August 2017 Sales Thread
09-01-17, 01:48 PM
#16
Only 21 new NSX unit sold, what a mess. R8 did 47.
IS and Q50 neck and neck 2445 and 2541
RC and Q50 also neck and neck 665 and 690
Ford GT 13 joyous US deliveries.
IS and Q50 neck and neck 2445 and 2541
RC and Q50 also neck and neck 665 and 690
Ford GT 13 joyous US deliveries.
Last edited by S2000toIS350; 09-01-17 at 01:51 PM.
09-01-17, 02:51 PM
#17
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Bmw
http://www.bmwusanews.com/newsrelease.do?id=3074&mid=
BMW Group U.S. Reports August 2017 Sales
- Kenn Sparks
- Eric Valtos
- BMW brand sales decrease 7.7 percent
- MINI brand sales decrease 10.5 percent
Woodcliff Lake, NJ – September 1, 2017… Sales of BMW brand vehicles decreased 7.7 percent in August for a total of 23,553 compared to 25,531 vehicles sold in August 2016. Year-to-date, the BMW brand is down 5 percent in the U.S. on sales of 194,604 vehicles compared to 204,744 sold in the 1st 8 months of 2016.
Notable vehicle sales in August include the BMW 4 Series and BMW 5 Series, which both showed strong gains for the 2nd straight month, and the BMW X1. The BMW 4 Series increased 49.3 percent to 3,412 vehicles, while the BMW 5 Series which increased 37.6 percent to 3,587 vehicles. The BMW X1 increased 39 percent to 2,002 vehicles.
“Even as we are reporting the August sales, our thoughts are with those in the devastated areas of Texas and Louisiana, especially our many employees and colleagues. We are making significant contributions to the American Red Cross to relieve as much of the suffering as possible,” said Bernhard Kuhnt, President and CEO, BMW of North America. “August numbers were a bit unusual in that sedans outpaced our SAV’s as model year change over for the X5 and new model production of the X3 significantly restricted availability of our especially popular SAV models. This of course will improve as production ramps up.”
MINI Brand Sales
For August, MINI USA reported 4,448 vehicles sold, a decrease of 10.5 percent from the 4,969 sold in the same month a year ago. Year-to-date, MINI USA reported a total of 31,051 vehicles sold, a decrease of 11.0 percent from 34,887 vehicles sold in the first eight months of 2016.
BMW Group Sales
In total, the BMW Group in the U.S. (BMW and MINI combined) reported August sales of 28,001 vehicles, a decrease of 8.2 percent from the 30,500 vehicles sold in the same month a year ago. Year-to-date, BMW Group sales are down 5.8 percent on sales of 225,655 vehicles in the first eight months of 2017 compared to 239,631 in the same period in 2016.
BMW Group Electrified Vehicle Sales
Sales of BMW Group electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles increased 9.2 percent to 11,672 through August 2017, accounting for 5.2 percent of total BMW brand sales in the U.S. Currently, BMW offers 6 electrified vehicle models in the U.S., including the BMW i3 and BMW i8, as well as the BMW i Performance models: BMW 330e, BMW 530e, BMW 740e and the BMW X5 xDrive 40e. MINI offers the MINI Countryman plug-inhybrid electric vehicle, which launched in June 2017.
BMW Pre-Owned VehiclesNotable vehicle sales in August include the BMW 4 Series and BMW 5 Series, which both showed strong gains for the 2nd straight month, and the BMW X1. The BMW 4 Series increased 49.3 percent to 3,412 vehicles, while the BMW 5 Series which increased 37.6 percent to 3,587 vehicles. The BMW X1 increased 39 percent to 2,002 vehicles.
“Even as we are reporting the August sales, our thoughts are with those in the devastated areas of Texas and Louisiana, especially our many employees and colleagues. We are making significant contributions to the American Red Cross to relieve as much of the suffering as possible,” said Bernhard Kuhnt, President and CEO, BMW of North America. “August numbers were a bit unusual in that sedans outpaced our SAV’s as model year change over for the X5 and new model production of the X3 significantly restricted availability of our especially popular SAV models. This of course will improve as production ramps up.”
MINI Brand Sales
For August, MINI USA reported 4,448 vehicles sold, a decrease of 10.5 percent from the 4,969 sold in the same month a year ago. Year-to-date, MINI USA reported a total of 31,051 vehicles sold, a decrease of 11.0 percent from 34,887 vehicles sold in the first eight months of 2016.
