More than 5000 units sold in Portugal and more than 600 thousand units sold worldwide. These are the numbers that reflect a historic year for Volvo in which the Swedish brand beat its sales records not only in Portugal but throughout the world.
Worldwide, Volvo managed in 2018, for the first time in its history, to exceed 600 thousand units sold, selling a total of 642 253 cars. This figure represents the fifth consecutive year of sales growth for the Swedish brand and an increase of 12.4% compared to 2017.
Worldwide, the brand's best seller is the XC60 (189 459 units) followed by the XC90 (94 182 units) and the Volvo V40 (77 587 units). The market where Volvo's sales grew the most was the North American, with an increase of 20.6% and where the Volvo XC60 assumed itself as a best seller.
Record year also in Portugal
At national level, the Swedish brand not only managed to surpass the record reached in 2017, but also surpassed, for the first time, the 5000 units sold in Portugal in a single year (5088 Volvo models were sold in Portugal in 2018).
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This was the sixth consecutive year in which there was a growth in sales of the Scandinavian brand in our country. Volvo also managed to reach the highest market share ever in Portugal (2.23%), establishing itself as the third best-selling premium brand in Portugal, just behind Mercedes-Benz and BMW and with a growth of 10.5% compared to 2017.