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Volvo Cars of North America- July 2006 Sales Report


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IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 1, 2006 -- Volvo Cars of North America, LLC reports July sales of 10,338 units in the United States*, down 10 percent compared to the same period last year.

Overall in North America (United States including Puerto Rico, Canada, and Mexico), 11,307 units were sold. For the month, sales were down 12.2 percent year-over-year. Sales for Volvo in Canada and in Mexico were 704 and 265 units, respectively.

VCNA, part of the Volvo Car Corporation of Gothenburg, Sweden, provides marketing, sales, parts, service, technology and training support to Volvo automobile retailers in the United States, and oversees Volvo operations in Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico.

Volvo has been building cars with Safety in mind since 1927. The 2006 model line-up of Volvo Cars includes: the award-winning new S40 and its wagon counterpart the all-new V50; the award-winning XC90; the sporty S60 sedan -- including the award-winning performance sedan -- S60 R and the performance wagon version -- V70 R; the S80 luxury sedan; the versatile V70 wagon and rugged XC70 (Cross Country); and the all-new Volvo C70.

  * U.S. sales include Puerto Rico

  VOLVO CARS OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC
  Retail Sales by Model                                    01-Aug-06

                              UNITED STATES
                           July*                   Year-to-Date*
                   2006     2005       %       2006    2005      %
  Volvo Model
  S40                 0        0      n/a         0       4     n/a
  All New S40     2,065    2,066      0.0%   14,400  15,021    -4.1%
  V40                 0        1      n/a         0       6     n/a
  V50               341      497    -31.4%    2,444   3,429   -28.7%
  S60             2,228    2,400     -7.2%   16,019  16,143    -0.8%
  V70               582      714    -18.5%    3,531   4,798   -26.4%
  XC70            1,051    1,580    -33.5%    7,745   8,672   -10.7%
  C70                 0       63   -100.0%       11   1,368   -99.2%
  New C70           575      n/a      n/a     1,675     n/a     n/a
  S80               407    1,006    -59.5%    4,722   6,666   -29.2%
  XC90            3,089    3,184     -3.0%   19,032  21,471   -11.4%

  USA TOTAL      10,338   11,511    -10.2%   69,579  77,578   -10.3%

                                  CANADA
                            July                   Year-to-Date
                   2006     2005       %       2006    2005      %
  Volvo Model
  S40                 0        0      n/a         0       0     n/a
  All New S40       108      185    -41.6%      884   1,319   -33.0%
  V40                 0        0      n/a         0       0     n/a
  V50                47      115    -59.1%      454     647   -29.8%
  S60               142      157     -9.6%    1,425   1,406     1.4%
  V70                54      122    -55.7%      646     608     6.3%
  XC70              195      225    -13.3%    1,097   1,333   -17.7%
  C70                 0        0      n/a         0       7     n/a
  New C70            13      n/a      n/a        68     n/a     n/a
  S80                21       33    -36.4%      205     164    25.0%
  XC90              124      188    -34.0%    1,650   1,648     0.1%

  CANADA TOTAL      704    1,025    -31.3%    6,429   7,132    -9.9%

                                  MEXICO
                            July                   Year-to-Date
                   2006     2005       %       2006    2005      %
  Volvo Model
  S40                 0        0      n/a         0       3  -100.0%
  All New S40       120      149    -19.5%      706   1,061   -33.5%
  V40                 0        0      n/a         0       0     n/a
  V50                 2        8    -75.0%       17      33   -48.5%
  S60                57       36     58.3%      222     257   -13.6%
  V70                 0        0      n/a         0       0     n/a
  XC70                0        2   -100.0%        6      16   -62.5%
  C70                 0        1      n/a         0       5     n/a
  New C70             0        0      n/a         5       0     n/a
  S80                 0       12   -100.0%       14      72   -80.6%
  XC90               86      139    -38.1%      501     710   -29.4%

  MEXICO TOTAL      265      347    -23.6%    1,471   2,157   -31.8%

  NAFTA TOTAL    11,307   12,883    -12.2%   77,479  86,867   -10.8%

  *  U.S. totals include Puerto Rico