November 2011 Auto Sales
12-02-11, 04:58 AM
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Mitsubishi
Mitsubishi Motors North America sales slipped for the 2nd straight month in November, even as other automakers on Thursday reported double-digit gains during a normally lackluster month.
MMNA sold 3,735 vehicles last month, down 13% from November 2010. It’s the second straight year-over-year monthly decline, following 13 consecutive increases, said MMNA spokesman Dan Irvin. He stressed that MMNA’s sales tally for the first 11 months of 2011 – 73,988 units – is up 45.6% over 2010’s pace.
“I think it’s just a matter of us coming back to the rest of the pack,” Irvin said. “We really had a tremendous 1st 9 months. We, in fact, passed the total from last year in the 1st 9 months of the year.”
Chrysler, Ford, Nissan and Hyundai were among the companies reporting double-digit gains from last November, which is normally a lackluster month because of colder weather and holiday distractions. Several analysts expect the overall pace of U.S. auto sales to be the fastest in more than 2 years.
Mitsubishi has had a couple soft months, Irvin said, but other automakers also posted weaker numbers when Mitsubishi was on the rise.
“It’s kind of understandable that it’s difficult, almost impossible, to maintain month after month after month after month of increases,” he said.
The Outlander Sport, which will soon be made at MMNA’s manufacturing plant in Normal, sold 1,133 units sold in November, up from 64.7 percent a year ago. Another new vehicle – the all-electric i – begins retail sales this month on the West Coast before in other parts of the U.S. in spring 2012.
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12-02-11, 05:00 AM
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Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) today reported strong November U.S. sales of 18,432 vehicles, representing an increase of 20.4 percent versus last year. On a Daily Selling Rate (DSR) basis, Mazda's November 2011 sales were up 15.6 percent. Year-to-date sales through November are up 9.6 percent versus last year, with 228,073 vehicles sold.
Key November sales notes:
Mazda6 celebrated its best month since March 2009, with sales of 4,292 vehicles accounting for a 53.9 percent increase.
Mazda's stylish CX-7 and CX-9 crossover SUVs celebrated their best November since 2007, with increases of 7.0 percent and 39.2 percent respectively. On the year, CX-7 sales are up 29.8 percent with 32,940 vehicles sold, while CX-9 is up 18.0 percent with 30,215 vehicles sold.
Mazda5 sales are up 15.1 percent with 982 vehicles sold.
Mazda2 sales are up 73.4 percent with 801 vehicles sold in November. Year-to-date Mazda2 sales are up more than four-fold.
Mazda3 sales of 6,873 vehicles accounted for a 6.2 percent increase. The new 2012 Mazda3 features Mazda's innovative SKYACTIV-G engine and SKYACTIV-Drive automatic transmission that achieves 40 MPG on the highway, all without sacrificing driving performance.
Rounding out the North American market, Mazda Motor de Mexico (MMdM) reported its best-ever November with sales of 2,884 vehicles, accounting for a 21.0 percent increase versus last year. MMdM's year-to-date sales are up 20.0 percent with 26,200 vehicles sold. In a challenging market, Mazda Canada, Inc. (MCI) sold 5,169 vehicles, down 2.0 percent versus last year. MCI's year-to-date sales of 64,318 vehicles are down 12.0 percent versus last year. Mazda6 celebrated its best month since March 2009, with sales of 4,292 vehicles accounting for a 53.9 percent increase.
Mazda's stylish CX-7 and CX-9 crossover SUVs celebrated their best November since 2007, with increases of 7.0 percent and 39.2 percent respectively. On the year, CX-7 sales are up 29.8 percent with 32,940 vehicles sold, while CX-9 is up 18.0 percent with 30,215 vehicles sold.
Mazda5 sales are up 15.1 percent with 982 vehicles sold.
Mazda2 sales are up 73.4 percent with 801 vehicles sold in November. Year-to-date Mazda2 sales are up more than four-fold.
Mazda3 sales of 6,873 vehicles accounted for a 6.2 percent increase. The new 2012 Mazda3 features Mazda's innovative SKYACTIV-G engine and SKYACTIV-Drive automatic transmission that achieves 40 MPG on the highway, all without sacrificing driving performance.
Mazda North American Operations is headquartered in Irvine, Calif. and oversees the sales, marketing, parts and customer service support of Mazda vehicles in the United States, Canada and Mexico through nearly 900 dealers. Operations in Canada are managed by Mazda Canada, Inc., located in Ontario; and in Mexico by Mazda Motor de Mexico in Mexico City.
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12-02-11, 02:45 PM
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I don't see why we'd want to do that when discussions about Toyota/Lexus sales often involve comparisons to sales of other makes.
12-03-11, 03:16 PM
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This is how we have done it for what 7-8 years now...if someone want to discuss Toyota/Lexus only I don't see an issue but this is how we have always done it.
12-04-11, 05:56 PM
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Compacts to OutSell MidSize Vehicles
You can’t drive far in the U.S. without seeing a Toyota Camry, Honda Accord or Ford Fusion.
