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GM, Chrysler sales rise; Ford sales fall

12/01/2006, 4:03 PM

By admin

General Motors dealers in the United States sold 297,556 new cars and trucks in November, a 6 percent increase compared with last year. Beginning with the 2007 model year in September, retail sales are up 13 percent while retail sales for November were up 11 percent compared to a year ago. Retail truck sales were up 17 percent, led by strong Chevy Silverado, GMC Sierra, and Cadillac Escalade sales. Retail car sales were up 1 percent. [data sheet].

Meanwhile, Ford dealers delivered 182,259 vehicles to U.S. customers in November, down 10 percent compared with a year ago. Overall, truck sales were down 13 percent, while car sales were just 3 percent lower. Jaguar sales fell 35.2 percent, Land Rover sales dropped 7.6 percent, while Volvo sales rose 14.3 percent. [data sheet].

Lastly, the Chrysler group reported that unadjusted sales in November 2006 rose 3 percent to 164,556 units, compared to November 2005 sales of 159,898 units — the best November in five years. [data sheet].

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12/01, 4:15 PM

posted by:

BAMF

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12/01, 4:18 PM

posted by:

gumby

yeah Chrysler, keep it up

12/01, 4:37 PM

posted by:

Stuart

Good for Chrysler hope the Sebring Convertible is a start of better made interiors and better cars as a whole.

12/01, 4:48 PM

posted by:

gsh

i was beginning to feel there are more volvos on the road now…that new C70 is nice

12/01, 4:59 PM

posted by:

deantj gives great head

It should be Chrysler sales falling because of their ****ty ****ty product

12/01, 5:10 PM

posted by:

S-60-driver

Why Ford is down with cars? Fusion is a hit. This is a bull**** stat.

12/01, 5:21 PM

posted by:

mbftw

Chrysler better keep it up…otherwise it’s just going to be Daimler in the future.

12/01, 5:31 PM

posted by:

Ricardo Head

Ford is down with cars because the Fusion et al is their only hit.

500/Montego sales are not much and becoming less.
Focus is almost 10 year old tech, though sales are up a bit.

Really, look at that data sheet – Ford total cars are 43000 in November. Toyota moves that many Camry’s in a month – add in their other car sales, all of which leave Ford drooling, and you’ll see why Ford cars are down. I am a fan of Ford, but they are too reliant on trucks, and too unable to see that they need to bring some models from abroad (read MONDEO and FOCUS) to the USA to sell, and they can build them here too. GM is doing it with Saturn and is seeing the positive results. I’m all for inventing things here, but I’m not for reinventing the wheel, and the wheels Ford USA is reinventing are those from last century.
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People don’t like to spend today’s dollars on yestercentury’s technology – that’s why Ford is down.

12/01, 5:33 PM

posted by:

cknoff

S-60 “this is bull**** stat”

What, you’re questioning sales figures and facts?

12/01, 5:45 PM

posted by:

sj79

Ford’s car sales are going to be down for a while because the Taurus is no longer. It may be a while before you see considerable gains in Ford car sales.

12/01, 5:57 PM

posted by:

GL1

Yeah for GM and Chrysler…. realistically Ford hasn’t made ANYTHING worth buying in ten years anyway…

12/01, 6:00 PM

posted by:

jizum77

GM’s billions of dollars spent on advertising is finally paying off… haha and ford will continue to fail as long as they keep producing one diamond covered turd in a sea of complete ****. chrysler is the only company taking risks and designing vehicles that stand out, not to mention the “daimler” in chrysler helps produce better transmissions, and with 5 and 6 speed automatics now standard on most chrysler products your going to need more power under the hood to keep up… which means better engines for all you ignorant morons who can’t seem to stop stroking GM’s and fords shlongs.

12/01, 6:12 PM

posted by:

S-60-driver

i know, i was venting off. I wish it was a joke. Guess not.

2008 will be a good year. Thats when all updated Ford vehicles will come out. Can’t come any sooner!!! Geez

12/01, 6:38 PM

posted by:

chevy490

congrats gm u diserve it andf crysler uve done good 2 ur ganna pass upp ford the crap company real soon good work!

12/01, 7:25 PM

posted by:

lanapat7

Toyota once again sold more vehicles in a month than Chrysler and Ford.

12/01, 9:13 PM

posted by:

1c3d0g

Great job, GM/Chrysler. The Edge should hopefully help Ford with their current sales malaise.

12/01, 9:20 PM

posted by:

MC

Thats sad for ford. Gm isn’t nothing but a import copying company anyway. And chrysler well they always make nice looking cars. But I have to admit that the Dodge Nitro is officially America’s most ugliest vehicle of 2006.

12/01, 9:25 PM

posted by:

Detroit Dude !

Ha, ha, ha….you’re funny MC. What a dumbass comment,,,”GM is nothing but an import copying company anyway”. I think NOT. Gimme the facts rookie….

12/02, 2:19 AM

posted by:

Stuart

The facts – All saturns are rebadged Opels. All future RWD models including Camaro will have austrailian engineering and chassis. All small Chevys are from korea.

12/02, 10:14 AM

posted by:

chevy490

hey if chevy makes money off of it so what and y would u care if they coppy there own cars i mean dam u people are stupid “man that sky looks like the solstice i think ill go cut my wrist know” i mean come on who cares, dam, gm ur a bad ****ty company because u coppy ur own cars bad gm!! lets see STUART u are lln retard of the month but mc is runner up! ford makes vechicle in ohh no korea, mexico canada and france and many other places just like gm so stuart u can stop crying know!

12/02, 10:19 AM

posted by:

chevy490

most of u guys are jealus that gm and chrysler is kicking ass and ford is sucking balls! seeing how ford suports homos and gm and chrysler dosent means that yea there probley better sucking balls than building cars!

