By The Numbers: May 2007
General Motors continues its turnaround by posting a 4.7% increase in sales last month versus last year, bolstered mostly by the 68.6% increase at Saturn and a strong showing from GMC (8.6%) and Pontiac (13.7%). Likewise, Toyota contiues its positive growth with an increase of 10.9% for the brand and 9.7% for the company including Lexus. The gain by Toyota put it ahead of Ford as the No. 2 best-selling automaker in the U.S. last month. Ford, meanwhile, saw sales dip by 10.4%, which it claims is due to an ongoing effort to reduce fleet sales. It claims retail sales were nearly flat, helped by the Edge, new Escape and Expedition, among others. The Chrysler Group, meanwhile, remained flat, despite the monster effort by Jeep, which saw sales of the Wrangler increase by 106%!The rest of the industry's performance by brand can be found after the jump.
Biggest Winner
Saturn
68.6% at 26,905 (05/06: 15,347)Biggest Loser
Jaguar
–44.1% at 1,379 (05/06: 2,374)COMPANIES
BMW Group
4.5% at 30,819 (05/06: 28,360)Chrysler Group
0.2% at 199,393 (05/06: 191,261)Ford Motor Co
–10.4% at 259,470 (05/06: 278,546) General Motors
4.7% at 375,682 (05/06: 345,157)Honda America
–1.4% at 145,367 (05/06: 141,810)Nissan North America
3.2% at 93,062 (05/06: 86,667)Toyota Motor Co.
9.7% at 269,023 (05/06: 235,708)DISCLAIMER: All percentages represent the change in the Daily Average Sales Rate. There were 26 selling days in May 2007 versus 25 selling days in May 2006. As such, an automaker that sold more vehicles last month than the year prior did not necessarily show a positive increase.
BRANDS
Acura
–5.3% at 15,920 (05/06: 16,171)Audi
18.7% at 8,788 (05/06: 7,120)BMW
3.9% at 26,689 (05/06: 24,688)Buick
–15.9% at 17,087 (05/06: 19,533)Cadillac
–9.7% at 17,380 (05/06: 18,510)Chevrolet
1.6% at 220,870 (05/06: 209,108)Chrysler
–8.2% at 53,157 (05/06: 55,680)Dodge
–0.6% at 103,366 (05/06: 99,976)Ford
–12.9% at 212,572 (05/06: 234,655)GMC
8.6% at 48,336 (05/06: 42,809)Honda
–0.9% at 129,447 (05/06: 125,639)HUMMER
–5.9% at 4,636 (05/06: 4,737)Infiniti
5.6% at 10,748 (05/06: 9,786)Isuzu
–9.8% at 1,271 (05/06: 1,355)Jaguar
–44.1% at 1,379 (05/06: 2,374)Jeep
15.7% at 42,870 (05/06: 35,605)Kia
3.4% at 28,494 (05/06: 26,494)Land Rover
3.1% at 4,269 (05/06: 3,981)Lexus
2.0% at 31,847 (05/06: 29,999)Lincoln
23.0% at 13,880 (05/06: 10,847)Mercedes
–3.1% at 21,771 (05/06: 21,621)Mercury
5.5% at 18,178 (05/06: 16,565)MINI
8.1% at 4,130 (05/06: 3,672)Mitsubishi
11.0% at 13,651 (05/06: 11,821)Nissan
2.9% at 82,314 (05/06: 76,881)Pontiac
13.7% at 36,325 (05/06: 30,728)Porsche
–2.2% at 3,600 (05/06: 3,541)Saab
–8.9% at 2,872 (05/06: 3,030)Saturn
68.6% at 26,905 (05/06: 15,347)Subaru
–4.6% at 16,282 (05/06: 16,406)Toyota
10.9% at 237,176 (05/06: 205,709)Volkswagen
–2.9% at 22,325 (05/06: 22,100)Volvo
–12.7% at 9,142 (05/06: 10,124)NOT YET REPORTING:
Hyundai
Mazda
Suzuki
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Bojack 11:11PM (6/01/2007)
Wow, you get pissed because she doesn't like Toyota and you ... drag her sex into it? Way to go champ you fail at the internet.
BTW, Toyota will soon become a ghost of what it once was with a boat load of new issues and problems. They're on the top of the heap now and only one way to go. I'm a guy too so good luck insulting me.
bmw122487 6:02PM (6/01/2007)
even though i drive german these days i still love you GM, and would love to see you climb back to the top, oh and thanks for my new suburban coming next month, keep up the good work!!
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Rachel 6:03PM (6/01/2007)
Please do not write messages here saying the percentages are wrong. There were more days in this year's May than last year's. Not every month of every year has the same number of days.
