Autoblog

johnny @ Jun 3rd 2008 3:47PM

Here are the links for sales in May in the United States in case you are intrested. One thing to note
is that the best selling vehicle, not car or truck, but vehicle by any manufacturer for the month of May was
the Honda Civic. More than the Fseries or Ram or Camry, or even the combined total of Silverado, Avalanche
and Sierra! Anyways, numerous cars beat the F-150 in sales last month. With sales of 42,973 Fseries, 58% was
F-150 and 42% was superduty. 58% of 42,973 is 24,924 which means even Ford's own Focus at 32,000 beat
its own F-150 in sales.

Can anyone tell me why Ford F-150 is included in the same sales category as the Superduty when they have
nothing in common? The engines are the only thing but they are used everywhere like the Mustang and Crown Vic.
I mean Toyota doesnt call its Camry and Corolla the C-Series and say it sold 100,000 of it? The Fseries is two
distinct trucks with different platforms and should be separted. What if Ford changed the name of the Ranger
a few years back to F-75, does that mean the Ranger sales would be in there as well? It doesnt make sense.
The Milan and Fusion are the same thing and built at same time on the same line yet reported differntly but the
F-series is built on different lines with different platforms and parts that are not common yet counted together.

Here is a Full breakdown of all models for the month

Honda:

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/06-03-2008/0004825750&EDATE=


Ford:

http://www.streetinsider.com/Press+Releases/May+Brings+Record+Sales+For+Ford+Focus,+Fusion/3710130.html


Toyota:there is a severe shortage of Prius with a 2-4 month wait.
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/06-03-2008/0004825722&EDATE=


GM: 2,578 Avalanche, 37,020 Silverado, 13,362 Sierra includes 1500 to 3500 series

http://www.streetinsider.com/Press+Releases/GM+Reports+272,363+Deliveries+in+May/3710715.html


Cerberus: Only bright spot is Patriot up 82%

http://sev.prnewswire.com/auto/20080603/CLTU07703062008-1.html


Mazda:

http://sev.prnewswire.com/auto/20080603/LATU08603062008-1.html


Subaru:

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/subaru-reports-all-time-record-may-sales,418768.shtml


Mercedes:

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/mercedes-benz-sets-another-record-with-best-may-sales,418549.shtml


Honda is Number 4 in USA - GM, Toyota, Ford, Honda, Cerberus, Nissan

http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200806031511DOWJONESDJONLINE000511_FORTUNE5.htm