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Nissan, Ford and Chrysler led the way in April. GM and Toyota made smaller gains. Mitsubishi was this month’s loser, down 15 percent.
May 2013 U.S. Auto Sales
Final table, courtesy Automotive News [sub].
| Automaker | May 2013 | May 2012 | Pct. chng. | 5 month 2013 |
5 month 2012 |
Pct. chng. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BMW division | 25,230 | 22,168 | 14% | 113,357 | 104,779 | 8% |
| Mini | 5,944 | 6,153 | –3% | 25,785 | 26,064 | –1% |
| Rolls-Royce | 84 | 79 | 6% | 420 | 395 | 6% |
| BMW Group | 31,258 | 28,400 | 10% | 139,562 | 131,238 | 6% |
| Chrysler Division | 29,070 | 29,674 | –2% | 136,590 | 140,891 | –3% |
| Dodge | 56,407 | 45,793 | 23% | 268,571 | 217,263 | 24% |
| Dodge/Ram | 89,056 | 72,166 | 23% | 412,698 | 334,636 | 23% |
| Fiat | 4,051 | 4,003 | 1% | 17,562 | 16,702 | 5% |
| Jeep | 44,419 | 44,198 | 1% | 184,796 | 197,028 | –6% |
| Ram | 32,649 | 26,373 | 24% | 144,127 | 117,373 | 23% |
| Chrysler Group | 166,596 | 150,041 | 11% | 751,646 | 689,257 | 9% |
| Maybach | – | 4 | –100% | – | 20 | –100% |
| Mercedes-Benz | 26,541 | 24,558 | 8% | 125,052 | 113,510 | 10% |
| Smart USA | 818 | 703 | 16% | 3,678 | 3,731 | –1% |
| Daimler AG | 27,359 | 25,265 | 8% | 128,730 | 117,261 | 10% |
| Ford division | 238,714 | 208,425 | 15% | 1,024,000 | 898,761 | 14% |
| Lincoln | 7,305 | 7,274 | 0% | 30,819 | 34,418 | –11% |
| Ford | 246,019 | 215,699 | 14% | 1,054,819 | 933,179 | 13% |
| Buick | 17,982 | 18,565 | –3% | 82,759 | 71,347 | 16% |
| Cadillac | 13,808 | 9,871 | 40% | 69,750 | 50,688 | 38% |
| Chevrolet | 179,510 | 177,943 | 1% | 821,674 | 781,564 | 5% |
| GMC | 41,594 | 38,877 | 7% | 181,320 | 163,364 | 11% |
| General Motors | 252,894 | 245,256 | 3% | 1,155,503 | 1,066,963 | 8% |
| Acura | 14,364 | 14,586 | –2% | 63,216 | 57,566 | 10% |
| Honda Division | 125,649 | 119,411 | 5% | 545,447 | 518,608 | 5% |
| Honda (American) | 140,013 | 133,997 | 5% | 608,663 | 576,174 | 6% |
| Hyundai division | 68,358 | 67,019 | 2% | 296,003 | 292,856 | 1% |
| Kia | 52,327 | 51,771 | 1% | 226,815 | 237,381 | –5% |
| Hyundai Group | 120,685 | 118,790 | 2% | 522,818 | 530,237 | –1% |
| Jaguar | 1,435 | 1,075 | 34% | 6,161 | 5,476 | 13% |
| Land Rover | 3,554 | 3,438 | 3% | 19,516 | 17,389 | 12% |
| Jaguar Land Rover | 4,989 | 4,513 | 11% | 25,677 | 22,865 | 12% |
| Maserati | 226 | 226 | 0% | 979 | 1,060 | –8% |
| Mazda | 24,270 | 20,357 | 19% | 122,447 | 123,886 | –1% |
| Mitsubishi | 4,715 | 5,575 | –15% | 25,172 | 27,462 | –8% |
| Infiniti | 7,899 | 10,592 | –25% | 42,119 | 43,941 | –4% |
| Nissan Division | 106,558 | 81,202 | 31% | 477,466 | 441,543 | 8% |
| Nissan | 114,457 | 91,794 | 25% | 519,585 | 485,454 | 7% |
| Subaru | 39,892 | 29,724 | 34% | 165,362 | 136,602 | 21% |
| Suzuki* | – | 2,360 | –100% | 5,946 | 10,695 | –44% |
| Lexus | 22,229 | 21,463 | 4% | 97,060 | 88,110 | 10% |
| Scion | 6,586 | 6,047 | 9% | 28,660 | 26,721 | 7% |
| Toyota division | 179,137 | 175,463 | 2% | 787,836 | 753,470 | 5% |
| Toyota/Scion | 185,723 | 181,510 | 2% | 816,496 | 780,191 | 5% |
| Toyota | 207,952 | 202,973 | 3% | 913,556 | 868,301 | 5% |
| Audi | 13,228 | 11,503 | 15% | 60,571 | 52,494 | 15% |
| Bentley | 189 | 201 | –6% | 970 | 854 | 14% |
| Lamborghini | 46 | 43 | 7% | 230 | 215 | 7% |
| Porsche | 3,928 | 2,852 | 38% | 17,609 | 13,448 | 31% |
| VW division | 38,013 | 38,657 | –2% | 169,835 | 170,555 | 0% |
| Volkswagen | 55,404 | 53,256 | 4% | 249,215 | 237,566 | 5% |
| Volvo Cars NA | 6,329 | 6,246 | 1% | 25,900 | 27,511 | –6% |
| 253 | 245 | 3% | 1,265 | 1,225 | 3% | |
| TOTAL | 1,443,311 | 1,334,717 | 8% | 6,416,845 | 5,986,966 | 7% |
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Wait, how are Volvo sales so low, is that really right?
