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And the Best-Selling Premium Brand in the U.S. for 2011 is…
The one thing we knew for sure after the manufacturing disruptions in Japan caused by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami was that Lexus wasn’t going to top the premium segment in the U.S. market for the first time in a decade. In fact, we also knew something else, the two contenders to the throne: BMW and Mercedes-Benz. What we didn’t know up until Thursday is which of two brands was going to win, since both were caught in a neck-to-neck sales race. Going into December the gap was so small - less than 1,600 cars- that the win could go either way.
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Lexus Loses Top Spot In Us After A Decade, Says It Doesn't Care
Lexus has been the top-selling luxury brand in the US for the last 11 years. But in 2011 the luxury division of Toyota looks bound to lose the top spot to both BMW and Mercedes-Benz and be relegated to third place. The earthquake and Tsunami that hit...
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Luxury Auto Brand Market Share In Canada - December 2011 And 2011 Year End
Canada's three largest premium automotive brands, which just so happen to be three big Germany-based premium automotive brands, owned 54.5% of Canada's luxury automobile market in 2011. Japanese luxury automakers, Acura and Lexus and Infiniti,...
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Luxury Auto Brand Market Share In Canada - October 2011
When it comes time for Canadians to buy premium-badged vehicles, rarely is the first glance cast toward a Cadillac or Lincoln dealership. That fact was particularly noticeable in October as Lincoln sales slid 22% to 653 and Cadillac sales fell 10% to...
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Luxury Auto Market Share In Canada - March 2011
Nearly one in every four premium brand new vehicle sales in Canada were affixed with Mercedes-Benz's three-pointed star in March. More than half of all luxury brand sales occurred in Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Audi dealers. Throw in 219 Porsche sales...
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Luxury Auto Market Share In America - March 2011
For graphic pleasure, and for the second month in what will hopefully become a long-running GoodCarBadCar.net chart, The Good Car Guy is displaying luxury auto brand market share as an extra on top of the U.S. Auto Sales By Brand list and the New Vehicle...
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