Comments on: All automakers report U.S. sales declines

By: 1c3d0g

1c3d0g — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:24:13 +0000

Man! Tough times to be an auto giant…still, if they have a sound plan with fuel efficiency at the top of their priorities, they’ll weather this through.

By: Nesodian

Nesodian — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:49:27 +0000

This is disappointing, I wish they would have listed how all manufacters did. Now I have to search around for the company’s they didn’t mention.

By: Need more oil for GM

Need more oil for GM — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:27:44 +0000

Big losses at Honda and Toyota! THe ride is over boys, time to pack up and go back to Japan. You don’t belong here!

And take your ignorant fuking buyers with you, they don’t belong here either!

By: Z06ified

Z06ified — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:01:11 +0000

LMAO – Porsche down 45%. Now you know who a big portion of Porsche’s sales came from: Lehman Brothers employees.

Maybe now Porsche will have to start charging a fair price for their vehicles instead of the rip-off prices they were selling to the idiots at Lehman.

By: carstuff

carstuff — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:06:07 +0000

Malibu sales keep continuing to go up.

Also GM trucks were only down 20% while the market was down further. Looks like folks are starting to buy some more trucks. Perhaps business’s need to replace what they have and cannot wait any longer. This may be the bottom on real truck sales.

By: FairlightRacing

FairlightRacing — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:35:22 +0000

Ehh, sorry howsmydicksucking. Toyota has the crown for most boring cars on the planet. And speaking of Toyota, where is tripleonefluffer to stick up for Honda and Toyota? Looks like GM sold more than both of them combined.

I, for one am, rooting for GM. The last thing this country needs right now is a failure of any of its Big Three automakers.

By: DrFill

DrFill — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:22:24 +0000

Honda has a new Accord, Pilot, and Fit, and still got it’s ass kicked
Lack of Credit from lenders crushed many buyers
Fewer leases by GM & Chrysler.
Domestics pimping out end of the year incentives starting in June.
And The beat goes on.
DrFill

By: howsmydriving

howsmydriving — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:01:52 +0000

Ford sales dropped more than GM or Chrysler. That’s what you get for making the most boring cars on the planet.

By: sharpie

sharpie — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 03:54:44 +0000

Yeah Madcapp, we couldn’t be in a recession because the fundeMENTALS of our economy are still strong, so strong that nobody is buying things.

By: TOZO

TOZO — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 03:49:10 +0000

FYI: If you go in-depth & check all 38 mass-produced non-exotic marques in the US, EVERY single last marque had declines in September 2008 versus September 2007, except for Smart, since there were no Smart sales back then. 37/38 had lower sales, the 38th one is a debut so it doesn’t count. Freakin’ annihilation!
And most of these companies do not even have any new products for September: Ford? Nothing yet. Chevy – Traverse just barely coming in now. Toyota – Venza – does it even matter? Dodge? No new Rams yet. Honda? If the FCX Clarity counts! Nissan? Murano & Maxima debuted months ago. No one is even trying anymore!

By: jayjc08

jayjc08 — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:00:58 +0000

Wow. Goes to show what kind of condition we’re in at the moment.

By: Madcapp

Madcapp — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:03:32 +0000

Oh noooo, we couldn’t possibly be in a recession.

By: autonut

autonut — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:03:36 +0000

Johnny, you are correct as usual. September starts now practically in May and for some cars in February. How often ’09 model appeared earlier this year? Even Honda that have never delivered anything before October “deadline” started selling ’09 Fit in August, because ’08 were already gone.

By: johnnycanuck

johnnycanuck — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:52:29 +0000

Back in the day, September was ‘the’ month for all things automotive. You could almost set your watch by it as just about every new or revised model would appear in the showroom just as fall came. I don’t believe it holds nearly the same significance now as in the past.

By: t-ak-box

t-ak-box — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:51:10 +0000

Look like everyone is grabbing ankles these days.

By: autonut

autonut — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:19:32 +0000

The interesting statistics is not how much is sold vs. unsold, but how big hole automaker is in. Another point: 09 probably will not be better. All indications are that it will be worse then 08.

By: A4

A4 — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:04:37 +0000

yay VW!

By: DrFill

DrFill — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:03:29 +0000

Looks like evrybody is checking their budget, and the stock market, and waiting for the ’09s in October.
DrFill

By: golf4me

golf4me — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:52:52 +0000

Just imagine if GM hadn’t extended their Employee pricing…ouch. Glad to see Toyota and Honda bite it a little, though they’ll probably spin it by saying it’s because they couldn’t make enough cars…

By: Jordan

Jordan — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:34:31 +0000

good for gm, mercedes, and volkswagen.

By: inline6

inline6 — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:24:06 +0000

Wow..GM was in the top 3 majors that declined the least. That’s not so bad for them!

By: ktulu

ktulu — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:11:45 +0000

as cheech ^ chong (genuses!) would say
things R tiuff all over