Cars
When the Volkswagen Passat narrowly missed landing on Canada's Worst Sellers list in March 2011, what you didn't realize was that the swoopy Volkswagen Passat CC was included in those Passat sales figures. Here, with the soon-to-be-replaced 2010 Volkswagen Passat at #1, 2331 Passat CC sales are missing. By itself, the CC was in fact up 16.9% in March and is up 14.7% year-to-date.
The Good Car Guy already went over the changes to the new monthly rundown of Worst-Selling Vehicles. That leaves a little space to lob insults at some of the worst offenders.
The Jaguar XF is a pretty cool car. Yet ever since the newer, bigger Jaguar XJ came to market, XF sales have been in a perpetual dive. Thus, there are no insults found here for the XF, only for Jaguar's product planners who've made the XF a V8-only car (like the XJ) and set up an overlapping pricing strategy. Jaguar XJ sales totalled 463 in March, up 4530%.
Ah, but a genuine insult is what you desire. It is the official opinion of this website that the Lexus HS250h is the worst new car you could buy today. As a member of GoodCarBadCar.net's The Bad 8, the HS250h was already set aside as one of eight automobiles you must avoid. Now the Lexus CT200h is here and the HS looks even worse. HS250h sales were down 80% in Q1.
While we're speaking of Toyota products, how 'bout a moment for the Yaris? Not awful in the conventional sense, the Yaris is now viewed in the light of the excellent 2011 Ford Fiesta and a 2012 Kia Rio which is bound to be a winner. No wonder Yaris sales are disappearing.
Related From GoodCarBadCar.net
Top 10 Worst-Selling Cars In America - March 2012
The 10 Worst-Selling Cars In America - April 2011
The 15 Worst-Selling Cars In America In 2010
Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In America - March 2011
Top 30 Best-Selling Vehicles In America - March 2011
U.S. Auto Sales By Brand - March 2011
- Top 10 Worst-selling Cars In America - March 2012
"Worst" is such a nasty word. There are no positive connotations attached. Few people are such terrible linguists that they'd frame Sidney Crosby as the best hockey player in the world by saying, "He's the worst at being a bad hockey player."...
- Top 10 Worst-selling Cars In America - June 2011
In April, the Toyota Prius was the 14th-best-selling car in the United States with 12,477 sales. One year ago, in June 2010, Toyota Prius sales reached 10,998. However, a decline greater than 60% has the Prius on this list of America's 10 Worst-Selling...
- Top 10 Worst-selling Cars In Canada - May 2011
Once again, the Nissan Cube suffered the worst sales decline of any currently produced car on sale in Canada, an 88% drop in May 2011. Though that's not as bad as April's 91.1% drop; though sales climbed from 17 in April to 20 in May; the...
- Top 10 Worst-selling Cars In America - May 2011
The Chrysler Town & Country, BMW 1-Series, Toyota Versa, Toyota Prius, Lexus ES, Mazda 6, and Lexus GX all saw their volume cut in half from May 2010 levels. Yet those seven vehicles didn't suffer badly enough to be included in a list of the Top...
- Top 10 Worst-selling Cars In Canada - March 2011
GoodCarBadCar.net's infrequently updated Worst Sellers section has undergone a bit of a renovation in hopes that this'll be a monthly addition. Rather than focus solely on the total volume of still-produced vehicles from mainstream manufacturers,...
Cars
Top 10 Worst-Selling Cars In America - March 2011
The Good Car Guy already went over the changes to the new monthly rundown of Worst-Selling Vehicles. That leaves a little space to lob insults at some of the worst offenders.
The Jaguar XF is a pretty cool car. Yet ever since the newer, bigger Jaguar XJ came to market, XF sales have been in a perpetual dive. Thus, there are no insults found here for the XF, only for Jaguar's product planners who've made the XF a V8-only car (like the XJ) and set up an overlapping pricing strategy. Jaguar XJ sales totalled 463 in March, up 4530%.
Ah, but a genuine insult is what you desire. It is the official opinion of this website that the Lexus HS250h is the worst new car you could buy today. As a member of GoodCarBadCar.net's The Bad 8, the HS250h was already set aside as one of eight automobiles you must avoid. Now the Lexus CT200h is here and the HS looks even worse. HS250h sales were down 80% in Q1.
While we're speaking of Toyota products, how 'bout a moment for the Yaris? Not awful in the conventional sense, the Yaris is now viewed in the light of the excellent 2011 Ford Fiesta and a 2012 Kia Rio which is bound to be a winner. No wonder Yaris sales are disappearing.
| Rank | Vehicle | % Drop | March 2011 |
#1 | Volkswagen Passat | -97.8 | 38 |
#2 | Lexus HS250h | -84.6 | 230 |
#3 | Volkswagen New Beetle | -74.8 | 500 |
#4 | BMW 6-Series | -69.2 | 66 |
#5 | Jaguar XF | -60.4 | 294 |
#6 | Mazda RX-8 | -51.6 | 61 |
#7 | Jaguar XK | -49.4 | 117 |
#8 | Mazda Tribute | -42.4 | 189 |
#9 | Hyundai Santa Fe | -40.3 | 5701 |
#10 | Toyota Yaris | -39.9 | 2825 |
Related From GoodCarBadCar.net
Top 10 Worst-Selling Cars In America - March 2012
The 10 Worst-Selling Cars In America - April 2011
The 15 Worst-Selling Cars In America In 2010
Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In America - March 2011
Top 30 Best-Selling Vehicles In America - March 2011
U.S. Auto Sales By Brand - March 2011
- Top 10 Worst-selling Cars In America - March 2012
"Worst" is such a nasty word. There are no positive connotations attached. Few people are such terrible linguists that they'd frame Sidney Crosby as the best hockey player in the world by saying, "He's the worst at being a bad hockey player."...
- Top 10 Worst-selling Cars In America - June 2011
In April, the Toyota Prius was the 14th-best-selling car in the United States with 12,477 sales. One year ago, in June 2010, Toyota Prius sales reached 10,998. However, a decline greater than 60% has the Prius on this list of America's 10 Worst-Selling...
- Top 10 Worst-selling Cars In Canada - May 2011
Once again, the Nissan Cube suffered the worst sales decline of any currently produced car on sale in Canada, an 88% drop in May 2011. Though that's not as bad as April's 91.1% drop; though sales climbed from 17 in April to 20 in May; the...
- Top 10 Worst-selling Cars In America - May 2011
The Chrysler Town & Country, BMW 1-Series, Toyota Versa, Toyota Prius, Lexus ES, Mazda 6, and Lexus GX all saw their volume cut in half from May 2010 levels. Yet those seven vehicles didn't suffer badly enough to be included in a list of the Top...
- Top 10 Worst-selling Cars In Canada - March 2011
GoodCarBadCar.net's infrequently updated Worst Sellers section has undergone a bit of a renovation in hopes that this'll be a monthly addition. Rather than focus solely on the total volume of still-produced vehicles from mainstream manufacturers,...