Below is a roundup of sales numbers for the month of April:
- Toyota up 10%, Lexus up 11%
- BMW up 13%
- GM down 7% (only Hummer, Saturn, Saab post gains)
- Audi up 2.9%
- Chrysler down 8%, Mercedes up 13%
- Honda up 7.6%, Acura down
- Mazda cars up 5%, trucks down 15%
- Volkswagen up 11.2%
- Ford sales down 7% (but Lincoln, Mercury up)
- Mitsubishi up 17.5%
- Suzuki up 32%
- Subaru virtually unchanged
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05/02, 5:15 PM
posted by:
Archidictus
I wonder by how much Acura fell?
05/02, 7:13 PM
posted by:
gsh
mitsu big winner with +17.5%, must be the eclipse
05/02, 8:49 PM
posted by:
lars ulrich
yep, the eclipse spyder helped them out quite a bit. which is a good thing for mitsu cause their sales havent been so great
05/02, 10:42 PM
posted by:
manny
all looks normal until… suzuki sales up? and 32%?
05/03, 4:05 AM
posted by:
Yeeking Everywhere » Why American Cars Suck
[...] I’m constantly confused as to why American cars suck. Well, they don’t suck as badly as they used to suck… but they still do. Come on, America’s best volume people movers bets are supposed to be the new Ford Fusion or the Chevy Impala? Compare these two relatively updated models to the updated Camry. Again, the Japanese carmakers dominate the sales charts. Look at that new Camry. It looks good! It has a powerful engine and it gets 30+ miles per gallon. Marvelous. I parked my IS next to a Camry today and I must say that they both look good-almost like cousins… well, the Camry is a $10 cheaper cousin. I would like to offer an alternative conclusion as to why American cars suck-that it’s not that the Japanese or European carmakers are better companies but they have smarter people. Simply put, I’ve met people that work at Honda, Mazda (Ford-owned but I think it’s the other way around) and Toyota and they are all brilliant. Nuff said, I want to work for them. As for the Korean carmakers (of which, we’re really only talking about Hyundai)… well, it might be a sinking ship if the chairman cares to take the ship down with him. [...]
05/03, 1:18 PM
posted by:
hhsohn
Yes, Suzuki is growing rapidly.
http://www.suzukisx4.com
http://www.allnewxl7.com
05/29, 6:41 PM
posted by:
N2mustaches
Acura needs to kick itself upmarket if it can. It doesnt compete with Lexus or infiniti any more its just a slightly posh honda and at acuras price points i’m buying an audi.