According to sales data released by Volvo's official website, Volvo's global sales in August climbed 14.5% year-on-year. Driven by sales growth in key regions such as the US, China and Europe, Volvo sold a total of 43,361 vehicles last month. From January to August this year, Volvo The cumulative global sales reached 411,931 units, an increase of 14.5% over the same period last year.
In the US, thanks to the best-selling XC60 and XC90, Volvo's August sales rose 12.2% to 8,970 units compared with the same period last year (7,994 units); in the first eight months of this year, Volvo's cumulative sales in this market reached 65,214 units, a year-on-year surge. 32.9%.
Thanks to strong consumer demand for domestic XC60 and S90, Volvo's sales in China (Volvo's largest single market) reached 11,386 units in August, compared with 9,616 units in the same period last year, up 18.4% year-on-year. Volvo's cumulative sales in China rose 17.2% year-on-year to 82,987 units.
In Europe, Volvo sold 14,923 units in August, up 4.9% year-on-year from 14,221 units. This was mainly due to consumer demand for the new XC60, 90 Series and XC40. January-August, Volvo Sales in Europe exceeded 203,758 units, an increase of 6.1% year-on-year.
Globally, the new Volvo XC60 is still the best-selling model in the first eight months of this year, with 116,381 units sold (5,304 units in the same period last year) and the Volvo XC90 ranked 61,949 units (52,659 units in the same period last year). Second, the Volvo V40/V40 Cross Country ranked third with 51,739 units (60,695 units in the same period last year). It is worth mentioning that the Volvo S90 sold 39,149 units in the first eight months, a year-on-year increase of 60.7% compared with 24,357 units in the same period last year. In addition, the XC40 is still selling well, with a cumulative sales volume of 39,286 units.