Midsize sedans have been America’s favorite cars for decades. That’s changing. More people are choosing small cars like the Chevrolet Cruze and even smaller ones like the Honda Fit because they’re worried about gas prices and car payments. There’s another reason, too: Small cars are no longer the cramped econoboxes of the 1980s and 1990s, and they have many of the same features as larger cars.
Compact cars will outsell midsize ones as early as this year, forecasts J.D. Power and Associates, a marketing information firm. That hasn’t happened in at least 2 decades.
Just five years ago, automakers sold nearly 250,000 more midsize cars than compact cars in the U.S. Gas was cheaper then, and automakers had fewer small models to sell. But by 2015, J.D. Power expects compact and subcompact cars to command 20% of sales, while midsize cars will account for just 14%.
For most of the past 15 years, the Camry has been America’s best-selling car. And Toyota wants it to stay that way. This fall, the Japanese company released a new version that increases fuel economy to 35 miles per gallon (15 kilometers per liter) and sells for even less than the old model. But it’s facing tough competition from smaller cars such as the Hyundai Elantra, which gets 40 mpg (17 kpl) and costs $5,000 less. Elantra sales surged 46% to 161,000 through October, while Camry sales fell 9% to 251,000.
The Elantra isn’t the only competition. For a brief period this year after the Japanese earthquake, the Chevrolet Cruze unseated the Camry as the best-selling car in the country.
Melanie Jackson, 29, a paramedic, went shopping for a midsize car last summer but wound up with a 2-door Honda Civic coupe because she was wowed by its fuel economy. She says the Civic can easily fit her 3 sons, their backpacks, football equipment and groceries. And she averages 38 mpg (16 kpl) and spends only $30 a week on gas.
“I forget how to put gas in the car because I do it so rarely,” Jackson says.
Here are some reasons for the growing appeal of small cars:
— Today’s small cars have all the bells and whistles. Unlike the stripped-down models of earlier decades, small cars offer all the amenities of bigger models, like leather seats, satellite radio and keyless entry. Buyers can get a Nissan Versa hatchback with a navigation system for a little more than $15,000. Downsizing Baby Boomers, as the more than 76 million Americans born from 1946 to 1964 are known, and tech-savvy young drivers don’t want to compromise on features when they get a smaller car, so automakers are responding.
Mara Landers, 35, an assistant professor of mathematics at Los Medanos College in Pittsburg, California, drove a 1998 Civic that was so spare it didn’t have a radio. She traded it in for a 2009 Civic with power windows, keyless entry and a digital dashboard display.
“The new Civic really feels like a luxury update of the old one,” Landers says.
— Small cars are cheaper. An Elantra starts at $16,445, but can be loaded up with leather seats, a navigation system, a rearview camera and other features that raise the price tag to $23,305. To get a midsize Hyundai Sonata with those same features, buyers have to pay $6,000 more.
— Small cars are roomier. The 2012 Ford Focus compact is nearly 8 inches (20 centimeters) longer and 5 inches (12.5 centimeters) wider than the Ford Escort — the car it replaced — was a decade ago. That means buyers don’t need to move up to a midsize just to stretch their legs. Adding inches here and there is an easy way for carmakers to increase a vehicle’s perceived value. The difference between compact and midsize cars also is narrowing. In 1992, the compact Corolla was nearly 17 inches (43 centimeters) shorter than the Camry. But the Corolla has stretched, and is now just 10 inches (25 centimeters) shorter.
The Environmental Protection Agency defines compact cars as having 100 to 109 cubic feet of passenger and cargo space, while midsize cars have 110 to 119 cubic feet. That gives automakers plenty of room to play with.
12-05-11, 10:30 AM
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The Camry got back its crown after the transition to the new-gen in October, though the midsize segment has indeed shrunk overall.
Toyota Camry: 23,440
Nissan Altima: 20,613
Ford Fusion: 19,912
Hyundai Sonata: 15,668
Honda Accord: 14,355
Chevrolet Malibu: 10,269
Kia Optima: 9,533
Chrysler 200: 8,065
VW Passat: 6,018
Dodge Avenger: 5,643
Buick Regal: 2,120
VW CC: 1,698
Toyota Camry: 23,440
Nissan Altima: 20,613
Ford Fusion: 19,912
Hyundai Sonata: 15,668
Honda Accord: 14,355
Chevrolet Malibu: 10,269
Kia Optima: 9,533
Chrysler 200: 8,065
VW Passat: 6,018
Dodge Avenger: 5,643
Buick Regal: 2,120
VW CC: 1,698
12-05-11, 11:44 AM
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^^ interesting, optima + sonata (same car different suits) > camry sales 
12-05-11, 11:58 AM
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The Camry got back its crown after the transition to the new-gen in October, though the midsize segment has indeed shrunk overall.
