In September, dominating Japanese automakers, not surprisingly, dominated the best-selling cars list in the USA. You've already seen how American manufacturers control the pickup truck market - these are the Top 5 Best-Selling Cars In America for September 2009. In the Graph below, the Sales Stats show one American car. Inspect the bracketed section more closely and you'll see that the one American car suffered a huge decline in sales compared with September of 2009, almost allowing a fifth Japanese car to knock it out of the Top 5. That car? Why, the Nissan Altima, which was sold to American consumers 12,149 times in September.Don't be too saddened by the state of domestic manufacturers, however. The Ford Fusion (10,834) and Chevrolet Malibu (10,479) cracked the top 10 in September, along with the Toyota Prius (10,984) and Volkswagen Jetta (9,568). And the 11th, 12th, and 13th best-selling cars in America were the Ford Focus, Pontiac G6, and Chevrolet Camaro. Moreover, those four Japanese cars in the Top 5? They're manufactured right here in North America.
do you have a similar graph for Canada - I know it would be quite different to the US.
ReplyDeleteI've just rencently discovered your site and enjoy the statistical information - thanks.
Sourcing this information for Canada is far more challenging. Although Jaguar and Land Rover are willing to report in Canada and not the USA, most automakers don't split their sales model-by-model in Canada; at least not publicly.
ReplyDeleteI do have a source for getting the sales for all models sold in Canada but usually I can't obtain till mid month. Then from that I create my own top ten. The top five for August in Canada are the Civic, Corolla, Mazda 3, Elantra and then the Accent.
ReplyDeleteSourcing this information for Canada is far more challenging. Although Jaguar and Land Rover are willing to report in Canada and not the USA, most automakers don't split their sales model-by-model in Canada; at least not publicly.
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