Big automobile producer axes in style fashions within the UK

A MAJOR automobile producer has axed various in style fashions within the UK.

Drivers had been shocked to listen to that Volvo has culled all saloon and property fashions from British dealerships with rapid impact.

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The favored model is now solely promoting SUV’s within the UK having eliminated the S60 saloon and remaining V60 and V90 estates.

The choice has been made as a result of firm desirous to “prioritise absolutely electrical vehicles”.

In the meantime, the elevated demand for bigger SUV fashions and shrinking urge for food for extra conventional automobiles have additionally been huge elements.

Volvo says its saloons and estates accounted for lower than 10 per cent of gross sales within the UK.

In an announcement issued to That is Cash, Volvo mentioned: “We proceed to quickly remodel our product supply, which implies not solely shifting in the direction of full electrification, but in addition shifting to new platforms and applied sciences throughout all our vehicles. 

“We’ll naturally must evolve and consolidate our line-up as we prioritise absolutely electrical vehicles and make this technological transition. 

“Consequently, now we have eliminated additional fashions from the UK line-up. These embody the S60, V60 and V90.”

Volvo has earmarked 2025 for half of its world automobile gross sales to be EVs with the intention of promoting solely electrical fashions by 2030.

That is the Authorities’s closing date for the sale of recent petrol and diesel passenger vehicles and vans. 

The well-known firm added: “Demand for our present SUV line-up continues to develop, whereas curiosity in our forthcoming absolutely electrical EX30 and EX90 fashions is powerful. 

“In the meantime, urge for food for our saloon and property fashions has fallen to very low ranges within the UK, which has led to our resolution to take away these fashions from sale within the UK.”

A spokesman for the model mentioned the choice is only for the UK market, with saloon and property fashions remaining in world manufacturing and being provided to clients in showrooms.

The Swedish model is the sixteenth hottest automobile maker in Britain in 2023 primarily based on new car gross sales within the first six months of the 12 months.

Some 24,877 Volvos have entered our roads between January and the tip of June, which is greater than different mainstream marques together with Mini, Renault, Mazda, Seat, Citroen, Dacia and Honda.

“The overwhelming majority of our clients go for an SUV,” the Volvo spokesman added.

“The XC40, XC60 and XC90 all sit within the prime three positions of their respective segments with regards to UK gross sales.”

Whereas Volvo will cease providing saloons and estates to UK drivers for the rapid future, it says motorists nonetheless taken with these automobiles can nonetheless discover accessible inventory within the “store” part of its web site.