Infiniti and Toyota have reason to celebrate right now. They posted a sales increase of about 60% in May, which is slightly better than Acura's (52%).
Other strong performers during the month include Lexus (41%) and Land Rover (43%), not to mention MINI (28%), Ford (27%), Kia (22%) and smart (20%).
Audi and BMW again delivered double-digit percentage growth, while the rest of the industry reported unspectacular numbers. Maybe the hot season ahead will change all that, who knows?
Source : Desrosiers Automotive Report
Other strong performers during the month include Lexus (41%) and Land Rover (43%), not to mention MINI (28%), Ford (27%), Kia (22%) and smart (20%).
Audi and BMW again delivered double-digit percentage growth, while the rest of the industry reported unspectacular numbers. Maybe the hot season ahead will change all that, who knows?
| May | Current Month | YTD | ||||
| 2012 | 2011 | 12/11 | 2012 | 2011 | 12/11 | |
| Acura | 1666 | 1092 | 52.6% | 5780 | 5323 | 8.6% |
| Audi | 1650 | 1411 | 16.9% | 8499 | 7335 | 15.9% |
| BMW | 3203 | 2813 | 13.9% | 12051 | 10942 | 10.1% |
| Chrysler | 26074 | 24281 | 7.4% | 105940 | 97502 | 8.7% |
| Ford | 32328 | 25440 | 27.1% | 111590 | 106867 | 4.4% |
| General Motors | 23287 | 22998 | 1.3% | 94278 | 96968 | -2.8% |
| Honda | 12017 | 8739 | 37.5% | 52497 | 43820 | 19.8% |
| Hyundai | 14249 | 13967 | 2.0% | 57881 | 55286 | 4.7% |
| Infiniti | 831 | 470 | 76.8% | 3249 | 2638 | 23.2% |
| Jaguar | 70 | 70 | 0.0% | 289 | 316 | -8.5% |
| Kia | 8460 | 6928 | 22.1% | 31516 | 26018 | 21.1% |
| Land Rover | 352 | 245 | 43.7% | 1832 | 1175 | 55.9% |
| Lexus | 1399 | 989 | 41.5% | 5696 | 5589 | 1.9% |
| Mazda | 7067 | 6587 | 7.3% | 30357 | 27806 | 9.2% |
| Mercedes-Benz | 3082 | 3286 | -6.2% | 13971 | 12664 | 10.3% |
| MINI | 708 | 553 | 28.0% | 2321 | 1788 | 29.8% |
| Mitsubishi | 1865 | 1730 | 7.8% | 8221 | 8422 | -2.4% |
| Nissan | 8373 | 6251 | 33.9% | 33984 | 29647 | 14.6% |
| Porsche | 311 | 309 | 0.6% | 1179 | 1154 | 2.2% |
| Saab | 2 | 20 | -90.0% | 21 | 61 | -65.6% |
| smart | 323 | 268 | 20.5% | 716 | 810 | -11.6% |
| Subaru | 2802 | 2576 | 8.8% | 12124 | 11694 | 3.7% |
| Suzuki | 405 | 424 | -4.5% | 2053 | 2390 | -14.1% |
| Toyota | 18411 | 11041 | 66.8% | 73232 | 61968 | 18.2% |
| Volkswagen | 6030 | 5776 | 4.4% | 23362 | 21936 | 6.5% |
| Volvo | 751 | 770 | -2.5% | 2813 | 2857 | -1.5% |
| Light vehicle sales | 175716 | 149034 | 17.9% | 695452 | 642976 | 8.2% |
| Passenger car | 84006 | 69402 | 21.0% | 321459 | 285811 | 12.5% |
| Light truck | 91710 | 79632 | 15.2% | 373993 | 357165 | 4.7% |
| GM/Ford/Chrysler Nameplates | 80879 | 72041 | 12.3% | 307726 | 299344 | 2.8% |
| Import Nameplates | 94837 | 76993 | 23.2% | 387726 | 343632 | 12.8% |
| Sale History | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 12/11 |
| January | 102.8 | 76.9 | 81.6 | 84.5 | 97.5 | 15.4% |
| February | 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 | 175.8 | 17.9% |
| 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 | 695.5 | |
| Note: Sales figures above are in thousands. | ||||||