Hoovey689

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These are your top 10 worst-selling vehicles of 2012

Despite 2012 being the best year of auto sales this country has seen since 2007, not every vehicle got an equally large share of the sales pie. Some barely got a sliver, as evidenced by this year's list of the top 10 worst-selling vehicles of 2012.

We've dug through sales data from every automaker to come up with this year's list and, like last year, we've set some parameters to ensure it includes legitimately bad-selling vehicles.

The first parameter is a starting MSRP under $100,000, which automatically excludes what's parked in most one-percenters' garages. We're also excluding vehicles cancelled in 2012, even if they garnered sales through the end of the year while dealerships sold off remaining inventory. This includes models like the Mitsubishi Eclipse, Mercedes-Benz R-Class and last year's worst-seller, the Acura RL. Next, vehicles are considered as they are reported by the automaker, which means that, while sales of the Murano CrossCabriolet were probably low enough to make the list, because Nissan reports only one number for all Murano sales, it was excluded. Cadillac, however, reports sales of the Escalade EXT separately from the Escalade, hence its repeat appearance.

Finally, there was the question of whether or not eligibility should be given to Suzuki vehicles, as the brand announced in November that it would end sales in the US as soon as its current inventory ran out. We decided Suzuki vehicles should be included as the brand was offering 2013 models at the time of the announcement, and as far as we can tell, inventory levels remained high enough to satisfy demand through the end of the year.

http://www.autoblog.com/2013/01/07/t...icles-of-2012/

Hoovey689

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Not many on this list that I would desire

bitkahuna

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pretty dumb list with cars from 18k to 97k.

i would think nissan wasn't too unhappy with the sales of the gt-r for example, while others are obviously complete fails in the marketplace.

ydooby

Agreed. The list is utterly pointless without a price cap or segment classification. They might as well include the Phantom or the LFA while they're at it.

jadu

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Am I the only one that bought a Mitsubishi i-MiEV last year!?!?!?!?!?








..............JK

LH1

The Acura ZDX is an absolute disaster. They need to bag it.

rkyat

the price Cap was 100k IIRC

mmarshall

The i-MiEV achieving last-place in sales, IMO, is not suprising at all. How many of you would want to drive something that looked like this? The Nissan Leaf, IMO, is a whole lot easier on one's eyes.



(No offense to those of you who may like the design, but, to me, it is an eyesore)

cino

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I can do better.

Gallardo
Aventador
LFA
Viper
911 Carrera
Blah blah blah...

Did they really include GT-R in the list?

Blackraven

This list has no credibility

Perhaps the only thing they got right was with the Acura ZDX

Aron9000

Somehow reminds me of these guys:

Kpierce007

I would think they would have sold more BMW Z4's, the new ones look amazing, not to practical I guess

IceIridium

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Heh. It's a good thing that Lexus USA reports sales figures of the IS-F combined with the V6 models.....

bitkahuna

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no, article says cars must be under 100k. gt-r just makes it.

SC400slide

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I was thinking, "OH, jadu, you didn't!"

The Suzuki Equator is just a boring SUV and doesn't appeal to many people out there.