BMW Group Sales
In total, the BMW Group in the U.S. (BMW and MINI combined) reported August sales of 28,001 vehicles, a decrease of 8.2 percent from the 30,500 vehicles sold in the same month a year ago. Year-to-date, BMW Group sales are down 5.8 percent on sales of 225,655 vehicles in the first eight months of 2017 compared to 239,631 in the same period in 2016.
BMW Group Electrified Vehicle Sales
Sales of BMW Group electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles increased 9.2 percent to 11,672 through August 2017, accounting for 5.2 percent of total BMW brand sales in the U.S. Currently, BMW offers 6 electrified vehicle models in the U.S., including the BMW i3 and BMW i8, as well as the BMW i Performance models: BMW 330e, BMW 530e, BMW 740e and the BMW X5 xDrive 40e. MINI offers the MINI Countryman plug-inhybrid electric vehicle, which launched in June 2017.
- In August, BMW Certified Pre-Owned sold 11,600 vehicles, a decrease of 3 percent from August 2016.
- Total BMW Pre-Owned sold 20,392 vehicles, a decrease of 16.5 percent from August 2016.
- Total BMW Pre-Owned cars sold year-to-date were 160,999, a 10.3 percent increase from the first eight months of 2016.
MINI Pre-Owned Vehicles
- In August, MINI Certified Pre-Owned sold 984 vehicles, a decrease of 22.3 percent from August 2016.
- Total MINI Pre-Owned sold 2,694 vehicles in August 2017, a decrease of 2.8 percent from August 2016.
- Total MINI Pre-Owned sales year-to-date were 21,002, a 10.1 percent increase from the first eight months of 2016.
BMW Group In America
BMW of North America, LLC has been present in the United States since 1975. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars NA, LLC began distributing vehicles in 2003. The BMW Group in the United States has grown to include marketing, sales, and financial service organizations for the BMW brand of motor vehicles, including motorcycles, the MINI brand, and the Rolls-Royce brand of Motor Cars; Designworks, a strategic design consultancy based in California; a technology office in Silicon Valley and various other operations throughout the country. BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC in South Carolina is part of BMW Group’s global manufacturing network and is the exclusive manufacturing plant for all X5 and X3 Sports Activity Vehicles and X6 and X4 Sports Activity Coupes. The BMW Group sales organization is represented in the U.S. through networks of 344 BMW passenger car and BMW Sports Activity Vehicle centers, 153 BMW motorcycle retailers, 127 MINI passenger car dealers, and 36 Rolls-Royce Motor Car dealers. BMW (US) Holding Corp., the BMW Group’s sales headquarters for North America, is located in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey.
09-01-17, 02:55 PM
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Mercedes
http://www.autospies.com/news/Merced...e-Month-94071/
Mercedes Comes Up Short In August - Sales Down 10.7% For The Month
Agent009 submitted on 9/1/2017Auto Spies Photos Timestamp: 4:12:12 PM2 user comments Views : 758 Category: New Cars Source: www.autospies.comMercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) today reported August sales of 25,373 units, compared to 28,404 vehicles sold during the same month last year.
On a year-to-date basis, Mercedes-Benz retails totaled 213,242 units, down 2.9% from the previous year. Mercedes-Benz Vans reported best-ever August sales with 3,581 units and smart reported 229 units, bringing the MBUSA grand total to 29,183 vehicles for the month.
“It became apparent during the previous months, that the highly volatile U.S. automotive market is affecting the sales figures of Mercedes-Benz. Nevertheless, we see an ongoing demand for our SUV lineup. The limited availability of several models impacted our monthly totals in August,” said Dietmar Exler, president and CEO of MBUSA. “Presently, our thoughts and concerns lie with our dealer partners, employees and their families in Texas, who are experiencing many challenges at the moment.”
Mercedes-Benz volume leaders in August included the C-Class, GLC and GLE model lines. The C-Class took the lead at 5,304, followed by GLC sales of 4,498. The GLE rounded out the top 3 with 3,750 units sold.
Mercedes-AMG high-performance models sold 1,993 units in August, with a total 21,121 sold year-to-date (up 49.5%).
Separately, Mercedes-Benz Certified Pre-Owned (MBCPO) models recorded sales of 10,105 vehicles in August, a decrease of 14.2% when compared to the same month last year (11,773). On a year-to-date basis, MBCPO sold 78,952 vehicles, a decrease of 4.5% over 2016 (82,636).
09-01-17, 09:29 PM
#19
if price is right maybe i will pick one up
09-02-17, 05:49 AM
#20
Super Moderator
09-02-17, 08:14 PM
#21
Lexus Fanatic
There is higher demand for the new NSX in the UK, they are increasing shipments due to already selling out of their current stock.
