VOLVO'S GCC Jan '04 sales spring 30pc Trade Arabia - World Volvo Car Overseas GCC has announced a 30 per cent improvement in vehicle sales in January, 2004. Sales improved on Volvo XC90 SUV ...
Volvo sales up 30% worldwide
Feb 29, 2004
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wow - it said --- The resurgence in sale of the S80 luxury saloon increased the sales to 102 units compared to 78 vehicles in the same month of 2003, said a Khaleej Times report.
Such generalities are seldom ever true. In this case they are far from true. Volvo has made a number of cars that were disasters. Some never made it to our (USA) shores because they were so bad. For a while, Volvo would not send a new model to the US until it had proven itself in Europe for a year or more. Some of these served as incentives for a big breakthrough and they put some needed thought into the redesigns.
On the otherhand Ford has had some successes. I am not a Ford fan but will admit any day that their Ford Taurus/Mercury Sable and Ford Windstar/Freestar have been challenging Volvo's lead on safety. Unfortunately the Windstar has proven to be a safe dog.
Some Ford models that are more reliabile than Volvos are: Ford Crown Victoria '97-'99 Ford Escort '97-'01 Ford Expedition (2WD) '97-'98, '02 Ford Explorer (2WD) '95-96 Ford F-150 (2WD) '95, '97-'99, '02 Ford F-150 (4WD) '97-'98, '00, '02 Ford Ranger (2WD) '95-'98
On the other hand, the following Fords have been dogs: Ford Contour '95-96 Ford Contour (V6)'97-98 Ford Crown Victoria '02 Ford Escape (V6) '01-02 Ford Expedition (4WD)'99 Ford Explorer '98-02 Ford Explorer Sport Trac '01-02 Ford Focus '00-01 Ford Mustang '01-02 FOrd Probe '95-96 Ford Ranger (4WD)'97-01 Ford Ranger '02 Ford Taurus '95 Ford Windstar '95-02
However, lets not forget the following Volvo dogs: Volvo 960 '96-97 Volvo S40/V40 '00 Volvo S80 '99-01 Volvo S90/V90 '98 Volvo V70 Cross Country '98-99
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