result of strong demand for the 90 and 60 series in large markets. Sales in China were up nearly 30%, while sales in the USA...
  18. Volvo News & Rumors
    In anticipation of a welcoming party for 2018 models, non-Volvo luxury car owners are currently eligible for a discount valued at $23,500 on a handful of remaining copies of the 2017 Volvo XC90 T8 Excellence. There's only one problem. The Volvo XC90 T8 Excellence is not exactly the most...
  19. Volvo News & Rumors
    Volvo Cars, the premium carmaker, remains firmly on course for another record year in retail sales after posting an 8.2 per cent increase for the first six months of the year. Total sales in the first half of 2017 amounted to 277,641 cars, compared to 256,563 cars a year earlier. Global retail...
  20. Volvo News & Rumors
    Volvo Cars has had a strong first quarter of 2017 with profit rising 11 percent, to $395 million and sales increased by 7.1%. Globally, the Swedish automaker sold nearly 130,000 cars between January and March, though increasing investments in new staff and facilities mean that its operating...
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