Volvo Cars maintained its sales momentum in August, with volumes up 7.2 per cent compared with the same period last year, as Europe, China and the US all reported increasing sales.

In the first eight months of the year, Volvo Cars sold 383,492 cars, down 13.5 per cent compared to the same period last year.

Volvo Cars' Recharge line-up of chargeable models, with a fully electric or plug-in hybrid powertrain, continued to be popular among customers. The share of Recharge models more than doubled in the first eight months of the year compared with the same period last year.

Volvo Cars' sales in Europe reached 17,458 cars in August, up 4.9 per cent versus the same month last year. In the first eight months of the year, sales declined by 21.9 per cent year-on-year.

In China, sales reached 15,835 cars, up 11.4 per cent compared with August last year. In the first eight months of the year, sales grew by 1.5 per cent compared with the same period last year.

In August, the XC60 mid-size SUV was the top-selling model for the company, followed by the XC40 compact SUV and the XC90 large SUV. During the month, SUVs accounted for 70.7 per cent of the company's total sales, up from 63.6 per cent in the same month last year.

Online activities continued to show a positive trend in August, with increased demand for Volvo Cars' subscription offer, Care by Volvo, in markets where the service is available.

A detailed break-up of regional sales is given below:    

August			January-August
	2019	2020	Change	2019	2020	Change
Europe	16,639	17,458	4.9%	216,555	169,193	-21.9%
China	14,212	15,835	11.4%	94,592	95,986	1.5%
US	9,194	10,378	12.9%	68,109	63,330	-7.0%
Other	7,751	7,568	-2.4%	63,912	54,983	-14.0%
Total	47,796	51,239	7.2%	443,168	383,492	-13.5%

During the first eight months of the year, the XC60 was the company's top-selling model, with total sales of 112,560 cars (2019: 126,912 cars), followed by the XC40 with 100,913 cars (2019: 82,262 cars) and the XC90 with 53,635 cars (2019: 62,665 cars).

Photo credit: Volvo
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