October 2011 Auto Sales Data. PIE CHARTS!

[Jesda]

http://jesda.com/2011/11/04/october-201 ... -and-data/








Best-sellers by class:

Subcompact cars: Nissan Versa
Compact cars: Toyota Corolla/Matrix
Midsize cars: Honda Accord/Crosstour
Large cars: Chevrolet Impala
Entry-luxury cars: BMW 3-Series
Luxury cars: BMW 5-Series
Compact SUVs: Honda CR-V
Midsize SUVs: Chevrolet Equinox
Large SUVs: Chevrolet Traverse
Entry-luxury SUVs: Lexus RX
Luxury SUVs: Mercedes-Benz GL
Vans: Honda Odyssey
Pickups: Ford F-Series


Notes:

General Motors is flat with only Chevrolet posting sales gains. Earlier this year, Cadillac ended production of the STS and the fleet-favorite DTS. The ATS compact and XTS full size sedan are due to arrive next year, leaving Cadillac dealers with only the CTS and Escalade.

Chrysler, Fiat, Jeep, and Dodge enjoy their best October since 2008, turning a profit for yet another quarter thanks to the Dodge Ram, Jeep Compass, Dodge Journey, Chrysler 200, Dodge Avenger, Jeep Compass, Jeep Liberty, and Fiat 500. European exports have boosted sales volume for the Dodge Journey, rebadged as a Fiat Freemont.

Fiat sales have missed targets thanks to poor marketing (Jennifer Lopez), but interest in the new Fiat 500 is high with sales volume expected to grow rapidly.

Mercedes Benz, thanks to the facelifted and improved C-class, has outsold BMW. However, Mini and the BMW 3-series continue to be strong sellers.

Nissan is up 22% thanks to the Altima and Rogue, with the Altima receiving heavy sales incentives and aggressive lease offers. Infiniti posts a 13.5% decline, though the upcoming JX crossover should help.

The Chevy Volt outsold the Nissan Leaf by a few hundred units.

337 Saabs were sold. The 9-4x crossover built by GM is currently the only Saab in production. Over in Gothenburg, Volvo’s new “naughty” S60 is selling like hot cakes.

VW and Audi are both up significantly, with Volkswagen posting a 39% gain in the US. Credit for the increase go to the new Chattanooga plant and significantly cheaper VW models.

Flooding in Thailand has made it difficult for Honda and Toyota to resume pre-Japanese-tsunami global production levels.

Ford’s Explorer crossovers and F-series pickups continue to sell briskly.

Lexus posted a 14% decline. I’d like to believe that it’s because boredom has finally fallen out of favor with luxury buyers, but it’s really due to Tsunami-related supply issues as most Lexus products are built in their home market.

Summary:

Based on auto sales, the US economy may be showing signs of recovery despite EU debt concerns and slower growth in China.

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[300ZXttZMAN]

Very nice.

[MinisterofDOOM]

leaving Cadillac dealers with only the CTS and Escalade.

Also the 2nd gen Wuss Edition SRX, which I can't blame you for forgetting.

Speaking of dead Cadillacs, I've got two good reasons you should go buy Driver: San Francisco.
1: Cadillac XLR-V
2: Cadillac DTS

Sadly, the in-game exhaust note is clearly NOT really recorded from any Northstar powered vehicle.

[Jesda]

SRX is a hot seller indeed.

For all the crappy reasons.

[PapaSmurf2k3]

This is very conflicting data to what Nissan North America provides to me, and its employees. I guess you can skew data however you want. Perhaps grouping the Accord and Crosstour is what pushed its sales above Altima, because that is definitely NOT what Carlos has been sending out to his employees.

Jesda- what is the demographic for this data? Just US? All North America?

Edit: Also, I had no idea BMW moved that much volume. Kudos to them.

[MinisterofDOOM]

I guess you can skew data however you want. Perhaps grouping the Accord and Crosstour is what pushed its sales above Altima, because that is definitely NOT what Carlos has been sending out to his employees.

It's just like the F150/Silverado thing. The Sierra/Silverado are usually very close to the F150 in sales, sometimes selling more, sometimes selling a few less. But everyone ignores the fact that the two are the same truck and instead choses to present F150 sales as though they're WAAAAY out ahead of the Silverado alone.

As far as the Accord, though, I don't see how the Crosstour makes any real difference. I very very rarely see them on the road. A quick google says they sold 15,000 on their best year, which is nothing on a monthly scale.

[PapaSmurf2k3]

^True, but accord/altima sales are VERY close. It wouldn't take much to push one past the other.