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By
Bertel Schmitt on September 27, 2012
| Sales Forecast, August 2012 |
| Sales Volume |
Sept’12 |
Sept’11 |
Aug’12 |
YoY |
MoM |
| GM |
211,064 |
207,145 |
240,520 |
1.90% |
-12.20% |
| Ford |
176,049 |
174,862 |
196,749 |
0.70% |
-10.50% |
| Toyota |
160,560 |
121,451 |
188,520 |
32.20% |
-14.80% |
| Chrysler |
138,030 |
127,334 |
148,472 |
8.40% |
-7.00% |
| Honda |
114,606 |
89,532 |
131,321 |
28.00% |
-12.70% |
| Nissan |
88,977 |
92,964 |
98,515 |
-4.30% |
-9.70% |
| Industry |
1,145,344 |
1,053,153 |
1,284,635 |
8.80% |
-10.80% |
A day after TrueCar and Kelley handed in their sales forecasts for September, Edmunds followed. Edmunds is more on the cautious side and projects that 1,145,344 new cars and trucks will be sold in the U.S. this month for an estimated Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate (SAAR) of 14.4 million light vehicles, and up 8.8 percent from a year before. (Read More…)
By
Bertel Schmitt on September 26, 2012
| Sales Projection For September 2012 |
|
TrueCar |
Kelley |
| Manufacturer |
Sept’12 |
YoY |
Sept’12 |
YoY |
| Chrysler |
137,612 |
8.1% |
134,520 |
5.6% |
| Ford |
177,066 |
1.3% |
177,840 |
1.6% |
| GM |
212,284 |
2.5% |
215,460 |
4.0% |
| Honda |
113,439 |
26.7% |
109,440 |
22.2% |
| Hyundai/Kia |
102,283 |
16.7% |
93,480 |
6.6% |
| Nissan |
92,349 |
-0.7% |
92,340 |
-0.7% |
| Toyota |
161,201 |
32.7% |
163,020 |
34.2% |
| Volkswagen |
48,304 |
31.4% |
47,880 |
29.7% |
| Industry |
1,163,000 |
10.5% |
1,140,000 |
8.2% |
The month is coming to an end. A sure indicator: The forecasters are submitting their guesses. Again, September seems to be up solidly. More. Or less. (Read More…)
By
Bertel Schmitt on December 17, 2010
What the government giveth, the government taketh away: After the Japanese government discontinued subsidies for “fuel-efficient cars” (well, just about anything that was street legal, including a handful of American gas-guzzlers that received preferential treatment) Japan’s domestic auto sales are forecasted to drop 9.9 percent in 2011 from this year, Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association JAMA tells The Nikkei [sub] today. All in all, no big drama. (Read More…)
By
Bertel Schmitt on May 26, 2010
Nobody in possession of his or her faculties doubts that China will remain the world’s largest auto market for this year and years to come. In 2009, Chinese bought 13.6m vehicles, up 45 percent. In the U.S.A. 10.4m units changed hands in 2009, down 21.2 percent. This year, the U.S. A. is expected to recover, but not by much: J.D. Power forecasts 11.2m units sold in the U.S. for 2010. How many will be driven off dealers’ lots in China this year? (Read More…)
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