09-04-17, 11:55 AM
#22
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Porsche
http://press.porsche.com/news/release.php?id=1040
Porsche Reports August 2017 Sales of 4,709 Units
Porsche Reports August 2017 Sales of 4,709 Units
August was the best two-door sports car month of 2017 with 1,642 deliveries. Porsche 911 sales in the U.S. reached 1,016 units in August, a 35.6 percent increase year-overyear. The 718 Boxster and Cayman line posted 626 retail deliveries, up 32.1 percent over August 2016. Sales of the Panamera sports sedan stood at 557, a 25.2 percent increase year-over-year. Year-to-date, Panamera deliveries are up 36.3 percent with 4,068 vehicles sold.
Porsche Approved Certified Pre-Owned (CPO) vehicle sales in the U.S. were 1,606, a 14.7 percent increase compared to August 2016. Year-to-date, CPO sales are up 7.3 percent and stand at 12,004 for the first eight months of 2017.
09-04-17, 04:17 PM
#23
One of the vloggers/influencers, Salomondrin recently said that a lot of Euro cars are stuck at ports because EPA is holding them up until they get all the smog, etc testing done (which may not be straightforward) in the wake of the diesel gate stuff.
09-04-17, 08:32 PM
#24
Pole Position
I talked to my local dealer about an NSX when the first inventory cars started to appear and the experience was dreadful. The sales guy had absolutely no idea about the car, I got a bunch of generic marketing emails with missing data and empty fields where my info was meant to be, very generic phone follow up and a generally lackluster customer experience. It would have been a mediocre sales experience if I were discussing the purchase of a new MDX...
09-05-17, 04:40 AM
#25
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Japan
I know that the sedan market is down overall but Japan is consistently now the bottom 3 in the mid-level luxury sedan segment. Granted, there is stiff competition from new vehicles like the G80 & even the FWD Continental & S90 but hopefully they have something competitive in the works:
Eclass 3,710 -26.8%
5series 3,587 +37.8%
XTS 1,712 -24.4%
G80 1,484
A6 1,380 -29.6%
CTS 1,200 -15.8%
S90 918 +373.2%
Continental 816
GS 689 -46%
Q70 400 -8.9%
RLX 110 -10.2%; hybrid 13 -34.1%
09-05-17, 08:43 PM
#26
i still think the failure of GS is because of ES -- dealerships / salespeople simply has ZERO incentives to push the GS when the ES is bigger, softer, and cheaper. if we factor in that then lexus on mid-size sedan is doing very well.
still, very sad for the GS i agree
still, very sad for the GS i agree
09-06-17, 04:31 AM
#27
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Hybrids
http://www.hybridcars.com/august-2017-dashboard/
August 2017 Dashboardby Jeff Cobb September 5, 2017
The HybridCars.com monthly sales Dashboard is a collaboration of HybridCars.com and Baum & Associates, a Michigan-based market research firm focusing on automotive issues including the hybrid and electric vehicle market.
Overall sales for August were down from a year ago although they were up from July.
Clearly, sales this the year overall are down from a year ago as well, and this trend is likely to continue as the decline for 2017 is currently at 2.8 percent. Each of the non-conventional powertrain categories was up from July, and all were up from August 2016 except diesels. Year-to-date, all categories were up except for diesels.
Hybrid sales were up from July, last August and year-to-date, with the Prius Liftback still leading the category. That said, the vehicle remains well below previous years. The Toyota RAV4 had another good month, as did the Fusion hybrid. A new entry has been added to the category, namely the GMC Sierra mild hybrid. This vehicle is only available in California on two wheel drive models and is an experiment to see if demand for this vehicle justifies continued and/or expanded production. Of course, four wheel drive is very popular on full size pickups, thus this will limit the volume of this product. The vehicle uses the eAssist technology which is used on a variety of other GM vehicles including the Malibu. Volumes in August were over 3,000 with a total of 3,300 year-to-date. Sales of this model are likely to be somewhat erratic, particularly given that plants producing this vehicle will be down for several weeks this fall for preparation of a new model (including gasoline engine versions) that will appear late in 2018. The Kia Niro and Honda Accord hybrid also had strong sales above 2,000 each in August. Toyota’s hybrid share in August is just over 50 percent as other automakers experienced relatively good sales last month as compared to Toyota.
The diesel segment had a good month (following a poor July) based on two important factors: 1) Ford Transit sales returned to “normal” and the vehicle leads the category by a large margin and 2) Ram Pickups are now being sold (albeit in small numbers in August) with the EcoDiesel engine. This engine has been off the market since early this year because of a lack of certification from EPA. That certification is now in place and sales volumes will rise in coming months as more production becomes available. In addition, a new vehicle has been added, namely the Range Rover Velar.
