The Saab cars on the verge of extinction: So many remain todayVilla, doggy, Volvo. During the heyday of the public home, Volvo was a fundamental part of Swedish society with models such as the PV, Amazon, 140 and 240.
Even in recent years, models such as the V70 and XC90 and V60 have become top-selling family favorites in their home country.
Now Volkswagen has actually started to challenge Volvo when it comes to selling the most cars, but the percentage of cars that are a Volvo in Sweden is still somewhat unbelievable.
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One in five cars in Sweden is a Volvo
According to statistics from Car.info, there are roughly 7.23 million cars registered in Sweden in May 2024, and roughly 1.38 million of these are Volvos.
This means that Volvo cars make up 19 percent, or almost one in five, of all cars in Sweden.
Sweden’s most common Volvo model is the V70, which is registered in just over 267,500 copies, followed by the V60 and XC60 with 155,000 and 149,000 copies respectively.
Among the more classic Volvo models, the faithful 740 and 240 are in the lead with just under 54,000 copies respectively, closely followed by the 940 with just over 53,000 copies. Next comes Amazon with roughly 23,000 copies.
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Volkswagen not far behind
Although the proportion of Volvo cars in the Swedish car register is almost unimaginably high, there is actually one brand that is not too far behind.
There are currently roughly 995,000 cars of the Volkswagen brand registered in Sweden, corresponding to 13.7 percent of the total car stock.
The most common Volkswagen models in Sweden are Golf and Passat, with 272,000 and 168,753 copies respectively.
It looks worse for the classic old car brand Saab, which went bankrupt in 2011, and whose cars are a dying breed.
Currently, there are just over 200,000 Saab cars registered in Sweden, and 4,648 examples were scrapped in the last 12 months.
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