Now, this is truly staggering. For the past two years, the Volvo XC60 has reigned supreme as Europe’s most successful premium compact SUV, ahead of the BMW X3, Audi Q5 and the Mercedes Benz GLK.
This is great news for Volvo, on the back of its recent purchase of Polestar, as it looks to consolidate its position in order to rival AMG and BMW’s M division. In 2013, the Volvo XC60 was the fourth best-selling compact premium SUV in Europe, behind the Range Rover Evoque, Audi Q5 and BMW X3. In 2014 the Porsche Macan, Lexus NX and BMW X4 entered the segment, but didn’t dent the XC60’s sales performance.
Volvo managed to sell 62,845 units, whereas Audi sold 60,679 Q5s, Land Rover sold 50,838 RR Evoques and BMW sold 48,229 X3s. The sales figures of the GLK, Macan, X4 and NX did not really pose much of a threat at this time.
In 2015, the official numbers of the first quarter are as follows; Volvo sold 18,173 units of the XC60, Land Rover sold 16,135 units of the Range Rover Evoque, Audi sold 15,584 units of the Q5, BMW sold 10,828 units of the X3, Mercedes Benz sold 6,562 units of the GLK, BMW sold 6,108 units of the X4, Land Rover sold 5,803 units of the Land Rover Discovery Sport, Porsche sold 5,733 units of the Macan while Lexus sold 3,764 units of the Lexus NX.
Rumours are abuzz that a new-generation XC60 is coming in 2016, and it seems like other automakers really have a big challenge on their hands to challenge the XC60’s domination of the marketplace. I seems a lot of people would agree that Volvo has always stuck to its own vision of building really high quality machines with a great ride that offers class-leading safety.
So here’s a tip, you might want to head to your local Volvo dealership and test drive the XC60. You just might be pleasantly surprised.
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Sam Loo will be delighted, XC60 T5 and T6 now use 8-speed gearbox from Aisin, a subsidiary of Toyota. So Volvo XC60 too has good RV.
Next-gen XC60 in 2016? I’m aware what’s next is S90/V90, so maybe it’s too soon to have XC60/S60/V60
The XC60 is a pretty good car I would say, have driven the pre facelift one and quite liked the interior, but the only thing was the suspension tuning was a bit off for me, the rear felt quite floaty compared to the competition…
They need a 4×4 for this car not 4×2. Anyway, Volvo not doing that well due to misconception that parts are expensive and cars break down often. Also local franchise not advertising enough compared to Merc and Blue oval!
i’d buy one too
Almost same price range but Volvo offer lots of safety features. These days buyer wants more safety features rather than driving dynamics. How often u drive dynamically on public road? Like a post from Paultan recently “Toyota customers willing to pay more for safety gadgets”. Nothing is more precious than lives!!!
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Good to see that Europeans at least have brains when they buy a premium suv. Volvo has always been the brand to go for decent performance and solid safety packages, Germans offer good value for style without compromising on the necessities. It proves that Lexus has still a long way to go before coming close to these giants.
Where is toyota? High rv maaa..stupid europian
There’s a Toyota 8 speed automatic gearbox in the Volvo. Does that count?
But knowing Europeans, they mostly drive with standard gearbox ie manual. So Toyota ilek.
Wat about sales in Malaysia?. Oops wait, apparently the geniuses at MyCC (Malaysian Competition Comittee or watever) claimed it is ILLEGAL to share monthly sales figures by models…incredible isnt it?
YA, really looking forward for the next gen of xc60. if interior and all safety tech are like xc90, i guess, it will keep leading. One thing my kill them, their price. I think volvo targeting even more premium market, thus, if value for money, they may lost the appeal for next gen, like xc90, much more expensive than the old model in all the country.
HAhaha. This only proves that no one gives a shit about Lexus and its rubbish overpriced NX. Same Lorr only sendiri syok and sendiri stim. HAhahahaaa
Not sure what First Quarter of 2015 you are referring to, but from Lexus Europe, NX sold 6468 units in Q1 of 2015.
First half of 2015, 13,192 units in Europe.
2011 XC60 Owner – Love it..Volvo for life. Can’t wait to see the new 2017 Redesign. Also thinking about getting a 2016 during the waiting period.
I know this is about XC60, but if they do a make over like they did on engine (Drive-E), sexy styling and comfort, I could go on and on, it will be a seller. All the others add ons push price to high and don’t have half the safety Volvo has. Left Volvo 16 years ago when Ford was in control and have just returned into a 2015.5 V60 T5 and again love to drive. Thank you Volvo for making it fun, exciting, fuel efficient, sporty with luxury as I said, I love to drive again and that’s coming from a person in LA!!!!!!