Truck deliveries from AB Volvo - march 2002
TRUCK DELIVERIES FROM AB VOLVO - MARCH 2002 Deliveries from Volvo's truck operations, which comprises Volvo Trucks, Mack Trucks, and Renault Trucks, amounted to 33,322 trucks year to date compared with 42,139 trucks last year, a decrease of 21%. In Europe deliveries decreased by 24% to 20,821 while 7,442 trucks were delivered in North America, down by 27%. On a 12-month rolling basis, order intake was 5% below the same period last year, of which North America was -28% and Europe was up 2%. Total Volvo Group Deliveries by market area: Units Invoiced Year-to- Change Date Volvo Group 2002 2001 Europe 20,821 27,517 -24% Western 19,341 25,883 -25% Europe Eastern 1,480 1,634 -9% Europe North America 7,442 10,150 -27% South America 1,163 1,283 -9% Asia 1,718 1,132 52% Other markets 2,178 2,057 6% Total Volvo Group 33,322 42,139 -21% Mack Trucks Deliveries by market area: Units Invoiced Year-to-Date Change Mack Trucks 2002 2001 North America 4,555 6,564 -31% South America 181 189 -4% Asia 2 n.a. Other markets 256 180 42% Total Mack Trucks 4,994 6,933 -28% Renault Trucks Deliveries by market area: Units Invoiced Year-to- Change Date Renault Trucks 2002 2001 Europe 14,029 15,574 -10% Western Europe 13,274 14,889 -11% Eastern Europe 755 685 10% Asia 82 138 -41% Other markets 1,214 1,373 -12% Total Renault Trucks 15,325 17,085 -10% Volvo Trucks Deliveries by market area: Units Invoiced Year-to- Change Date Volvo Trucks 2002 2001 Europe 6,792 11,943 -43% Western Europe 6,067 10,994 -45% Eastern Europe 725 949 -24% North America 2,887 3,586 -19% South America 982 1,094 -10% Asia 1,634 994 64% Other markets 708 504 40% Total Volvo Trucks 13,003 18,121 -28% April 22, 2002 For further information, please contact: Bernard Lancelot, Renault Trucks, +33 4 72 96 27 59 Bob Martin, Mack Trucks, Inc. +1 (610) 709-2670 Claes Claeson, Volvo Truck Corporation, +46 31 66 39 08, 0708-36 39 08 ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/04/22/20020419BIT00320/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/04/22/20020419BIT00320/wkr0002.pdf