253 vehicles for the month?
On the other hand, caddy had a very nice increase.
“On the other hand, caddy had a very nice increase.”
While Lincoln did not. It appears that Jack’s MKZ vs. ATS/CTS article from last month was a little premature. Although he did acknowledge that the surge in reported sles may have been from pend up demand. That was likely the case I suspect.
Volvo hasn’t reported yet. The 253 sales are miscellaneous makes, which might include brands like Morgan and Pagoni.
Oh alright that makes sense, my bad
Nissan appears to be on a tear. I wonder if it may replace Ford as the leader in fleet sales.
Subaru is killing me. I’m trying to buy one and it doesn’t help they’re selling a gazillion.
The Big 3 (VAG, TM, GM) posted small single-digit gains. And no news for Hyundai yet?
Lincoln 0%.
WHAT NOW DeMURO?!
Hyundai group up only 2%. The company seems to have hit some kind of ceiling after tremendous growth in past couple of years.
Capacity issues. They’re selling every Santa Fe, Sonata, and Elantra they make (all in the US). And on a YTY basis it’s hard to show a dramatic increase because last year was record sales. As was the year before.
As for the Genesis and Equus sales being down pretty dramatically, it’s because the refreshes are due soon. Buyers of those want the latest/greatest, including me!
Yeah, they’re maxed out on production. Anyone who’s tried to buy a Hyundai product lately has been faced with the “what you see is what you get” syndrome.
A friend wanted to retire his old Camry and buy a new Sonata to replace it but the Hyundai dealer in our region had no selection and wouldn’t budge on price, selling at +3% to +5% OVER MSRP on what they had in stock.
The guy ended up buying another Camry V6.
Nothing much H/K can do since their US plants are running at over 100% capacity in running 3 shifts, and supply of models imported from Korea was hurt by the work-stoppage on the weekends.
I was going to say, it seems like VW’s growth has stalled (Porsche and Audi excluded). Toyota and Honda seem to have slowed down as well. I think Nissan’s price adjustment is paying off. It’s costing the company about the same as a new vehicle launch (and the sales seem to reflect about the addition of a new major vehicle).
Mr. Schmitt, is there a reason that you put the individual divisions of each company above the name of the company instead of below?
For example, with your formatting, it looks like Lexus and Scions are divisions of Suzuki, rather than Toyota. While all of us can figure it out quickly because we are auto-enthusiasts, it would probably be clearer to put the Toyota total numbers above each of its divisions instead of below.
Also, for presentation purposes, it might be better to either italicize or unbold the division names to differentiate them from the company names.
While these minor changes don’t affect the substance of the table, they would help with the readability.
As noted above, the table is from Automotive News.
Can Ford catch GM with essentially one brand? That would be entertaining.
Dodge, Dodge/Ram and Ram totals about 178k. Add Chrysler, Jeep and Fiat and you get..
a mess.
Total doesn’t total.
He made a mistake in copying the table. AN puts Dodge/Ram in as an FU to Chrysler, so BS should have either taken the individual Dodge and Ram lines or just taken the one Dodge/Ram line. It is incorrect to show both the Dodge and Dodge & Ram (Dodge/Ram) lines as separate ones. I know the VIN says dodge and that’s why AN does it, but it’s a silly jab anyway.
I never thought I’d see the day when Jag & Landie combined would out-sell Mitsubishi.
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