Volvo sales up 15%
Volvo Car UK has announced that sales volumes in the first quarter of 2021 rose by 15% compared with the first three months of 2020, with 13,964 cars sold.
That represented a 3.28% market share in the first three months of the year – up from 2.5% in the same period last year and the company’s highest first-quarter market share for 30 years.
Volvo’s Recharge plug-in hybrid models continuing to rise: between January and March this year, its PHEV sales totalled 3,536 units, or 25.3% of all Volvos sold in the UK.
Kristian Elvefors, Volvo Car UK managing director, said: “With conventional, physical showroom sales no longer a possibility, our retailers have responded magnificently in working with us to adopt new methods for maintaining a great service to customers. It’s the combination of their efforts, the effectiveness of our digital services and the continued success of the Care by Volvo car subscription that have enabled us to trade truly online and outperform our quarter-one 2020 result.
“As restrictions begin to ease across the country, we can be confident of building on this excellent platform to achieve further success as the year progresses.”
