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North American automotive consumers value the size of a vehicle's footprint over the quality of the vehicle itself. No, we're not talking about quality in terms of reliability and durability, but the inherent excellence of a car.
- Compact Luxury Car Sales And Small/entry Luxury Car Sales In America - September 2010
In the automotive market that is the United Kingdom, where new vehicle sales totalled 335,246 in September 2010, sales of the BMW 1-Series reached 5896. Follow me here: in the United States of America, where new vehicle sales totalled 959,049 in September...
- Compact Luxury Car Sales And Entry Luxury Car Sales In Canada - May 2010
Danger, danger: high Mercedes-Benz C-Class sales. BMW Canada's got to be on alert after May sales revealed an extremely tight race for small luxury car sales leadership. Not only that, if Mercedes-Benz had overtaken the 3-Series, the C-Class would've...
- Compact Luxury Car Sales And Small Luxury Car Sales In America - June 2010
Joining the Lexus HS in the first Graph below will soon be another Lexus, the CT200h. Early reviews say the CT200h will be significantly sportier, perhaps the sportiest Lexus this side of an IS350. We shall see. Its hatchback configuration would certainly...
- Entry-luxury Car Sales In Canada - April 2010
What's new, BMW sold a whole bunch of 3-Series sedans, coupes, convertibles, and wagons in Canada in April. Wow, sounds an awful lot like March of 2010. In fact, it sounds an awful lot like something we'll be hearing in April of 3010. GoodCarBadCar.net...
- U.s. Sales Of Entry Luxury Cars - April 2010
Sitting at the bottom of the pile is usually uncomfortable, always embarrassing, and never productive. For Volvo, the combined sales of the S40 sedan and V50 wagon haven't done enough in a long time to conquer any of its competitors (except for the...
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U.S. SALES OF COMPACT LUXURY CARS - APRIL 2010
See, a European consumer looks at one car with a small engine, great fuel economy, luxury features, terrific handling, and a premium badge and likes the car even though it's lacking interior space and overall grandeur. The North American consumer prefers their car with a little more torque from a slightly larger engine, decent fuel economy, and boatloads of space for friends and family even though this car is by no means luxurious, fun-to-drive, or premium in any way. The result? Sales of the four vehicles in the Graph below, the smallest of luxury cars in North America, are pitifully low.
Only 593 people in America took possession of an Audi A3 last month. Although slightly less expensive than the 2010 Toyota Prius V - and certainly a whole lot cooler - the A3's sales pale in comparison to those of the Prius. Don't herald the Prius's fuel economy too much; the Audi A3 can be bought with a turbocharged diesel making it a 42mpg highway car. Over at Audi's parent company, the Volkswagen Jetta is a far more popular car in North America. But a well-optioned Jetta SEL is verging on A3 territory. Most U.S. buyers will still turn their eye toward the regular ho-hum sedan, not the small luxury car.
Chances are the best way for Audi, BMW, Volvo, and Lexus to increase sales comes from higher fuel prices that'll drive 7-Series buyers in to a 5-Series, 5-Series buyers down to a 3-Series, and 3-Series buyers down to the 1-Series. Which, of course, results in dwindling profits, as well. Quite the conundrum.
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- Compact Luxury Car Sales And Entry Luxury Car Sales In Canada - May 2010
Danger, danger: high Mercedes-Benz C-Class sales. BMW Canada's got to be on alert after May sales revealed an extremely tight race for small luxury car sales leadership. Not only that, if Mercedes-Benz had overtaken the 3-Series, the C-Class would've...
- Compact Luxury Car Sales And Small Luxury Car Sales In America - June 2010
Joining the Lexus HS in the first Graph below will soon be another Lexus, the CT200h. Early reviews say the CT200h will be significantly sportier, perhaps the sportiest Lexus this side of an IS350. We shall see. Its hatchback configuration would certainly...
- Entry-luxury Car Sales In Canada - April 2010
What's new, BMW sold a whole bunch of 3-Series sedans, coupes, convertibles, and wagons in Canada in April. Wow, sounds an awful lot like March of 2010. In fact, it sounds an awful lot like something we'll be hearing in April of 3010. GoodCarBadCar.net...
- U.s. Sales Of Entry Luxury Cars - April 2010
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