New Car Sales Atlas Beta

How many Volvo 850 vehicles were sold in Australia in 1997?

See how many Volvo 850 vehicles have sold, when it peaked and how it compares across Australian new-car history.
Latest dataset: August 2026
Version 3.02
1997 ×Volvo ×850 ×
Volvo 850s sold
751
1997
Peak year
1997
751 sales
Share of Volvo
19.2%
of all Volvo sales
CarExpert context

Editorial Summary

In 1997, Volvo 850 recorded 751 new-vehicle sales in Australia. That represents 19.2% of Volvo's sales in 1997. It was the highest annual result in the loaded history.

Historical sales trend

Current total for 1997 · Volvo · 850.

Sales by year: 1997 · Volvo · 850

Year-by-year totals for 1997 · Volvo · 850.
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Purchase data

Volvo model context: 850

A model-specific replacement for the state map: where this vehicle sits inside the Volvo range for 1997.
Rank in Volvo#4
850 sales751
Share of Volvo19.2%
1
V70
81620.9%
2
S70
79420.3%
3
S40
77019.7%
4
850
75119.2%
5
V40
53213.6%
6
850 GLT/T-5
691.8%
7
850R
681.7%
8
S90
611.6%

Key notes: 1997 · Volvo · 850

Extra context to keep the top cleaner.
Selected model total in 1997: 751
Volvo total in 1997: 3,906
Model context uses Volvo range totals because state-by-model data is not available in the source.
Historical year-end data from imported workbook sources.
Clean URL: /1997/volvo/850
Data from 1991-2026. Please note data for 1991-1997 is partial or incomplete and may not include all makes. Latest data is from August 2026.