Add your comments
Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry. Email addresses are never displayed, but they are required to confirm your comments.
When you enter your name and email address, you'll be sent a link to confirm your comment, and a password. To leave another comment, just use that password.
To create a live link, simply type the URL (including http://) or email address and we will make it a live link for you. You can put up to 3 URLs in your comments. Line breaks and paragraphs are automatically converted — no need to use <p> or <br> tags.
Please note that gratuitous links to your site are viewed as spam and may result in removed comments.
Follow the Audi Mileage Marathon starting Monday morning
Paris 2008: MINI Crossover Concept
Paris 2008: Aston Martin One-77 (partially) revealed
Paris 2008: The GT by Citroen. No, the whole thing this time
Paris 2008: Lamborghini Estoque LIVE
In the Autoblog Garage: 2008 Chevy Corvette Z06
Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy
Paris 2008: Le Day 1 Wrapup
Knight Rider: The Liveblog -- Season 1, Episode 2
By the Numbers - September 2008: Nobody Wins Edition
Reader Comments for
Subscribe to this threadBy the Numbers: February 2008
(Page 1 of 1)
A A @ Mar 4th 2008 12:14PM
Infiniti's % should have gone up, not down.
dan spalinger @ Mar 4th 2008 12:18PM
Nope...they are measuring the daily sales rate...not # of vehicles sold...February had an extra sales day this year...and thus, though Infiniti sold more cars this year than last in the month, its daily sales rate still declined....
Tony @ Mar 4th 2008 12:18PM
So should have Nissan's when you just look at the above number but the calculations are based on DSR.... daily sales rate not volume. When the extra day for the month is factored in,even though the volume for the month appears up, the daily sales rate is down.
geo.stewart @ Mar 4th 2008 12:22PM
now see, no one thought you were illiterate or arithmetically challenged until you spoke up.
;-)
If you read the entire article, they include the details that the %s are based on daily averages based on selling days.
with this yr having 25 vs last yr 24; Infiniti sold 404.33 last yr each day vs 402.72 this yr each selling day. Nissan did a similar thing, as did suzuki and vw
It is confusing considering they give total sales numbers instead of daily averages that they are reporting on. Since AB is pulling this from somewhere else, dont think we can fault them that.
A A @ Mar 4th 2008 12:29PM
ahhh..didn't connect the dots- my bad!