2018 (Full Year) USA: Volvo America Car Sales

In 2018, Volvo sales in the USA increased by a fifth to 98,263 cars – the highest numbers in a decade. The XC60 was the top-selling Volvo model in the US.

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In December 2018, Volvo Car USA, LLC, (VCUSA) reported U.S. sales of 8,826 vehicles – a decrease of 8.8% compared to December 2017. However, for the full year 2018, VCUSA sold 98,263 vehicles, an increase of 20.6 percent versus the previous year and the highest Volvo sales in the USA for a decade. Globally Volvo sold over 600,000 cars in 2018 for the first time ever in a year.

Volvo Sales by Model in the USA in 2018

Volvo sales in the USA per model in December 2018 and full year 2018 were as follows:

ModelsDecember 2018December 2017%2018 2017%
S60251,071-97.7 %7,05612,142-41.9 %
S60 II2300100.0 %2540100.0 %
S60 CC127-96.3 %273312-12.5 %
S80016
S90466818-43.0 %6,9678,640-19.4 %
V6030139-78.4 %1,3332,251-40.8 %
V60 CC14101-86.1 %2,9302,11838.3 %
V60 II20100.0 %300100.0 %
V905223126.1 %491183168.3 %
V90 CC146307-52.4 %2,2042,266-2.7 %
XC401,3160100.0 %12,4270100.0 %
XC60021726415,532-98.3 %
XC60 II3,3872,20453.7 %32,4256,984364.3 %
XC700074
XC903,1574,771-33.8 %31,60930,9962.0 %
Total8,8269,679-8.8 %98,26381,50420.6 %

* I, II, III etc shows which generation the car model belongs to.

The XC60 was the top-selling Volvo in the USA followed by the XC90. As with other manufacturers, traditional passenger cars generally struggled to find buyers in the USA in 2018.

β€œ2018 proved to be our best year in a decade,” said Anders Gustafsson, President and CEO, Volvo Car USA. β€œThis year brought Volvo Cars and our retailer partners many successes, but perhaps none more monumental than the opening of our first US factory in South Carolina, the production home of our all-new S60 sedan.”

Car Sales in the USA 2018 by Brand

About Volvo USA

Volvo Car USA, LLC, (www.volvocars.com/us) is a subsidiary of Volvo Car Group of Gothenburg, Sweden. VCUSA provides marketing, sales, parts, service, technology and training support to Volvo automobile retailers in the United States. 

About the author:

Henk Bekker

Henk Bekker is a freelance writer with over 20 years of experience in online writing. His best-selling cars website has been reporting car sales statistics since 2008 with classic car auction prices focusing on the most expensive automobiles sold at public auctions in the past decade. He also owns the travel websites European-Traveler.com and Lake Geneva Switzerland. Henk holds an MBA from Edinburgh Business School and an MSc in Finance from the University of London.