Cars
This mish-mash chart of larger, slightly more expensive mainstream cars and slightly undignified premium brand cars has stories to tell. We don't really care about any of those stories, since the majority of these cars have about as high a desirability quotient as bungee jumping with a worn out cord. Nevertheless, the stories must be told.
What's up with the Chrysler 300? I understand that dealers haven't had enough of them, but you start to wonder if Chrysler's product planning department made more than a few mistakes with the timing on this one. Year-to-date sales of the 300 are down 28%. It's not as though the first eight months of 2010 had been great to begin with. Toyota sold more Camrys in August 2011 than Chrysler sold 300s in the first two-thirds of 2010. And that was before 300 sales slid 28%.
The Dodge Charger is selling much more frequently, but even there, year-to-date sales are off 19%. Chrysler Group passenger car sales are up by 12,303 units this year. That's with 11,088 Fiat 500 sales which weren't available last year.
There's a new Hyundai Azera on Hyundai's U.S. website. It's there so you can take a survey. Azera sales fell 74% in August.
Now this is going to sound really strange, so prepare yourself: Lincoln Town Car sales rose 45% in August 2011. Presumably, leftovers are being off-loaded with handsome discounts to limo companies who would prefer not to drive a Lincoln MKT. The Town Car was America's 30th-best-selling premium brand car last month.
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- Small Luxury Suv Sales And Midsize Luxury Suv Sales In Canada - August 2011
Canada's new vehicle market is up 2% this year. August 2011 was 3% better than August 2010. BMW is up 11% through the first eight months of this year and 4% in August. Without the new X1, BMW Canada would be up just 2.2% and down 8.4% in August. ...
- Large Luxury Car & Large Luxury Suv Sales In America - August 2011
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- Minivan Sales In America - August 2011
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- Small Car Sales In America - August 2011
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- Large Car Sales And Large Luxury Car Sales In America - August 2010
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Large Car Sales In America - August 2011
What's up with the Chrysler 300? I understand that dealers haven't had enough of them, but you start to wonder if Chrysler's product planning department made more than a few mistakes with the timing on this one. Year-to-date sales of the 300 are down 28%. It's not as though the first eight months of 2010 had been great to begin with. Toyota sold more Camrys in August 2011 than Chrysler sold 300s in the first two-thirds of 2010. And that was before 300 sales slid 28%.
The Dodge Charger is selling much more frequently, but even there, year-to-date sales are off 19%. Chrysler Group passenger car sales are up by 12,303 units this year. That's with 11,088 Fiat 500 sales which weren't available last year.
There's a new Hyundai Azera on Hyundai's U.S. website. It's there so you can take a survey. Azera sales fell 74% in August.
Now this is going to sound really strange, so prepare yourself: Lincoln Town Car sales rose 45% in August 2011. Presumably, leftovers are being off-loaded with handsome discounts to limo companies who would prefer not to drive a Lincoln MKT. The Town Car was America's 30th-best-selling premium brand car last month.
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Small, Midsize & Large Car Sales In America - August 2012
Large Car Sales In America - September 2011
Large Car Sales In America - July 2011
Large Car Sales In America - August 2010
U.S. Auto Sales By Brand - August 2011
Midsize Car Sales In America - August 2011
- Small Luxury Suv Sales And Midsize Luxury Suv Sales In Canada - August 2011
Canada's new vehicle market is up 2% this year. August 2011 was 3% better than August 2010. BMW is up 11% through the first eight months of this year and 4% in August. Without the new X1, BMW Canada would be up just 2.2% and down 8.4% in August. ...
- Large Luxury Car & Large Luxury Suv Sales In America - August 2011
The Jaguar XJ ran into some serious trouble in August as U.S. sales plunged 56% one month after XJ sales slid 39%. Two months ago we learned that Jaguar XJ sales had dropped 19%. Jaguar's share of the large luxury market fell from 12.4% in May 2011...
- Minivan Sales In America - August 2011
Half of all minivans sold in the United States in August were built by Chrysler in its Windsor, Ontario, manufacturing plant. Of the 22,457 Windsor-derived minivans sold last month, 6.6% were Volkswagen Routans. Routan sales were down 5% in August 2011...
- Small Car Sales In America - August 2011
Chevrolet sold four Cobalts in the United States in August 2011. That, however, isn't much of a story. Chevrolet Cruze sales reached 21,807, far exceeding the totals put up by any other compact car competing for sales in America last month. That's...
- Large Car Sales And Large Luxury Car Sales In America - August 2010
Up 72% so far this year, sales of the BMW 7-Series were far stronger than the performance put forward by any other large luxury car competing for marketshare in the USA in August 2010. Last year at this time the BMW 7-Series was trailing the Mercedes-Benz...