The start of a new year is an opportunity for various manufacturers to take stock of the past year and their commercial performance in a generally declining market. On the side of the house Volvothe Swedish firm posted a 12% drop in sales compared to 2021, with production impacted by supply shortages.

For the full year 2022, the number of Volvo car orders placed online increased by 17% compared to 2021, reflecting the growing demand from customers to shop online, as well as the expansion of Volvo’s offering worldwide.

Volvo: sales fell by 12%

Detailed Volvo sold 615,121 cars in 2022 worldwide, down 12% from 2021 when 698,693 units were sold. Among them are 205,352 electrified vehiclesi.e. share of sales 33.4%including 138,603 plug-in hybrid models and 66,749 all-electric models.

To the United StatesVolvo sold a total of 102,038 vehicles in 2022, down 16.5% from 2021. December 2022 was mostly positive, with 11,111 vehicles sold in the US, up 6.4% from December 2021.

Volvo: great demand in China and Europe

in Chinain 2022, Volvo sold a total of 162,322 cars, which is 5.4% less than in 2021. Here, too, December was successful, with Volvo selling 16,950 vehicles in China, up 15.8% from December 2021.

in Europesales fell 15.7% from 2021 to 247,413 units in 2022. However, sales increased by 17% compared to December 2021: 33,407 vehicles were sold in Europe in December 2022.

Volvo: the best-selling models of 2022

In the world, Volvo XC60 remains the brand’s bestseller in 2022, p 195338 approx sold throughout 2022, with 215,635 units sold in 2021.

in Volvo XC40 ranks second in the Top 10 sales with a total amount 169,206 units sold (201,037 in 2021), followed by Volvo XC90 who occupies the third step of the pedestal, p 97 130 approx sold (108,231 in 2021).