Recently, the Chengdu factory production Volvo S60 Inscription official line of luxury cars, began to export US market. China-made luxury car successfully entered the US market, the first time in the history of China's auto industry, Volvo has thus become the first from China to the United States luxury car manufacturer.
Volvo plans to export to the United States 2000-3000 vehicles made in China S60 Inscription, and the future will export about 5,000 vehicles per year. Located in southwest China, Chengdu factory was established three years the implementation of a more stringent testing procedures than European factories. Each car to go through five hours of testing, and implementation of European factories sampling. Every month, every Volvo factory in Chengdu dismantling a vehicle to check the welding and other processes. This frequency is three times the European plants.
The exports to the US is based on S60 Inscription 2013 in Chengdu, China to achieve production of the follow-up model of the S 60L. Compared with sales of cars in China, the US version of the model used American consumer preferences interiors and adopted on the grille and rear bumper chrome elements for decoration. Only export models for the US market access and special regulations require adaptation, in addition, with the sale of the car models in China there is no difference in quality.
Volvo Cars from Chinese exports to the US is an important step of the company to achieve a global revival. According to Volvo's global strategic planning, Volvo's medium-term target is to achieve worldwide sales of 800,000. In China, the company plans to double the current market share, to achieve annual sales of 200,000.