April 2012 Sales

By Auto123.com,

Friday, May 11, 2012

The auto industry can change a lot from one month to the next. While Land Rover recorded another sales increase of 50% or more from the same period in 2011, Mazda suffered a 6% drop.

Among domestic manufacturers, only Chrysler posted an improvement in April, albeit a very modest one at 3%. Ford and General Motors closed the month with a loss of 5% and 6%, respectively.

The sun continues to shine for MINI, which surfed on a 25% larger wave. Mercedes-Benz and Kia both sold 18% more cars last month than in April 2011.

Most other automakers remained fairly steady.

April	Current Month			YTD
	2012	2011	12/11	2012	2011	12/11
Acura	1497	1361	10.0%	4114	4231	-2.8%
Audi	2026	2011	0.7%	6849	5924	15.6%
BMW	2634	2802	-6.0%	8848	8129	8.8%
Chrysler	24446	23740	3.0%	79221	73221	9.1%
Ford	24161	25536	-5.4%	79262	81427	-2.7%
General Motors	21090	22622	-6.8%	70991	73970	-4.0%
Honda	11303	10908	3.6%	40480	35081	15.4%
Hyundai	14301	14267	0.2%	43632	41319	5.6%
Infiniti	612	561	9.1%	2418	2168	11.5%
Jaguar	65	80	-18.8%	219	246	-11.0%
Kia	8010	6777	18.2%	23056	19090	20.8%
Land Rover	380	247	53.8%	1480	930	59.1%
Lexus	1338	1623	-17.6%	4297	4600	-6.6%
Mazda	7049	7574	-6.9%	23290	21219	9.8%
Mercedes-Benz	3275	2759	18.7%	10889	9378	16.1%
MINI	596	475	25.5%	1613	1235	30.6%
Mitsubishi	1306	1826	-28.5%	6356	6692	-5.0%
Nissan	6307	6704	-5.9%	25611	23396	9.5%
Porsche	328	323	1.5%	868	845	2.7%
Saab	10	21	-52.4%	19	41	-53.7%
smart	154	260	-40.8%	393	542	-27.5%
Subaru	2753	2900	-5.1%	9322	9118	2.2%
Suzuki	413	630	-34.4%	1648	1966	-16.2%
Toyota	17394	17704	-1.8%	54821	50927	7.6%
Volkswagen	5620	5526	1.7%	17332	16160	7.3%
Volvo	709	705	0.6%	2062	2087	-1.2%
Light Vehicle Sales	157777	159942	-1.4%	519736	493942	5.2%
Passenger Car	76368	75680	0.9%	237453	216409	9.7%
Light Truck	81409	84262	-3.4%	282283	277533	1.7%
GM/Ford/Chrysler Nameplates	69697	71898	-3.1%	230119	228618	0.7%
Import Nameplates	88080	88044	0.0%	289617	265324	9.2%
Sales History	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	12/11
January	102.8	76.9	81.6	84.5	97.5	15.4%
Februsry	111.0	80.2	100.2	96.0	106.7	11.2%
March	150.0	127.5	145.4	153.5	157.8	2.8%
April	175.2	143.9	149.7	159.9	157.8	-1.4%
May	184.5	154.0	154.9	149.0
June	159.5	138.5	154.6	164.8
July	149.5	139.9	148.8	141.5
August	147.0	135.4	136.1	140.4
September	134.1	129.5	135.1	134.5
October	122.7	121.5	123.3	125.7
November	105.2	102.1	116.0	121.1
December	94.4	111.2	111.7	114.6
Full Year	1636.0	1460.6	1557.1	1585.5	519.7
Note: Sales figures above are in thousands.

Source : Desrosiers Automotive Report