The Hangover: Honda, Nissan And Toyota Sales Drop By Double Digits In August

by Edward Niedermeyer

Published: September 1st, 2010

the hangover honda nissan and toyota sales drop by double digits in august

The Japanese “Big Three” automakers all saw significant sales drops in August, thanks to similarly large increases in August 2009 sales spurred by Cash For Clunkers. Toyota/Lexus/Scion sales fell 34 percent, as Camry and Corolla crashed down from insane C4C volumes of 54,936 and 43,061 respectively. Only Avalon, Sienna, 4Runner/FJ Cruiser and Sequoia gained year-over-year last month for the Toyota brand, while lower-volume Lexus models like HS, LS, SC, GX and LX were the firm’s sole luxury gainers. As a brand, Scion sold only 4,012 units. Honda’s Accord and Civic mirrored the Camry/Corolla’s drop, as Odyssey and Pilot were the only Honda-branded gainers. Acura RL, MDX and RDX were all up on the month, and Honda/Acura ended up with a 33 percent decline overall. Nissan saw sales growth from Maxima, Titan, Xterra, Pathfinder, Armada, and Murano.Conversely, G37 Coupe and FX were the the only Infiniti models failing to outperform August 2009 sales, resulting in an overall 27 percent drop. Full numbers after the jump…

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Giltibo on Sep 02, 2010

Whoever designed the ZDX should have tried to sit on the backseat!!! I am 5'8" and if I put by butt on the back seat cushion before climbing in, I hit my head on the roof rail AT THE BASE OF THE SKULL! You have to climb headfirst! The interior is a thing of beauty, what the RL's should be. JUST ON THE WRONG PLATFORM!!! Talk about wasted development money!!!

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Mtypex on Sep 02, 2010

I find all of this very depressing. Maybe I'll buy some yen @ 84 a pop... it's a steal.

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