August Auto Sales

[pphilfran]

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[pphilfran]

Not good...basically no change since the first of the year....

[pphilfran]

Aug 2011 compared to Aug 2010

GM up 18%
Ford up 11%
Chrysler up 30%
Toyota down 13%
Honda down 24%
Nissan up 19%
VW up 10%
Mazda up 15%
Hyundai up 9%
Kia up 27% (sister companies Hyundai and Kia fell just short of it's first ever 100k sales month...99,693)
Bimmer flat
Daimler up 3%
Subaru down 6%
Porsche up 7%
Ferrari down 7% (126 cars sold)
Maserati up 40% (211 cars sold)

[diverdog]

Phil:

I have been speaking to my clients who own dealerships and they told me that used cars are now their biggest sellers. You got any data on the used car market.

[sappstuf]

GM sold 300 Volts in August... Nissan sold 1,362 Leafs.