LexFather

This list really shows Toyota's domination at home. Their market share is more than nissan and Honda combined!

BNR34

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Did you guys looked at the entire list? There is a Ferrari F355 on there.............so this list is not for new car sales only. I am guessing is any car that are registered for the very 1st time. It is entirely possible for a F355 to sat around for that long before someone bought it and registered it.

The Lexus SC430 sure was not produced in 2012, so they are probably left over dealer stock from like 2010.

No Buick or Pontiac are made in 2012 also.

-J-P-L-

It's amazing how different Japan's market is. Many bestsellers that aren't even available to us. And easily the best selling model, the Aqua (Prius C), is just a small niche seller here.

mordecai

Lexus went up 3% from 2011 thanks to the new GS sales. What's amazing is that the CT sales of 11k went down almost 100% from 2011 when it sold 20k+.

Hoovey689

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Buick is still around. Perhaps you meant Saturn or Hummer?

jadu

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that prius is making a killing

spwolf

japanese luxury model sales are very much front loaded... they sell a lot for a year and then gradually drop off... then all over again.

Blackraven

Vellfire!!!

BNR34

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You are right, sorry I must have thinking Oldsmobile or something. Hummer is still alive.

BNR34

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The interior is bomb, looks like a LS600hL with a lot more room!

Hoovey689

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Oh that's right Hummer and Saab are Chinese now. But yes Oldsmobile, Pontiac and Saturn.. The former was a good decision because it conflicted too much with Buick, but just when the good got going, the latter two could have been something else. GM should have made Pontiac a performance division and not diluted it with bad CUVs and Minivans. They should have been making GTOs, G8s, Trans Ams etc.. all RWD, V8 etc. Saturn also could have been positioned better with more economic offerings and technology aimed at auotmakers like Kia for example

Blackraven

Now that is an example of premium travel on four wheels

mmarshall

I don't want to get too far off-topic here, but the real question at GM, as I see it, is why they kept the whole GMC Truck-division. All it consists of is a bunch of rebadged Chevy trucks and SUVs, with minor trim/equipment differences at most. It is, IMO, an almost complete waste of a whole division.....and vastly increases costs for nothing.

The CT is now getting more competition as more hybrids hit the marketplace. And the same money (or less) that now buys a CT can also, in some cases, buy a larger, more comfortable hybrid....the new Ford Fusion Hybrid is an excellent example.

rominl

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but it's like saying money for IS and you can get an Avalon. apple to orange.

CT is sportier, arguably more stylish (subjective) and it carries a luxury brand name / features / quality.

if anything, i say great move lexus did on the CT, it's ahead of the pack

mmarshall

I admit, Henry, that I may (?) have somewhat misjudged the CT when it first came out and I reviewed it. I felt, at the time, that it would have been better-marketed as a Toyota than a Lexus. There is no doubt that it has well-succeeded, in the actual marketplace, as a Lexus product.

But that doesn't change my still-basic feeling that, despite its admitted-popularity, spiritually, it is not a true Lexus. It has, IMO, too much road noise, rides too stiffly, doesn't have a true leather standard interior (although the NuLuxe imitation, I'll admit, is quite good), too small a rear-wiper (only some 5-6" long), and, overall, simply lacks refinement. But, as you note, people are buying it up, even as a Lexus.