Toyota Tumbles 9% In February; Camry Off 20%

by Paul Niedermeyer

March 2nd, 2010 1:41 PM

toyota tumbles 9 in february camry off 20

Is it good news or bad news? After January’s 16% drop, February’s 9% slide could be evidence that the worst is behind Toyota’s fall from sales grace. It certainly seems that the models most connected to the recalls and bad news are being hit the hardest, with the flagship Camry down a nasty 20%. Just to show how the tide has changed, Camry outsold the Fusion by exactly 93 units. The Avalon was off 65%, suggesting that the gray panthers are avoiding its UA issues; let’s just hope they’re not buying Town Cars instead. The newly revised Lexus ES 350, also a UA posterchild, was off a fairly mild 9%.

Overall, Toyota brand vehicles were hit harder (-11%) than Lexus, which was up 5% in the month. The Lexus GX (+185%) helped keep the division in the positive side of the ledger. Prius managed a tidy 10% gain despite the bad publicity. Corolla was down a modest 6%. The new 4Runner is off to a good start with almost 3k units and up 55%. Full details after the jump:

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Stewart Dean on Mar 02, 2010

Hey Paul, you can't just plop a staggering picture like that down and say *nothing* about it! C'mon, *give*!

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Iamwho2k on Mar 03, 2010

I would celebrate except my folks own that UA poster child, the ES350. (I told them to get that Jaguar XF...)

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