12/02, 10:36 AM

posted by:

MC

Detroit dude LOL Are you serious or are you just blind? Good statement Stuart. Have you seen the GTO that is a real imported car. They took the Holden Monaro and just rebadged it as GTO. The new impala has become an import car now. Dude just look at all of chevy cars. They all resemble import cars.

12/02, 12:01 PM

posted by:

chris2

Saturn Outlook is not a rebadged Opel.

GM is a world wide company. They are not “copying” imports. Different regions are responsible for developing architectures and the individual regions design/tune the vehicles for their regions.

The US is responsible for engineering and developing the trucks. Korea has the smallest vehicles such as the Aveo and smaller. The Cobalt is a Korean architecture but primarily designed by Gm

12/02, 2:05 PM

posted by:

Elvio

Can we also say this to Toyota??

Toyota is a world wide company. They are not “copying” imports. Different regions are responsible for developing architectures and the individual regions design/tune the vehicles for their regions.

The US is responsible for engineering and developing the trucks and fmaily cars. Although Toyota’s HQ is in Japan. Many of the vehicles they sell in the U.S is designed and primarily built in by Toyota, U.S.A.

12/02, 9:34 PM

posted by:

Fireresq157

Stuart is clueless all he does is complain about GM , guess hes not old enough to go out and get laid. All his statements have flaws or errors because he doesn’t bother to look up stuff. He just uses his flawed and selective memory. One example the Saturn Sky will possibly rebadged as an Opel in Europe not the other way around.

12/03, 12:07 PM

posted by:

Detroit Dude !

AWSOME!! I felt sure that I’d have to come back and explain the “facts” to the circle jerks, however, Chevy490,Fireresq157, Elvio and Chris2 did such an eloquent job setting the record straight that I should keep my flapper door shut !! But I can’t. I get too emotional at the misinformation of some of the posts in these forums. But thank-you, at least four others have a handle on the “global” auto industry and how it works. Stu, the Saturn Aura is NOT a rebadged Opel, it is an Epsilon platformed vehicle, true, but other than styling, it shares little with the Opel Vectra and is more closely related to the Pontiac G6 / Chevy Malibu, and the Saab 9-3 (of which the Saab is produced in Sweden by the way). The Aura is produced in the same plant that makes the Malibu, which is Fairfax, Kansas. Gotta admit, GM did a good job here, they fooled you, Mr. Automotive Expert! The Saturn SKY is not an Opel, but there is an Opel GT that is a Saturn Sky (can ya beat that ?!). The current Vue, Ion, or new Vue are not Opel’s. The Saturn Outlook is 100% American, as is the ill conceived Relay. The new ‘08 Saturn Vue is a GM Daewoo design that launched first in Asia-Pacific, followed by Europe, and now North America. It’s a true example of “globalization”. The next generation Ion will be very closely related to the Opel Corsa and probably be produced in Springhill, TN. All small Chevy’s are NOT from Korea, only the Aveo is from Korea, again a GM Daewoo product. The Aveo, by the way, is the #1 seller in it’s compact segment here in the U.S., imagine that !! The Colbalt is a U.S. design built in Lordstown, OHIO (last time I checked a map, Ohio was still in the USofA, no !). MC (Mentally Challenged ?), the new Impala has been produced in Canada since CY 2000, if that’s an import in your book, so be it. No major auto manufacturer produces vehicles in just one country, not Toyota, not Nissan, not Honda, you get the picture…(one can only hope !). I don’t share your view that all Chevy’s look like import cars either, but you’re entitled to your opinion. Also, look for a lot of GM-Holden designs to make thier way to the U.S. in the form of Chevy’s, Pontiacs and Buicks. Rear drive V-8’s !!! Go GM go !!! Try harder next time guy’s, you’re posts display a distinct ignorance of the global auto industry, and seem to indicate a lack of understanding the basic automotive facts.

12/03, 12:35 PM

posted by:

Detroit Dude !

AHHHH Shut-up will ya Detroit Dude !! I can’t…….those V-8 GM-Holdens use the Chevy small block V-8’s, designed right here in the good ‘ole USofA. The GM-Holden designed Camaro will be produced in Canada. Future Pontiacs, like the GTO did, will come from GM-Holden right out from “Down Under”…future Buicks could share designs with GM-China, where Buick and GM are a smash hit, the list goes on and on. And what is the point Detroit Dude !? Point is, in this global economy, GM is truly a Global company. Many so called automotive “enthusiasts” are unaware of just how global GM really is, and just hand off the future to Toyota. No one can argue Toyota’s success, but whether GM is #1, 2 or 3 in the future, who cares ?, and will it really matter ? Don’t count GM out. Their global resources are tremendous, and now that they’re getting focused with the Global Design Centers, have the Quality in-order, and are getting North America back on solid ground, I for one think they will be a tremendously fierce competitor from this point on…..Don’t believe me, do the research for yourself. You’ll be amazed at what you find. O.K., Detroit Dude ! will shut his flapper door and go back to sleep now !! :-)

12/04, 11:54 AM

posted by:

GL1

Excellent for GM and Mopar as they have always had the best cars anyway.. Ford hasn’t made anything worth buying in more than ten years and it appears like everybody out there knows it too..

12/04, 12:01 PM

posted by:

GL1

MC so ALL chevy cars resemble inport cars ? What import car does the new Corvette and Z06 resemble then idiot ? what about the new camaro coming out what import car is it copying ?

12/05, 5:42 AM

posted by:

1952 MG TD

Shut Up! No, you shut up! Its handbags at dawn my pretties

 
 
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