Volvo sales set record as South Carolina-made S60 debuts at dealerships

The Post and Courier
David Wren
January 8, 2019

Volvo Cars set a global sales record in 2018 and sold more cars in the United States in more than a decade as the automaker’s Charleston area-made S60 sedan started making its way to dealerships.

Worldwide sales were up 12.4 percent for the year to 642,253 vehicles. While Europe accounted for roughly half of all sales, Volvo’s fastest-growing markets were the U.S. and China, with increases of 20.6 percent and 14.1 percent, respectively.

Volvo sold 98,263 cars in the U.S. last year — the highest annual tally since 2007.

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