Thank you
To understand better, divide this years sales by days and then divide last years sales by days. Then take the percentage of the difference.
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Anderson 6:08PM (6/01/2007)
I cant believe Toyota sold 50,126 Camrys. Thats great.
50,126 divided by 1600 dealers is 40 per month. That means every salesperson sold several Camrys during the month. Everybody Happy.
I cant believe how poorly the Fusion is selling. Ford sold 14,279 Fusions last month. That is down 4.4% !!
With 4600 dealrs thats 3 Fusions per dealer for the whole month. I wonder how many knuckles and heads were broken by the salespeople trying to grab the 3 customers that bought one. Everybody Sad.
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Jon 6:38PM (6/01/2007)
Ford wouldn't have a problem selling mid-size cars if they sold the Mondeo instead of the Fusion.
Morton 6:13PM (6/01/2007)
Hey Andrew,
Yes the Fusion sales are down. Yes the Camry outsells all of Mercury and Lincon and Jaguar combined. Yes the Camry also makes more money than those brands combined. But you know what? The Fusion is still better. Go Ford!
p.s. feel bad for dealers only selling 3 a month though. Everytime i drive by a Ford lot I see 20 of them parked. Does that mean they have 7 months supply?
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marc 6:30PM (6/01/2007)
Am I reading correctly that Toyota was the number 1 brand, outselling Ford and Chevrolet? This is amazing!!!!
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Jon 6:40PM (6/01/2007)
Marc: Where have you been for the past decade, Toyota's sales just keep rising and show no sign of slowing down.
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Greek Boy 6:51PM (6/01/2007)
Here is a complete model breakdown of several manufacturers for May and also for all of 2007 Year to Date:
http://www.autospectator.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=9855
http://www.autospectator.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=9851
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/06-01-2007/0004600090&EDATE=
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/06-01-2007/0004600083&EDATE=
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070601005568&newsLang=en
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Barney 6:55PM (6/01/2007)
I hope that somehow Ford will get back on their feet. I like Toyota but it will be a shame to see Ford end up like Chrysler.
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wally 8:53PM (6/01/2007)
Barney
Chrysler is in a lot better shape than Ford !!
As they stand now Ford will go under before the other two!!!!
HotRodzNKustoms 7:13PM (6/01/2007)
Saturn is a great example of what General Motors can do when they try.
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EnviroBob 7:21PM (6/01/2007)
WOW! Toyota now sells 71.6% of the vehicles that GM sells.
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Barney 8:19PM (6/01/2007)
"WOW! Toyota now sells 71.6% of the vehicles that GM sells."
Actually, I believe Toyota sells their own:) No point selling the cars that GM already sold.
Tess O'Toole 7:23PM (6/01/2007)
Toyota has been running cash back discounts on every model, with 0% financing for 60 months. They are really pushing to be no. 1 in the US, but folks it won't happen. Not only is "The General" rearming but Toyota is on the cusp of a quality meltdown, every one of their cars and trucks have some sort of quality problem. My neighbor just traded a Camry for a Tahoe and the reasons are poor quality and poor performance. The public is catching on, Toyota builds cars on the cheap mechanically, and it shows up in their engines, as well other performance related ways.
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Greek Boy 7:33PM (6/01/2007)
Tess,
If you had not exagerated to the extent that you did and did not lie as much as you did, I along with everyone else would have believed what you said. Instead after the first 3-4 sentences I totally dismissed you.
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Tess O'Toole 7:40PM (6/01/2007)
Wo Greek Boy!
You mean you believed the first three-four sentences I wrote?
1-Toyota has been runing cash back on every model
2-0% Financing on all
3-Every car has some sort of a quality problem
4-My friend traded his Camry for a Tahoe
If I made you believe those four then I succeeded.
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Stéphane Dumas 7:54PM (6/01/2007)
I spotted an other forum, the sales numbers in Canada
http://www.cbc.ca/cp/business/070601/b060162A.html#skip300x250 Ford does better in Canada then the US, seems the old French proverb "nul n'est prophète en son pays" (approximate translation: "no one is prophet on his own country) could fit Ford.
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Jon 12:09PM (6/02/2007)
I looked at the list and Total sales between the big 3 were quite interesting in Canada. Seems that the General sold 45,359 units, Chrysler 25,605 and Ford 25,218 units - all 3 including other divisions. Chrysler is looking not too bad...nice to see that they are ahead of Ford. I sure hope they can have a future again - like before Daimler raped and pillaged the company and left them for dead.
datguy 8:04PM (6/01/2007)
I can honestly say that for the first time ever I would buy a Saturn product... Great Job GM!!!
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