Complete numbers for U.S. January 2010 light vehicle sales are pretty much in (subject to change.) They look mildly promising. Overall, Automotive News [sub] records a gain of 6 percent over January 2009 so far. Here are the sales reported:
BMW +8 percent
Chrysler –8 percent
Daimler AG +26 percent
Ford Motor Co. +25 percent
General Motors +14 percent
Honda –5 percent
Hyundai, Kia +13 percent
Jaguar Land Rover –3 percent
Maserati +5 percent
Mazda +2 percent
Mitsubishi -12
Nissan +16 percent
Porsche +8 percent
Subaru +28 percent
Suzuki –44 percent
Toyota –16 percent
VW Group +40 percent
Other -4 percent (estimate)
See Ed & Paul’s reviews of the individual brands.
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Up 5% from the depths of carpocolypse. I call that “still down”…practically down and flat. This is probably the new normal.
That isn’t our friend Steven Lang is it?
(I didn’t think so.)
He’s the one holding the 100% Financing sign, next to the dog. I could tell by the shoes.
Toyota -16%? I wonder why that would be?
I bet the February and March numbers will look even rosier comparing to February and March ’09 when it looked like the world as we knew it was coming to an end.
Maserati up 5%.
I’m betting that means they sold 21 cars last month vs. 20 in January 2009. Any takers?
Close. 101 vs. 96
The pain train keeps a rollin’ over at Chrysler. The only possible good spin that might come from this is that their fleet sales are tiny and insignificant, and that’s why they’re still suffering.