March 3rd, 2010 by Bill Cawthon
Chrysler confounded industry analysts yesterday. Predictions of another sales drop, possibly as high as 20%, failed to materialize as Chrysler posted a small 0.5% improvement in sales, surpassing both Nissan and Honda to take the No. 4 position in the February sales ranks and regaining the No. 5 position in year-to-date (YTD) results. Sales of [...]
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May 1st, 2009 by DaveAdmin
General Motors announced better than expected U.S. sales for April 2009, with an overall drop of 34% compared with April 2008. By losing less, GM has gained market share against Toyota, but lost ground to Ford.
Toyota’s U.S. sales fell 42% in April 2009 compared with April 2008, with Lexus falling 39%.
Ford’s U.S. sales of Ford, [...]
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April 2nd, 2009 by Bill Cawthon
March wasn’t a great month, by any means, but it was a little better than expected. Total volume of 857,735 cars and light trucks marks a 36.8 percent drop from March 2008, but the seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of 9.86 million sales is well above the predicted rate of 8.8 million and is the [...]
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March 4th, 2009 by Bill Cawthon
Sometimes victory is defined simply by not losing as badly as everyone else. Chrysler had one of those victories in February. Even though its own sales were down 44 percent, Chrysler came in ahead of General Motors and Ford, where sales were even worse. In fact, Chrysler no longer has the worst year-to-date (YTD) sales [...]
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March 3rd, 2009 by Bill Cawthon
Chrysler February sales, while still down sharply, were more than sufficient to beat Honda for the No. 4 rank among the major automakers. They also beat industry analyst estimates by a significant margin. Jesse Toprak of Edmunds.com had predicted a 53 percent shortfall while Brian Johnson of Barclays Capital called for a 55 percent plunge. [...]
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March 3rd, 2009 by Bill Cawthon
American Honda Motor Co., Inc., posted total February vehicle sales of 71,575, down 35.4 percent compared to February 2008, based on the daily selling rate*. Honda Division posted February sales of 63,916, a decline of 34.9 percent versus February 2008. Dick Colliver, executive vice president of sales for American Honda, said, “We hope, as spring [...]
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