Volvo Cars continues strong sales in April 2018

Volvo Cars has continued its strong start to 2018, with global sales for the month of April totalling 46,895, up 12.2 per cent on April 2017. Globally, the new Volvo XC60 was the best-selling model in April with 14,840 cars sold.

Sales of the new XC40, recently crowned Car of the Year in Europe, as well as the 90 series cars were the main growth drivers in April. In the first four months of 2018, sales amounted to 200,042 cars, up 13.6 per cent compared with the same period last year.

In China, Volvo Cars’ largest market, sales increased by 20.2 per cent following strong customer demand for the locally-produced XC60 SUV and S90 saloon.

Sales in Europe reached 26,360 cars in April, increasing by 3.1 per cent compared with last year on the back of good performance for the XC40, XC60 and 90 series cars.

The US market continued doing well in April, growing by 17.0 per cent compared with the same month last year to 8,333 cars after strong sales of Volvo’s SUV line-up.
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