Toyota Camry: 23,440
Nissan Altima: 20,613
Ford Fusion: 19,912
Hyundai Sonata: 15,668
Honda Accord: 14,355
Chevrolet Malibu: 10,269
Kia Optima: 9,533
Chrysler 200: 8,065
VW Passat: 6,018
Dodge Avenger: 5,643
Buick Regal: 2,120
VW CC: 1,698
Toyota Camry: 23,440
Nissan Altima: 20,613
Ford Fusion: 19,912
Hyundai Sonata: 15,668
Honda Accord: 14,355
Chevrolet Malibu: 10,269
Kia Optima: 9,533
Chrysler 200: 8,065
VW Passat: 6,018
Dodge Avenger: 5,643
Buick Regal: 2,120
VW CC: 1,698
12-05-11, 12:10 PM
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Midsize segment in October 2011:
Honda Accord: 22,589
Toyota Camry: 22,043
Nissan Altima: 21,838
Hyundai Sonata: 18,192
Ford Fusion: 18,094
Chrysler 200: 11,205
Chevrolet Malibu: 10,239
Kia Optima: 8,616
Dodge Avenger: 7,136
VW Passat: 5,040
Subaru Legacy: 3,546
Buick Regal: 2,281
VW CC: 2,025
12-05-11, 02:29 PM
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12-05-11, 04:22 PM
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Daimler AG’s Mercedes-Benz topped Bayerische Motoren Werke AG’s BMW by more than 5,000 vehicle sales in the U.S. last month, coming within 1,600 of the lead in deliveries of luxury automobiles.
Mercedes deliveries, helped by a refreshed C-Class car and redesigned M-Class sport-utility vehicle, rose 47% to 26,796 in November, the Stuttgart, Germany-based automaker said yesterday in a statement, topping BMW for a 2nd straight month. BMW’s U.S. sales rose 7% in November to 21,521, the Munich-based automaker said.
With November’s results, BMW’s lead for the year narrowed to 1,582 units over Mercedes. BMW sales have risen 12% to 221,073. Deliveries of Mercedes vehicles through November rose 12% to 219,491 in the U.S., the company said. The two are vying to replace Toyota Motor Corp.’s Lexus, which has been the annual U.S. luxury sales leader for the past 11 years.
“It’s going to be a very close race,” said Jesse Toprak, an industry analyst with TrueCar.com, a Santa Monica, California-based website that tracks auto sales. “Based on the current momentum, I think that Benz has a good chance of winning the race this year.”
A March earthquake and tsunami in Japan restricted supplies of Lexus cars and SUVs, and the brand’s year-to-date sales fell 14% to 173,197. Toyota City, Japan-based Lexus increased U.S. deliveries in November by 6.7% to 19,458.
BMW Looked ‘Unreachable’
Mercedes surge “is somewhat surprising,” Toprak said. “I thought BMW had a strong hold based upon earlier this year. They seemed unreachable.”
The results exclude Daimler’s Sprinter vans and Smart cars and BMW’s Mini brand, which aren’t luxury vehicles.
Mercedes’s product lineup got a boost in September when it began selling a new M-Class SUV and refreshed C-Class sedan. The automaker also began offering a 2-door version of the C-Class to compete against BMW’s 3-Series lineup. C-Class sales in November more than doubled to 8,358 from 3,930, the company said. M-Class deliveries rose 38% to 4,796.
“By good fortune we have strong availability of brand-new product at a time when the wind shifted slightly in the marketplace,” Steve Cannon, Mercedes vice president of U.S. marketing, said yesterday in an interview in Detroit. November’s 13.6 million seasonally adjusted annualized selling rate was the highest in more than 2 years.
Mercedes is pushing the C-Class with lease deals, Toprak said.
“They’re creating a lot of volume play with the cheap leases they are putting out there,” he said.
‘Close’ Race
While December is traditionally Mercedes best-selling month, Cannon wouldn’t say that Mercedes will beat BMW for the year.
“December will look like November,” he said. “It’s going to be close."
“We have no mandate from Stuttgart that says beat BMW,” Cannon said. “If BMW wants to throw everything but the kitchen sink to hold onto a sales crown, we’re not going to duke it out with them,” he added.
General Motors Co.’s Cadillac luxury brand sales fell 5.6% last month to 11,145, according to the Detroit-based automaker.
U.S. deliveries of Audi, the premium brand of Wolfsburg, Germany-based Volkswagen AG, rose 3.6% to 9,700 vehicles last month, the company said in a statement. With 104,906 sales through November, the brand exceeded 100,000 U.S. deliveries for the 2nd-straight year.
Porsche AG, the Stuttgart-based automaker, sold 2,255 vehicles in the U.S., a 6.7% decrease, the company said in an e-mailed statement.
Nissan Motor Co.’s Infiniti sold 8,428 vehicles, 3% more than a year earlier, the Yokohama, Japan-based company, said in a statement.
Honda Motor Co., based in Tokyo, said in a statement that sales for its Acura brand fell 7.5% to 9,909 last month.
Ford Motor Co. sold 6,305 Lincolns in November, an 18% decrease from a year earlier, according to a statement from the Dearborn, Michigan-based automaker.
Land Rover deliveries rose 31% to 3,820, while Jaguar sales dropped 18% to 915, said Autodata Corp., an industry researcher. The brands are owned by Mumbai-based Tata Motors Ltd.
12-05-11, 04:26 PM
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1. Camry Hybrid is now widely available.
2. December is the first month when the new Camry has a special lease deal that is competitive with the cheap leases offered by the competition.