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By the Numbers - October 2009: Green is Growing Edition

Hyundai, Kia and Subaru all report +40% increase in sales If you've been paying attention to recent editions of By the Numbers, you'll have noticed that the amount of green on our chart below is growing. Month after month, more and more brands and manufacturers are managing to produce sales numbers that exceed the same month last year. For October 2009, the list is topped by three familiar players: Hyundai (+49) and Subaru (+41%). The South Koreans and this lone Japanese brand have bucked the trend all year, and now that other brands are ... Read more →

By The Numbers - September 2009: Post C4C, We're All Alright Edition John Neff

Here it is, the first full month of sales after the government's popular Cash for Clunkers has ended. The expected result – that auto sales would plummet once the feds stopped handing out free ...

By the Numbers - August 2009: Cash for Clunkers Edition John Neff

FoMoCo sales up 17%, GM and Chrysler improve but still losing sales After reviewing the U.S. auto industry's sales numbers for August 2009, the true effect of the government's Cash for Clunkers ...

By the Numbers - July 2009: Turn of the Tide Edition Jonny Lieberman

Subaru sales up 34%, Ford Motor Company finally posts positive numbers Is the tide turning? Do all those green boxes below indicate that the sweeping current of auto sales ennui has subsided? ...

Autoblog Podcast #134 Dan Roth

Just in time for the July 4th holiday roadtrip, it's Episode #134 of the Autoblog Podcast! We've had a couple delays this week getting together to chat about recent events, but hopefully we're ...

By the Numbers - June 2009: Bankruptcy a Bad Idea Edition 4 months ago on Autoblog

FoMoCo falls only 11%, Chrysler Group drops 42% Want more proof that Ford Motor Company made the right move in avoiding bankruptcy, unlike General Motors and the Chrysler Group, its cross-town rivals? Sales figures for the month of June 2009 show that Ford sharply lessened its sales slide with a ...

By the Numbers - May 2009: GM and Ford Surprise Edition 5 months ago on Autoblog

We weren't expecting this, especially from General Motors, which was forced to sell cars and trucks last month amidst rumors of impending bankruptcy (something that came to fruition as soon as the month was over). Despite this, GM posted a decrease in sales volume of only 29.55%. Sure, GM's sales ...

By The Numbers: April 2009 - More of the Same, With a Twist Edition 6 months ago on Autoblog

We're doing something new for this month's By the Numbers – ordering each brand and automaker by the most number of vehicles sold to the least. We used to order everything alphabetically, but figured this way easily surfaced an extra facet of information. On to the numbers. Not a single brand ...

By the Numbers - March 2009: Ain't No Joke Edition 7 months ago on Autoblog

Despite today being April Fools' Day, not one of the sales figures reported by automakers below for the month of March 2009 is a joke. The U.S. auto industry's sales slide continues, and despite the overall market selling more vehicles in March versus February, nearly all brands fell versus the same ...

By the Numbers - February 2009: Wish It Were A Leap Year Edition 8 months ago on Autoblog

One more day in February wouldn't have done much to salvage yet another bad month of sales for the U.S. auto industry, but it wouldn't have hurt. All of the big automakers saw sales down around 40% or more last month compared to February 2008. Chrysler Co. (-44%), Ford Motor Company (-48.4%) and ...

By the Numbers - January 2009: Not So Happy New Year Edition 9 months ago on Autoblog

All the numbers are in for the first month of sales in 2009... and they aren't pretty. Chrysler LLC and General Motors continue to lead the pack with sales drops of 54.8, respectively. While the overall economy is weak and access to credit limited, the fact that Americans watched both domestic ...

By The Numbers - 2008: Phew! Glad That's Over Edition 10 months ago on Autoblog

We didn't know sales for the U.S. auto industry in 2008 would be this bad when the year began, but it sure ended on a fitting note. Over the past six months or so we've seen the U.S. auto sales market nearly collapse and almost take our own domestic auto industry with it. Nevertheless, there were a ...

By The Numbers - December 2008: I Want My Mommy Edition 10 months ago on Autoblog

The U.S. auto industry hasn't experienced a worse year of sales in recent memory, so it's fitting that 2008 should close with December sales data that's no better than the previous disappointing months. The only green you'll see below is next to MINI, which beat out December 2007 sales by only four ...

By the Numbers - November 2008: Brother, Can You Spare a Dime Edition 11 months ago on Autoblog

GM, Ford, Chrysler, Honda, Toyota all down over 30% While the Detroit 3 have their hands out in front of Congress, the entire U.S. auto industry turned in a report of dismal November sales today. Every major automaker saw its sales crash and crash hard last month, and the only brand to gain ground ...

By the Numbers - October 2008: "Thanks, GMAC!" Edition 1 year ago on Autoblog

Sales for the month of October 2008 were... ahem... not good. The auto industry in the U.S. has found a way to slide further into oblivion with only a few bright spots from Audi and MINI, the latter of which enjoyed monster sales last month we suspect on account of greater production capacity this ...