The HybridCars.com monthly sales Dashboard is a collaboration of HybridCars.com and Baum & Associates, a Michigan-based market research firm focusing on automotive issues including the hybrid and electric vehicle market.
Overall sales for August were down from a year ago although they were up from July.
Clearly, sales this the year overall are down from a year ago as well, and this trend is likely to continue as the decline for 2017 is currently at 2.8 percent. Each of the non-conventional powertrain categories was up from July, and all were up from August 2016 except diesels. Year-to-date, all categories were up except for diesels.
About Top Photo: Chevy Bolt was best-seller; also makes a groovy autocrosser!
Sales for full electric vehicles were up from July and as compared to last August. Of course, year-to-date sales are up significantly based primarily on new entries. We estimate an additional 70 Tesla Model 3s were sold in August as production ramps up slowly. We believe that Model S and X sales were up from July, but Model S sales were down from year-ago. The Bolt actually led the category (and enjoyed its best month yet) as vehicles are now available throughout the U.S. (although often by order only). However, the increase from July was relatively modest and sales remain around 2,000 per month. The Leaf had another poor month, but the new version will be shown in early September, and be available for sale early in 2018. Sales of the current model will remain modest as buyers wait for the increased range and improved styling of the new model.SEE ALSO: July 2017 Dashboard
Plug-in hybrids were up from July, last August, and year-to-date. The Prius Prime and the Volt led the category, with the Ford Fusion and C-Max following. Volumes of the Pacifica are still estimated and we believe that the quality issues have been solved and therefore sales are increasing, albeit at a modest rate. Volumes of the Volt have been declining since they peaked in March of this year. Year-to-date, they are down modestly from last year’s total. Sales increased in the second half of the last year (since the model was new), so the decline in sales for this year is likely to increase as the year continues. The Prius Prime has reached a steady rate of between 1,600-1,900 monthly and of course is up from last year since it has only been available since November 2016. The Volvo XC60 is new to the Dashboard this month, although sales began in July (and those sales are now included). It joins the larger Volvo XC90 which has been available for two years.Hybrid sales were up from July, last August and year-to-date, with the Prius Liftback still leading the category. That said, the vehicle remains well below previous years. The Toyota RAV4 had another good month, as did the Fusion hybrid. A new entry has been added to the category, namely the GMC Sierra mild hybrid. This vehicle is only available in California on two wheel drive models and is an experiment to see if demand for this vehicle justifies continued and/or expanded production. Of course, four wheel drive is very popular on full size pickups, thus this will limit the volume of this product. The vehicle uses the eAssist technology which is used on a variety of other GM vehicles including the Malibu. Volumes in August were over 3,000 with a total of 3,300 year-to-date. Sales of this model are likely to be somewhat erratic, particularly given that plants producing this vehicle will be down for several weeks this fall for preparation of a new model (including gasoline engine versions) that will appear late in 2018. The Kia Niro and Honda Accord hybrid also had strong sales above 2,000 each in August. Toyota’s hybrid share in August is just over 50 percent as other automakers experienced relatively good sales last month as compared to Toyota.
The diesel segment had a good month (following a poor July) based on two important factors: 1) Ford Transit sales returned to “normal” and the vehicle leads the category by a large margin and 2) Ram Pickups are now being sold (albeit in small numbers in August) with the EcoDiesel engine. This engine has been off the market since early this year because of a lack of certification from EPA. That certification is now in place and sales volumes will rise in coming months as more production becomes available. In addition, a new vehicle has been added, namely the Range Rover Velar.
August 2017 Hybrid Car Sales Numbers
09-06-17, 11:06 AM
#28
Racer
09-06-17, 02:39 PM
#29
I compare the IS and Q50 more about an ongoing point that Infiniti is working their way up.
No question about what BMW has accomplished in the segment.
BMW has also shown remarkable restraint regarding not going into the supercar market and instead, building out segments in the car and pick the first letter UV market.
No question about what BMW has accomplished in the segment.
BMW has also shown remarkable restraint regarding not going into the supercar market and instead, building out segments in the car and pick the first letter UV market.
09-06-17, 05:11 PM
#30
Lexus Fanatic
I don't think they have any real demand for them so they don't bother stocking them. I hardly ever see 4th Gen GS's on the road. The premium for the GS is just too high over the ES when they are so similar in size, features, looks, etc.
I have no interest in a ES and am looking for a 4th Gen GS but I can see why most buyers end up going with the ES.