Cars
Recession-like circumstances in the United States is a hard issue to get one's head around, even with Issue #1 on CNN every afternoon and constant depressing numbers related to the housing market. Yes, it's obvious that the automotive market is, in personal terms, discouraged and disgusting. North of the border, Canada's economic situation is increasingly worrying but isn't displaying obvious signs in the way American struggles are obvious.
- Gm's Global Sales Figures For Q2 Of '09
With a quick exit from bankruptcy proceedings, General Motors comes to bat with renewed vigour and surprising power. Though its Sales Stats in Canada and the USA failed to ignite celebrations last month, General Motors has been pleased of late with its...
- Hybrid Sales In America Drop In 2008? By The Numbers
After gas prices brought Americans to their knees in the summer of 2008, a time when the Honda Civic temporarily outsold the Ford F150, one would assume that hybrid sales rocketed upward last year. One would be correct in that assumption, right? Wrong....
- Closer Look At Toyota Canada's August Sales Stats
Take a look at The Good Car Guy's posting of automobile sales in Canada last month and you'll spot a very good trend for Toyota and its Lexus luxury outpost. Toyota, by the way, doesn't offer its Scion brand north of the border. If, and it's...
- Luxury Car Sales In America - Numbers
"It is wrong to say certain segments of the market are immune to economic downturns in the market, as far as we're concerned." Who said it? That'd be a Bentley vice-president, Geoff Dowding, who happens to be the worldwide operations manager for...
- Good Car Statistics
Statistics posted here yesterday were, as I remember, discouraging; depressing; and disgusting. You can read the bad car statistics with clicks here or here. But all this negativity... man, it's getting me down. It's past time that we improve...
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BAD CAR STATISTICS
Recession-like circumstances in the United States is a hard issue to get one's head around, even with Issue #1 on CNN every afternoon and constant depressing numbers related to the housing market. Yes, it's obvious that the automotive market is, in personal terms, discouraged and disgusting. North of the border, Canada's economic situation is increasingly worrying but isn't displaying obvious signs in the way American struggles are obvious.Some Numbers help describe the atmosphere all too adequately. They're below.
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73 - average number of days for a complete turnover of new-car inventory at a U.S. dealership at present
9 - estimated percentage drop in total American car sales this year
900,000 - drop in production by General Motors in Canada, Mexico, and the United States in the third quarter of 2008Â
25 - percentage drop in planned production for the third quarter of this year by Ford Motor Company compared with the third quarter of 2007
215,000 - total inventory of Ford F-series pickups as of July 1st
3 - months of stopped production of the Toyota Tundra and Toyota Sequoia beginning in early August
10,238 - total sales of the Toyota Tundra in June of 2008, a drop of 52.9% compared with June of 2007
90 - average days of supply of trucks
41 - average days of supply of cars
- Gm's Global Sales Figures For Q2 Of '09
With a quick exit from bankruptcy proceedings, General Motors comes to bat with renewed vigour and surprising power. Though its Sales Stats in Canada and the USA failed to ignite celebrations last month, General Motors has been pleased of late with its...
- Hybrid Sales In America Drop In 2008? By The Numbers
After gas prices brought Americans to their knees in the summer of 2008, a time when the Honda Civic temporarily outsold the Ford F150, one would assume that hybrid sales rocketed upward last year. One would be correct in that assumption, right? Wrong....
- Closer Look At Toyota Canada's August Sales Stats
Take a look at The Good Car Guy's posting of automobile sales in Canada last month and you'll spot a very good trend for Toyota and its Lexus luxury outpost. Toyota, by the way, doesn't offer its Scion brand north of the border. If, and it's...
- Luxury Car Sales In America - Numbers
"It is wrong to say certain segments of the market are immune to economic downturns in the market, as far as we're concerned." Who said it? That'd be a Bentley vice-president, Geoff Dowding, who happens to be the worldwide operations manager for...
- Good Car Statistics
Statistics posted here yesterday were, as I remember, discouraging; depressing; and disgusting. You can read the bad car statistics with clicks here or here. But all this negativity... man, it's getting me down. It's past time that we improve...