For the first time in what seems like a very long while, almost everyone showed huge sales gains in February. In fact, only four makers saw a sales drop year-over-year last month. Saab notwithstanding, the biggest losers, in order, were smart (-15.6%), Acura (-13.3%), Nissan (-6.6%) and Suzuki (-3.8%).
Otherwise, huge gains were had by Volkswagen (+63.9%) and Ford (+51.1%) which eclipsed GM (+21.7%) by over 4,000 units. Overall, more than a dozen makes realized increases of 20% or more. We'd say with confidence that the car business in certainly on the up-swing. Let's keep it up!
Source : Desrosiers Automotive Report
Otherwise, huge gains were had by Volkswagen (+63.9%) and Ford (+51.1%) which eclipsed GM (+21.7%) by over 4,000 units. Overall, more than a dozen makes realized increases of 20% or more. We'd say with confidence that the car business in certainly on the up-swing. Let's keep it up!
| February | Current Month | YTD | ||||
| 2010 | 2009 | 10/09 | 2010 | 2009 | 10/09 | |
| Acura | 858 | 990 | -13.3% | 1574 | 2089 | -24.7% |
| Audi | 866 | 627 | 38.1% | 1750 | 1015 | 72.4% |
| BMW | 1420 | 1190 | 19.3% | 2461 | 2070 | 18.9% |
| Chrysler | 13970 | 11923 | 17.2% | 25817 | 23093 | 11.8% |
| Ford | 17910 | 11854 | 51.1% | 29450 | 22755 | 29.4% |
| General Motors | 13846 | 11381 | 21.7% | 28663 | 25473 | 12.5% |
| Honda | 8059 | 6051 | 33.2% | 13736 | 12511 | 9.8% |
| Hyundai | 8502 | 6912 | 23.0% | 14586 | 11519 | 26.6% |
| Infiniti | 440 | 429 | 2.6% | 868 | 821 | 5.7% |
| Jaguar | 35 | 35 | 0.0% | 70 | 75 | -6.7% |
| Kia | 3001 | 2221 | 35.1% | 5417 | 4046 | 33.9% |
| Land Rover | 180 | 150 | 20.0% | 355 | 295 | 20.3% |
| Lexus | 902 | 715 | 26.2% | 1855 | 1303 | 42.4% |
| Mazda | 4929 | 4666 | 5.6% | 9100 | 9816 | 3.2% |
| Mercedes-Benz | 1892 | 1419 | 33.3% | 3497 | 2597 | 34.7% |
| MINI | 193 | 148 | 30.4% | 350 | 236 | 48.3% |
| Mitsubishi | 1558 | 1454 | 7.2% | 2645 | 2553 | 3.6% |
| Nissan | 4006 | 4288 | -6.6% | 8553 | 8155 | 4.9% |
| Porsche | 110 | 104 | 5.8% | 204 | 192 | 6.3% |
| Saab | - | 36 | -100.0% | - | 91 | -100.0% |
| smart | 119 | 141 | -15.6% | 207 | 231 | -10.4% |
| Subaru | 1724 | 1263 | 36.5% | 3453 | 2449 | 41.0% |
| Suzuki | 700 | 728 | -3.8% | 1216 | 1330 | -8.6% |
| Toyota | 11791 | 9421 | 25.2% | 20037 | 19102 | 4.9% |
| Volkswagen | 2821 | 1721 | 63.9% | 5153 | 3614 | 42.6% |
| Volvo | 411 | 363 | 13.2% | 807 | 649 | 24.3% |
| Light Vehicle sales | 100243 | 80230 | 24.9% | 181824 | 157080 | 15.8% |
| Passenger Car | 45400 | 40786 | 11.3% | 81096 | 76529 | 6.0% |
| Light Truck | 54843 | 39444 | 39.0% | 100728 | 80551 | 25.0% |
| GM/Ford/Chrysler Nameplates | 45726 | 35158 | 30.1% | 83930 | 71321 | 17.7% |
| Imprt Nameplates | 54517 | 45072 | 21.0% | 97894 | 85759 | 14.2% |
| Historique de ventes | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 10/09 |
| January | 86.2 | 91.2 | 102.8 | 76.9 | 81.6 | 6.2% |
| February | 97.4 | 97.0 | 111.0 | 80.2 | 100.2 | 24.9% |
| March | 151.3 | 150.7 | 150.0 | 127.5 | ||
| April | 155.1 | 169.0 | 175.2 | 143.9 | ||
| May | 168.2 | 185.5 | 184.5 | 154.0 | ||
| June | 157.3 | 169.2 | 159.5 | 138.5 | ||
| July | 141.6 | 142.4 | 149.5 | 139.9 | ||
| August | 153.6 | 158.4 | 147.0 | 135.4 | ||
| September | 135.8 | 131.8 | 134.1 | 129.5 | ||
| October | 118.4 | 120.9 | 122.7 | 121.5 | ||
| November | 123.5 | 117.3 | 105.2 | 102.1 | ||
| December | 126.3 | 119.9 | 94.4 | 111.2 | ||
| Full Year | 1614.7 | 1653.4 | 1636.0 | 1460.6 | ||
| Note: Sales figures above are in thousands. | ||||||