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Compare the sales of automakers and their brands in the USA for October 2007 versus October 2006, and these are the notable achievements and disappointments. The Good Car Guy tells you what the backmarkers need for change to occur.
THE GERMAN BRANDS CHANNEL REGGIE JACKSON
Porsche +16.9%
Audi +10.9%
BMW +8.3%
Mercedes-Benz +6.5%
Volkswagen +4.1%
KOREA WAS INCONSISTENT
Kia +20.5%
Hyundai -4.6% ( Next Tiburon needs to spice up the showroom... big time)
THE GENERAL FINDS SOME TROOPS FIGHTING; SOME AREN'T
Cadillac +19.9%
GMC +10.2%
Chevrolet +0.6%
Saturn -5.9% (Where are you Astra?)
Buick -12.% (More Enclave beauty for the rest of the lineup)
Pontiac -17.5% (G8... hello, I'm waiting)
Saab -19.9% (Changes necessary for a + sign? Funny)
Hummer -33.2% (See Saab)
SOME JAPANESE BIT PLAYERS TAKE BIG BITES
Mazda +13.3%
Nissan +9.8%
Suzuki +5.6%
Honda +3.4%
Infiniti +1.8%
Lexus +0.6%
Toyota +0.5%
Mitsubishi -3.9% (More than just a new Evo)
Subaru -6.5% (What? Another quick redo of a new Impreza?)
Acura -22.2% (Gotta say "Dunno" on this one... Maybe an Integra)
FORD WILL SPIN THIS FOR GOOD
Mercury +20.2%
Lincoln +13%
Land Rover +1.7%
Ford -16.4% (My list is too long for this post)
Volvo -11% (Heavy V70 marketing and a true sports sedan)
OTHER NEGATIVE FINISHERS
Chrysler -6.6% (Quality before warranty)
Dodge -9.6% (See above)
Jeep -24% (SEE ABOVE, eh?)
Mini -11% ($500 off and better supply)
- U.s. Auto Sales By Brand - October 2010
Subtract Scion's 4654 sales from Toyota's total in the gigantic list below and you know what you have? Toyota drops to number 3 in October 2010 U.S. new vehicle sales; Chevrolet slides into number 2. However, that's not what the list says....
- Canada Auto Sales December 2009
*Updated 01/22/2010* Pay little attention to the "plus signs" in the Sales Stats you're about to see. In case you don't recall, December of 2008 was a dreadful month for automobile sales in Canada. For those automakers which posted even lower...
- Canada Auto Sales By Brand - November 2009
*updated 12/17 @10:26AM EST* Overall, Canadians bought fewer cars and trucks this November than they did in November of 2008. To be more specific, passenger car sales were off less than a percentage point while light truck sales dropped nearly 5%. Still,...
- Canada Auto Sales For October 2009
Updated November 17/2009 @ 9:21 AST Early Numbers reveal a recovering automotive market south of the 49th, although "recovering" is a difficult word to use when said Numbers are compared with a period (October of 2008) of the worst auto selling environment...
- Auto Sales America January 2009
So bad was the first month of 2009 in the United States of America's automotive marketplace, drastically declining sales says you outperformed the competition. That's because, don't you see, dramatically declining sales are even worse....
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OCTOBER SWING
Compare the sales of automakers and their brands in the USA for October 2007 versus October 2006, and these are the notable achievements and disappointments. The Good Car Guy tells you what the backmarkers need for change to occur.THE GERMAN BRANDS CHANNEL REGGIE JACKSON
Audi +10.9%
BMW +8.3%
Mercedes-Benz +6.5%
Volkswagen +4.1%
KOREA WAS INCONSISTENT
Hyundai -4.6% ( Next Tiburon needs to spice up the showroom... big time)
THE GENERAL FINDS SOME TROOPS FIGHTING; SOME AREN'T
GMC +10.2%
Chevrolet +0.6%
Saturn -5.9% (Where are you Astra?)
Buick -12.% (More Enclave beauty for the rest of the lineup)
Pontiac -17.5% (G8... hello, I'm waiting)
Saab -19.9% (Changes necessary for a + sign? Funny)
Hummer -33.2% (See Saab)
SOME JAPANESE BIT PLAYERS TAKE BIG BITES
Nissan +9.8%
Suzuki +5.6%
Honda +3.4%
Infiniti +1.8%
Lexus +0.6%
Toyota +0.5%
Mitsubishi -3.9% (More than just a new Evo)
Subaru -6.5% (What? Another quick redo of a new Impreza?)
Acura -22.2% (Gotta say "Dunno" on this one... Maybe an Integra)
FORD WILL SPIN THIS FOR GOOD
Lincoln +13%
Land Rover +1.7%
Ford -16.4% (My list is too long for this post)
Volvo -11% (Heavy V70 marketing and a true sports sedan)
OTHER NEGATIVE FINISHERS
Dodge -9.6% (See above)
Jeep -24% (SEE ABOVE, eh?)
Mini -11% ($500 off and better supply)
- U.s. Auto Sales By Brand - October 2010
Subtract Scion's 4654 sales from Toyota's total in the gigantic list below and you know what you have? Toyota drops to number 3 in October 2010 U.S. new vehicle sales; Chevrolet slides into number 2. However, that's not what the list says....
- Canada Auto Sales December 2009
*Updated 01/22/2010* Pay little attention to the "plus signs" in the Sales Stats you're about to see. In case you don't recall, December of 2008 was a dreadful month for automobile sales in Canada. For those automakers which posted even lower...
- Canada Auto Sales By Brand - November 2009
*updated 12/17 @10:26AM EST* Overall, Canadians bought fewer cars and trucks this November than they did in November of 2008. To be more specific, passenger car sales were off less than a percentage point while light truck sales dropped nearly 5%. Still,...
- Canada Auto Sales For October 2009
Updated November 17/2009 @ 9:21 AST Early Numbers reveal a recovering automotive market south of the 49th, although "recovering" is a difficult word to use when said Numbers are compared with a period (October of 2008) of the worst auto selling environment...
- Auto Sales America January 2009
So bad was the first month of 2009 in the United States of America's automotive marketplace, drastically declining sales says you outperformed the competition. That's because, don't you see, dramatically declining sales are even worse....