Volvo Trucks’ December deliveries increased 27% year-on-year to 11,882 trucks. For the full year 2011, deliveries rose 53% to 115,346 trucks.

In total, Volvo Truck deliveries in Europe amounted to 4,394 trucks in December, an increase of 8% over the corresponding period of 2010. However, Volvo said that the ‘uncertain macroeconomic situation’ continued to affect truck customers, who have become ‘slightly more cautious’.

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In Russia deliveries remained positive and increased by 90% to 878 trucks, compared with December 2010. A strong Russian economy contributed to a solid demand for trucks. As a whole, deliveries in Eastern Europe increased by 41% in December.

In Brazil, deliveries rose 22% in December, compared with the corresponding period of 2010. And for all of South America deliveries rose 32% to 2,618 trucks.

In North America, December deliveries rose 62% compared with December 2010 to 2,690 trucks. Volvo claimed that low fuel consumption ‘through the combination of proprietary engines and the I-shift transmission continued to have a very strong customer impact’.

December sales

Volvo Trucks

Change

Full year

  

Change

Volvo Trucks

2011

2010

  

2011

2010

  

Europe

4 394

4 083

8%

46 088

29 635

56%

    Western Europe

2 816

2 964

-5%

31 879

23 009

39%

    Eastern Europe

1 578

1 119

41%

14 209

6 626

114%

North America

2 690

1 659

62%

25 229

12 749

98%

South America

2 618

1 981

32%

25 213

18 639

35%

Asia

1 826

1 316

39%

14 224

10 071

41%

Other markets

354

281

26%

4 592

4 135

11%

Total Volvo Trucks

11 882

9 320

27%

115 346

75 229

53%

Medium duty (7-16t)

150

156

-4%

1 888

1 758

7%

Heavy duty (>16t)

11 732

9 164

28%

113 458

73 471

54%

Total Volvo Trucks

11 882

9 320

27%

115 346

75 229

53%

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