The 13 Auto Brands Which Reported Record U.S. Auto Sales In 2015
As the American auto industry soared past 2014’s output on the way to a record-setting year of new vehicle sales volume, the rising tide did not lift all boats.
Smart, Bentley, Dodge, Maserati, Jaguar, Fiat, Volkswagen, Scion, and Buick all sold fewer vehicles in 2015 than in 2014. The year-over-year rate of growth produced by Cadillac, Mini, Mazda, Chevrolet, Toyota, Chrysler, and Ford was, in each case, slower than the industry’s overall rate of expansion.
Thirteen automobile brands did, however, sell more new vehicles than at any time in their respective histories.
Arranged in reversing order of total sales, these are they.
Porsche
Land Rover
Audi
Lexus
BMW
Mercedes-Benz
Ram
Subaru
Kia
Hyundai
Jeep
Nissan
Honda
Timothy Cain is the founder of GoodCarBadCar.net, which obsesses over the free and frequent publication of U.S. and Canadian auto sales figures. Follow on Twitter @goodcarbadcar and on Facebook.
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High sales of luxury cars + high % of people leasing = people overbuying (which also means people who will never not have an auto payment?). I'm thinking the manufacturers have to love this, because it means moving a car every 2-3-4 years.
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