Every year, new-vehicles sales start to dwindle in November and pick up again in March. It’s the same scenario this year, but some manufacturers are still finding ways to move out their inventory.
Compared to November 2008, Subaru, Audi and Land Rover posted to biggest increases in sales up 50%, 47% and 38% respectively.
Hyundai and Kia, Audi and Mercedes-Benz are pursuing their sales growth and are posting year-to-date increases of 20 percent and more. Hyundai’s market share in 2009 is 7.3% compared to 5% in 2008, which is quite an accomplishment.
Chrysler and GM continue to struggle with sales drops of 26% and 30%. As for Ford, year-to-date sales are up by 5.4% compared to the same period last year, which means a market share increase of 2.6%.
Source : Desrosiers Automotive Report
Compared to November 2008, Subaru, Audi and Land Rover posted to biggest increases in sales up 50%, 47% and 38% respectively.
Hyundai and Kia, Audi and Mercedes-Benz are pursuing their sales growth and are posting year-to-date increases of 20 percent and more. Hyundai’s market share in 2009 is 7.3% compared to 5% in 2008, which is quite an accomplishment.
Chrysler and GM continue to struggle with sales drops of 26% and 30%. As for Ford, year-to-date sales are up by 5.4% compared to the same period last year, which means a market share increase of 2.6%.
| November | Current Month | YTD | ||||
| 2009 | 2008 | 09/08 | 2009 | 2008 | 09/08 | |
| Acura | 941 | 914 | 3.0% | 15555 | 17787 | -12.5% |
| Audi | 1086 | 737 | 47.4% | 10609 | 8532 | 24.3% |
| BMW | 2083 | 1833 | 13.6% | 22876 | 21499 | 6.4% |
| Chrysler | 11418 | 15481 | -26.2% | 148656 | 209408 | -29.0% |
| Ford | 15895 | 16109 | -1.3% | 206957 | 196353 | 5.4% |
| General Motors | 14958 | 21261 | -29.6% | 233113 | 334421 | -30.3% |
| Honda | 7955 | 8310 | -4.3% | 112088 | 143016 | -21.6% |
| Hyundai | 7022 | 5563 | 26.2% | 98079 | 76882 | 27.6% |
| Infiniti | 563 | 450 | 25.1% | 6592 | 7675 | -14.1% |
| Jaguar | 50 | 40 | 25.0% | 747 | 891 | -16.2% |
| Kia | 3464 | 2703 | 28.2% | 43473 | 35878 | 21.2% |
| Land Rover | 196 | 142 | 38.0% | 1763 | 2143 | -17.7% |
| Lexus | 1284 | 1152 | 11.5% | 14567 | 14095 | 3.3% |
| Mazda | 5117 | 5024 | 1.9% | 69411 | 80464 | -13.7% |
| Mercedes-Benz | 2071 | 1639 | 26.4% | 22457 | 18780 | 19.6% |
| MINI | 346 | 358 | -.34% | 3954 | 4605 | -14.1% |
| Mitsubishi | 1174 | 1287 | -8.8% | 18177 | 17149 | 6.0% |
| Nissan | 4749 | 4479 | 6.0% | 67284 | 71250 | -5.6% |
| Porsche | 125 | 115 | 8.4% | 1575 | 1587 | -0.8% |
| Saab | 25 | 87 | -71.3% | 724 | 1470 | -50.7% |
| smart | 169 | 177 | -4.5% | 2441 | 3599 | -32.2% |
| Subaru | 2215 | 1473 | 50.4% | 21089 | 18363 | 14.8% |
| Suzuki | 713 | 934 | -23.7% | 11596 | 12738 | -9.0% |
| Toyota | 14829 | 11640 | 27.4% | 172841 | 200311 | -13.7% |
| Volkswagen | 3190 | 2840 | 12.3% | 36854 | 36428 | 1.2% |
| Volvo | 484 | 473 | 2.3% | 5917 | 6239 | -5.2% |
| Light vehicles sales | 102122 | 105221 | -2.9% | 1349395 | 1541563 | -12.5% |
| Passenger car | 50787 | 51256 | -0.9% | 696554 | 849838 | -18.0% |
| Light truck | 51335 | 53965 | -4.9% | 652841 | 691725 | -5.6% |
| GM/Ford/Chrysler Nameplates | 42271 | 52851 | -20.0% | 588726 | 740182 | -20.5% |
| Import nameplates | 59851 | 52370 | 14.3% | 760669 | 801381 | -5.1% |
| Sales History | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 09/08 |
| January | 79.2 | 86.2 | 91.2 | 102.8 | 76.9 | -25.3% |
| Febuary | 102.7 | 97.4 | 97.0 | 111.0 | 80.2 | -27.7% |
| March | 144.5 | 151.3 | 150.7 | 150.0 | 127.5 | -15.0% |
| April | 163.2 | 155.1 | 169.0 | 175.2 | 143.9 | -17.8% |
| May | 157.6 | 168.2 | 185.5 | 184.5 | 154.0 | -16.5% |
| June | 161.4 | 157.3 | 169.2 | 159.5 | 138.5 | -13.2% |
| July | 154.8 | 141.6 | 142.4 | 149.5 | 139.9 | -6.4% |
| August | 142.5 | 153.6 | 158.4 | 147.0 | 135.4 | -7.9% |
| September | 124.2 | 135.8 | 131.8 | 134.1 | 129.5 | -3.5% |
| October | 115.2 | 118.4 | 120.9 | 122.7 | 121.5 | -1.0% |
| November | 120.2 | 123.5 | 117.3 | 105.2 | 102.1 | -2.9% |
| Décember | 117.8 | 126.3 | 119.9 | 94.4 | ||
| Full Year | 1583.3 | 1614.7 | 1653.4 | 1636.0 | ||
| Note: Sales figures above are in thousands | ||||||