The U.S. new vehicle market shrunk by 7% compared with March but rose 18% year-over-year as the leading Detroit brands posted above average gains. Ford was tops in American car sales once again, trailed by Chevrolet in second spot and Dodge in sixth. Ford F-Series sales were up 11% and formed 25% of all Blue Oval sales.
Over at General Motors, executives will once again be very excited to learn that Buick out-sold Lexus, as it did in February. Chrysler dealers found 882 Fiat 500 buyers (fewer than there were in the much smaller Canadian market in April). Chrysler itself was down 9%, but Jeep became America's ninth-best-selling brand after a 64.8% leap.
American Honda held off the Hyundai/Kia juggernaut with a 9.9% increase. Honda's luxury brand, Acura, was up 8.3% but trailed Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Lexus, and Cadillac in the premium standings. Saab and Mitsubishi lay claim to the biggest year-over-year increases, up 223.7% and 123.8% respectively. Mercedes-Benz was America's favourite luxury brand, but its smart city car brand posted a 31.3% decline, a feat no other automaker came close to matching. It's worth noting that without the Sprinter, Mercedes-Benz would be trailing BMW by 759 units.
Here's the complete rundown of U.S. Auto Sales By Brand for April 2011 and 2011 year to date.
Source: Automakers & Automotive News Data Center
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Over at General Motors, executives will once again be very excited to learn that Buick out-sold Lexus, as it did in February. Chrysler dealers found 882 Fiat 500 buyers (fewer than there were in the much smaller Canadian market in April). Chrysler itself was down 9%, but Jeep became America's ninth-best-selling brand after a 64.8% leap.
American Honda held off the Hyundai/Kia juggernaut with a 9.9% increase. Honda's luxury brand, Acura, was up 8.3% but trailed Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Lexus, and Cadillac in the premium standings. Saab and Mitsubishi lay claim to the biggest year-over-year increases, up 223.7% and 123.8% respectively. Mercedes-Benz was America's favourite luxury brand, but its smart city car brand posted a 31.3% decline, a feat no other automaker came close to matching. It's worth noting that without the Sprinter, Mercedes-Benz would be trailing BMW by 759 units.
Here's the complete rundown of U.S. Auto Sales By Brand for April 2011 and 2011 year to date.
Rank | Automaker | April 2011 | % Change | Year To Date | YTD % Change |
#1 | Ford | 182,542 | +24.5 | 659,007 | +24.5 |
#2 | Chevrolet | 169,794 | +25.4 | 586,299 | +23.7 |
#3 | Toyota | 136,254 | +0.6 | 510,063 | +10.4 |
#4 | Honda | 113,195 | +9.9 | 389,805 | +17.6 |
#5 | Nissan | 64,765 | +14.5 | 322,287 | +23.4 |
#6 | Dodge | 63,580 | +18.5 | 222,381 | +25.4 |
#7 | Hyundai | 61,754 | +40.3 | 204,374 | +31.4 |
#8 | Kia | 47,074 | +56.7 | 151,848 | +42.3 |
#9 | Jeep | 32,384 | +64.8 | 117,237 | +41.1 |
#10 | GMC | 31,204 | +28.8 | 121,993 | +30.3 |
#11 | Volkswagen | 28,542 | +23.4 | 95,581 | +17.4 |
#12 | Subaru | 24,762 | +6.7 | 92,219 | +14.3 |
#13 | Mazda | 20,638 | +9.0 | 85,197 | +!3.8 |
#14 | Chrysler | 20,379 | -9.0 | 63,175 | -9.1 |
#15 | Mercedes-Benz | 19,157 | +5.1 | 75,152 | +9.2 |
#16 | BMW | 18,801 | +8.9 | 71,417 | +12.3 |
#17 | Buick | 18,413 | +51.2 | 63,152 | +42.5 |
#18 | Lexus | 17,576 | -4.3 | 64,932 | -4.3 |
#19 | Cadillac | 13,127 | +16.0 | 53,639 | +31.9 |
#20 | Acura | 11,604 | +8.3 | 42,972 | +11.6 |
#21 | Audi | 10,018 | +7.5 | 35,401 | +15.6 |
#22 | Mitsubishi | 8801 | +123.8 | 28,968 | +65.0 |
#23 | Lincoln | 7236 | -0.6 | 27,243 | -8.2 |
#24 | Infiniti | 6761 | -6.2 | 30,905 | +11.9 |
#25 | Mini | 6446 | +67.7 | 18,787 | +49.4 |
#26 | Volvo | 6404 | +40.9 | 21,844 | +17.7 |
#27 | Scion | 5710 | +59.6 | 18,469 | +40.4 |
#28 | Porsche | 3172 | +81.6 | 10,179 | +46.1 |
#29 | Land Rover | 2982 | +8.5 | 11,249 | +18.8 |
#30 | Suzuki | 2132 | +9.3 | 8834 | +16.1 |
#31 | Jaguar | 1249 | +39.4 | 3750 | +14.6 |
#32 | Fiat | 882 | ----- | 1382 | ----- |
#33 | Saab | 696 | +223.7 | 2765 | +699.1 |
#34 | smart | 467 | -31.3 | 1734 | -16.5 |
#35 | Maserati | 229 | +23.1 | 702 | +21.0 |
#36 | Bentley | 119 | -6.3 | 439 | -0.2 |
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Good chart. Love the YTD info. Nice update.
ReplyDeleteThinking Dodge should just take over Chrysler cars. Sales still falling over there.
GM has crushed Ford!...again! You should have led with that story.
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