US New Car Sales March 2010: Up 24 Percent
Today, we were following Automotive News [sub] as they were filling their developing table of March 2010 sales. With all precincts having reported, the final number is +24 percent. But remember: We are comparing with the worst of carmageddon. At least, it looks like we are slowly turning the corner. However, the Chinese are way ahead of US. Data after the jump …
Bertel Schmitt comes back to journalism after taking a 35 year break in advertising and marketing. He ran and owned advertising agencies in Duesseldorf, Germany, and New York City. Volkswagen A.G. was Bertel's most important corporate account. Schmitt's advertising and marketing career touched many corners of the industry with a special focus on automotive products and services. Since 2004, he lives in Japan and China with his wife <a href="http://www.tomokoandbertel.com"> Tomoko </a>. Bertel Schmitt is a founding board member of the <a href="http://www.offshoresuperseries.com"> Offshore Super Series </a>, an American offshore powerboat racing organization. He is co-owner of the racing team Typhoon.
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GO CHRYSLER! (he he he)
Is this saying there were more Maseratis sold than Saabs? Really? Am I reading this wrong? And doesn't Maser technically belong in the same bucket as Chrysler now since they're both owned by Fiat? Anyway, what Ford's done is truly amazing. As someone who's know the Big 3 as crap-factories my entire life, I think Ford might be building a whole new generation of loyal customers. No bailouts helps, but leadership in hybrids (among US automakers at least) and in-car entertainment like Sync is even more important, IMO.
I don't see Smart listed here but on Autoblog I saw that they sold 677 vehicles in March 2010 vs. 1746 in March 2009. How do they survive like that? Are they going to end up as some weird social experiment? One of my coworkers owns one and he's pretty happy with it, but is it just so far removed from mainstream American market vehicles that it will just peter out and die after a couple years of availability? I guess being a 2-seater puts in a niche, then considering its' lack of sporting intent further pushed it into that niche.