OLVO automobile
étailers delivered 566
cars during March,
down 19.3% from the
702 units in the same
-month of 1997,

“"* The automaker also reports
slower “March sales affected
first quarter sales results.

» Sales of 1,860 new cars for
the first: quarter of 1998 was
-:down 10.2% from the 2,072
during the same period last

year. ,

“Our optimism — hasn't
‘diminished despite a disap-
- pointing March. Volvo sales
“reflect some of the first quarter
softness..we've.scen in the
econonyy,” said Volvo Canada
president. Gord Sonnenberg

said. “With the economic firn-
damentals. we see, we don’t
consider this a long-term
trend.”

The strength of individual
segments indicates solid mar-
ker activity that bodes well for
the balance of the year,
Sonnenberg added.

The appeal of the new
Volve V70 sportswagon mod-
els and the popular Volvo all-
wheel-drive (AWD) feature

again hnderpinned the
strength of the 70 Series linc,
Sonnenberg noted and steadily
increasing sales of the new
C70 coupe are opening a new
segment for Volvo.

Headquartered in Toronto,
Volvo Canada Lrd. has 46
retailers across Canada and a

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