Volvo sold a record number of class 8 trucks in the retail markets in the U.S. and Canada in 2015, says a news release from Volvo North America.
The company had U.S. retail sales in 2015 of 30,930 of those trucks, a market share of 12.4 percent, the release said citing figures from WardsAuto Group. That share was 0.4 percent higher than in 2014.
In Canada, Volvo sold 4,884 vehicles in 2015, compared with 4,510 the previous year, the release said, citing data from Wards, IHS Automotive, and he Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers’ Association. The Canadian market share climbed 1.0 percent to 16.3 percent.
Volvo also achieved a record 12.2 percent NAFTA market share (36,940 vehicles), compared with 11.9 percent (32,281) in 2014. The company’s share in Mexico was 4.9 percent.
“The strong performance also resulted in the production of more commercial vehicles than ever before at its New River Valley Assembly plant, based in Dublin, Virginia, where all Volvo models for North America are assembled,” the release said.
A publicly held company based in Gothenburg, Sweden, Volvo has production facilities in 19 countries and employs about 100,000 people.
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