All automakers lose in November U.S. sales
December 2nd, 2008 by DaveAdmin
While some automakers have not reported in yet, all the others have declared losses in U.S. sales (November 2008 vs November 2007):
- BMW: down 27%
- Chrysler: down 47%
- Ford: down 33% (including Volvo, down 47%)
- GM: down 41%
- Honda: down 32%
- Isuzu: down 74% (from 496 to 130 units)
- Mazda: down 31%
- Mercedes: down 30%
- Mitsubishi: down 36%
- Nissan: down 42%
- Porsche: down 48%
- Subaru: down 4%
- Suzuki: down 46%
- Toyota: down 34%
- Volkswagen: down 19%
GM has beaten Toyota in November U.S. sales, with 153,404 units vs Toyota’s 130,307. Ford was a close #3 with 122,723 vehicles, including Volvo’s 4,404 sales. Chrysler was far behind in the #4 position, still ahead of Honda with 85,260 vehicles sold vs. Honda’s 76,233.
Year to date, the story for the imports is far brighter, but most automakers still posted negative numbers.
- BMW: down 7%
- Chrysler: down 28%
- Ford: down 21% (Volvo down 30%)
- GM: down 22%
- Honda: down 5%
- Isuzu: down 31%
- Mazda: down 9%
- Mercedes: up 1%
- Mitsubishi: down 25%
- Nissan: down 9%
- Porsche: down 25%
- Subaru: up 1%
- Suzuki: down 14%
- Toyota: down 13%
- Volkswagen: down 2%
Check this article later today for more as other automakers (notably Mercedes, Hyundai, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, and Suzuki) check in.
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