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- Bmw Group Smashes Monthly Sales Record In March With More Than 165,000 Units
The BMW Group is on track to reach new records in 2011 with the company posting its strongest monthly sales ever in March. The Bavarian automaker delivered a total of 165,842 BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce brand vehicles in the past month, not only significantly...
- Toyota & Lexus U.s. January Sales Sink 34.9 Percent
The first month of 2009 also brought bad news for Toyota that saw its U.S. sales fall to 117,287 vehicles, a decrease of 34.4 percent from last January. The Toyota division that includes the Scion brand, posted sales of 102,565 units, a decrease of 34.9...
- Japanese And South Korean Car Sales Plummet In November
Sales of new cars in Japan and South Korea dropped by nearly 30 percent last month, confirming that the downturn in the auto industry is global. According to data provided by the Japan Automobile Dealers Association, November car and truck sales in Japan...
- U.s. Auto Sales Drop 15.5% In August
Falling gasoline prices didn’t seem to help automakers avert the downturn as U.S. light vehicle sales plunged for a tenth consecutive month in August. Overall sales for the month were 1.25 million vehicles, down a hefty 15.5 percent from August...
- New Vehicle Market Share By Brand In America - May 2011
After talk of Hyundai/Kia surpassing Toyota Motor Corporation in overall sales in May - a result that would have been brought on by supply problems traced back to Japan's massive earthquake/tsunami/nuclear disaster triad - it didn't happen. South...
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Toyota Sales Plunge More than 33% in May, Chrysler Group up by 10%
The numbers for U.S. auto sales for the month of May are out and as expected, Japanese automakers continue to be hit hard by the ongoing production disruptions caused by the March 11 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster in their home market. As a result, Toyota’s sales plunged 33.4% over the year-ago month to 108,387 units, while rivaling Honda saw its sales fall 22.5% to 90,773 vehicles, Nissan recorded a 9.1% drop to 76,148 units and Mazda 17,875 vehicles, down 20.9%.
General Motors dealers in the United States delivered 221,192 vehicles in May posting a decline of 1%, while the Ford Motor Co. said its sales decreased by 0.1% to 192,253 cars, trucks and SUVs.
Read more »- Bmw Group Smashes Monthly Sales Record In March With More Than 165,000 Units
The BMW Group is on track to reach new records in 2011 with the company posting its strongest monthly sales ever in March. The Bavarian automaker delivered a total of 165,842 BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce brand vehicles in the past month, not only significantly...
- Toyota & Lexus U.s. January Sales Sink 34.9 Percent
The first month of 2009 also brought bad news for Toyota that saw its U.S. sales fall to 117,287 vehicles, a decrease of 34.4 percent from last January. The Toyota division that includes the Scion brand, posted sales of 102,565 units, a decrease of 34.9...
- Japanese And South Korean Car Sales Plummet In November
Sales of new cars in Japan and South Korea dropped by nearly 30 percent last month, confirming that the downturn in the auto industry is global. According to data provided by the Japan Automobile Dealers Association, November car and truck sales in Japan...
- U.s. Auto Sales Drop 15.5% In August
Falling gasoline prices didn’t seem to help automakers avert the downturn as U.S. light vehicle sales plunged for a tenth consecutive month in August. Overall sales for the month were 1.25 million vehicles, down a hefty 15.5 percent from August...
- New Vehicle Market Share By Brand In America - May 2011
After talk of Hyundai/Kia surpassing Toyota Motor Corporation in overall sales in May - a result that would have been brought on by supply problems traced back to Japan's massive earthquake/tsunami/nuclear disaster triad - it didn't happen. South...