Comments on: By the Numbers: July Market Share

By: Engineer

Engineer — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:43:17 +0000

Great job, Frank!

And the trend for ChryCo is not looking good. Expect more emails and hot air from Nardelli, I suppose…

By: lprocter1982

lprocter1982 — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:34:35 +0000

So, if I read this right, 27% of the market is made up of what? Hyundai/Kia, Nissan, and Subaru. And the Germans. Anyway, that’s a decent size of the pie there – why don’t we see stats for at least Hyundai and Nissan, too?

By: EJ_San_Fran

EJ_San_Fran — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:32:58 +0000

Frank, you might add Nissan.

Disregarding fleet sales, the ranking could be:

1. Toyota
2. GM
3. Honda
4. Ford
5. Nissan
6. Chrysler

By: Bunter1

Bunter1 — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:23:09 +0000

Thanks Frank.

By: 210delray

210delray — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:28:20 +0000

Katie, I believe the answer to your question is that both factors are in play: not enough good (and fuel-efficient) product AND the credit crunch. Chrysler especially seems to be crashing and burning.

Toyota and especially Honda are gaining share, and Honda is actually increasing in absolute sales volume, which shows they definitely have enough of the right product in these trying times.

By: SkiD666

SkiD666 — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:56:38 +0000

In Canada, where gas is a buck more a gallon and smaller cars are more popular than in the states, the current market share numbers for YTD are:
GM – 21.6%
Chrysler – 14.1%
Toyota – 13.0%
Ford – 12.7%
Honda – 9.5%

By: NICKNICK

NICKNICK — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:15:13 +0000

maybe i’m just naive, but when you’re in the red, does market share matter? isn’t the object of being in business to MAKE MONEY?

i’d rather own porsche or ferrari and walk home at the end of the year with a wheelbarrow full of cash and only having sold a couple thousand cars than own GM and pat myself on the back and say “this year we flooded the market with two million crappy vehicles and lost a hundred billion dollars doing it!”

i know a guy who owns a meat market. he has 0% of the US auto market, but he’s making a mint.

Maybe GM should start selling sausages instead.

By: Cammy Corrigan

Cammy Corrigan — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:54:16 +0000

One thing I’d like to know is this:

Is Detroit’s 2.801 market share haemorraging because their cars aren’t up to scratch or because of the credit crunch?

This is an important question because, maybe Detroit ARE on the right track product-wise, but the market conditions are making it hard to turnaround…..?

By: jurisb

jurisb — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:49:21 +0000

Can you imagine what the real market share is if we take out those Det3 cars that are actually foreign cars with local make up. And fleet sales…