Comments on: EU Car Market Falls 15%, NY Art Sale Augurs Supercar Collapse http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/eu-car-market-falls-15-ny-art-market-sale-augrs-supercar-collapse/ The Truth About Cars is dedicated to providing candid, unbiased automobile reviews and the latest in auto industry news. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:33:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: charly http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/eu-car-market-falls-15-ny-art-market-sale-augrs-supercar-collapse/comment-page-1/#comment-952521 charly Sat, 15 Nov 2008 01:05:53 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=150871#comment-952521 The decline in the European car market is more a regional affair than one which is broadly carried. It is true that almost all markets are declining but most are only declining a few percent while some are declining much more than 15%. So firms that are strong in the UK see a large decline while companies that are strong in Old Europe see a decline which isn't that steep. The decline in the European car market is more a regional affair than one which is broadly carried. It is true that almost all markets are declining but most are only declining a few percent while some are declining much more than 15%. So firms that are strong in the UK see a large decline while companies that are strong in Old Europe see a decline which isn’t that steep.

]]> By: jjdaddyo http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/eu-car-market-falls-15-ny-art-market-sale-augrs-supercar-collapse/comment-page-1/#comment-950352 jjdaddyo Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:20:37 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=150871#comment-950352 Sorry to be a nerd, but it is "augur" not "auger", unless you are saying that a supercar auction will be attacked by a giant screw-shaped digging machine. Hey, get Hollywood on the line! Sorry to be a nerd, but it is “augur” not “auger”, unless you are saying that a supercar auction will be attacked by a giant screw-shaped digging machine.
Hey, get Hollywood on the line!

]]> By: snabster http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/eu-car-market-falls-15-ny-art-market-sale-augrs-supercar-collapse/comment-page-1/#comment-949832 snabster Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:33:49 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=150871#comment-949832 You're seeing the bankruptcy talk scare consumers: GM: down 25 Ford: down 13 VW: down 6.9 Peugeot/Citroen: down 16.7 Renault: down 18.9 Fiat: down 8.3 BMW: down 10.3 M-B: down 17.2 Toyota: 25.4 GM is down the most -- and consumers have the most to lose there. Have no idea why Toyota would be down so much. Maybe their product mix -- more trucks/vans? Concentrated in a few countries? The number for Toyota is wrong, they had 48K registrations. The others Jap/Koreans are all down as well, pretty substantially. Again, not sure why -- but they are all weaker brands in Europe. You’re seeing the bankruptcy talk scare consumers:

GM: down 25
Ford: down 13
VW: down 6.9
Peugeot/Citroen: down 16.7
Renault: down 18.9
Fiat: down 8.3
BMW: down 10.3
M-B: down 17.2
Toyota: 25.4

GM is down the most — and consumers have the most to lose there. Have no idea why Toyota would be down so much. Maybe their product mix — more trucks/vans? Concentrated in a few countries? The number for Toyota is wrong, they had 48K registrations.

The others Jap/Koreans are all down as well, pretty substantially. Again, not sure why — but they are all weaker brands in Europe.

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