By the Numbers - September 2008: Nobody Wins Edition 1 year ago on Autoblog

We're not waiting for Suzuki to reveal its September 2008 sales results any longer, as it is highly unlikely that the little Japanese brand will arise as the only brand/automaker to post positive numbers this month. Take a good look below, as it's the first time since we started publishing sales ...

By the Numbers - August 2008: New Digs Edition 1 year ago on Autoblog

Check it out. We've completely revamped By the Numbers to convey more sales information than before in a much easier to digest way. Now we'll be reporting both the change in monthly sales volume for each brand and automaker as well as the change in their Daily Sales Rate or average number of ...

By the Numbers July 2008: Everybody Hurts Edition 1 year ago on Autoblog

NOTE: There were 26 selling days in July 2008 versus 24 selling days in July 2007. All percentages are the change in the average number of vehicles sold per day or Daily Sales Rate (DSR), not the difference in actual number of vehicles sold for each month. This is an easy month of sales to report. ...

By the Numbers June 2008: Not That Bad Edition 1 year ago on Autoblog

You're going to be reading in the mainstream press about how horrible sales were in the U.S. during June, 2008. Yes, they were bad for many automakers, but consider that there were only 24 selling days last month versus 27 days in June, 2007. This makes comparing raw sales numbers misleading, since ...

By the Numbers May 2008: F-150 Falls Edition 1 year ago on Autoblog

Honda Civic, Accord, Toyota Camry and Corolla all outsell Ford F-150 for the first time The two brands who lost and gained the most sales last month (MINI and HUMMER) sum up nicely what happened to auto sales during May in the U.S. Brands armed with small cars weathered the storm and big trucks and ...

By the Numbers: April 2008 1 year ago on Autoblog

Remember when I said February 2008 was the worst month ever in the history of our reporting monthly sales figures? Well, April 2008 was just as bad. Though we had five brands this month that posted an increase in their daily sales rate (DSR) compared to four back in February, automakers had two ...

By the Numbers: March 2008 1 year ago on Autoblog

Though many news outlets will decry March as a horrible sales month in the auto industry, it wasn't that bad and there are some notable successes. The reason it isn't as bad as some will tell you is because most outlets compare the volume of cars sold last month to the same month in 2007, rather ...

By the Numbers: February 2008 1 year ago on Autoblog

February 2008 will go down as the ugliest sales month ever in the history of By the Numbers posts. Out of the 35 brands we track, only four improved their daily average sales rate versus the same month last year: Honda (1.9), Mercedes-Benz (3%) and our Biggest Winner, MINI (38.5%). Leap year is to ...

By the Numbers: January 2008 1 year ago on Autoblog

GM starts year off strong, industry as a whole sees lower sales Analysts and automakers alike have been warning us that 2008 is going to be another tough year, and January only served to prove them right. General Motors, up 2.1%, managed to turn out a remarkably good sales month with every single ...

By the Numbers: 2007 1 year ago on Autoblog

Toyota passes Ford as second largest automaker in the U.S.; Mazda grows the most in 2007 The final sales numbers for 2007 are in, and to be honest, they're better than we expected. Of the 34 brands we track sales, 19 showed an improvement in their daily average sales rate last year. The majority of ...

By the Numbers: December 2007 1 year ago on Autoblog

Our fingers are bleeding after so much number crunching (look for By the Numbers: 2007 coming up next). As you can see, the last month of the year was not pretty for most automakers. The number of red arrows in our list below are almost too numerous to count. Mitsubishi, however, took the biggest ...

By the Numbers: October 2007 2 years ago on Autoblog

Apologies for the tardiness in delivering our By the Numbers post this month, but we're here with it now and all the automakers have reported their numbers. Big picture, ups and downs in the industry appear about even, so perhaps October 2007 was a wash. General Motors sales fell 1.1% compared to ...

By the Numbers: September 2007 2 years ago on Autoblog

Analysts who feared the worst for September 2007 car sales were wrong. It wasn't that bad at all. General Motors pulled out a 3.8% increase in sales, for Pete's sake! Fellow domestics Chrysler LLC and Ford Motor Company, however, did not fare as well. Chrysler LLC sales went down only 1.5% last ...

By the Numbers: August 2007 2 years ago on Autoblog

You didn't think we forgot to report the numbers, did you? We imagine some automakers wish we had, for instance Jaguar and Mercury, which share our Biggest Loser honor this month by dropping an identical 20.2% in sales. Another of Ford's brands, Land Rover, was the Biggest Winner, jumping 32.2% in ...

What actually sells: Fleet sales for first half of 2007 2 years ago on Autoblog

Automakers often report their sales figures in whatever way makes them look most positive, and for a long time including fleet sales has been an effective way to make a slow selling vehicle look more popular with consumers on paper. Automakers don't distinguish between fleet and retail when ...

By the Numbers: June 2007 2 years ago on Autoblog

NOTE: Since there were 27 selling days in June 2007 versus 26 in June 2006, the percentages below represent the change in Daily Average Sales rate for each automaker and not the change in raw number of units sold. The biggest news coming out of the sales reports for June 2007 is the -24% pummeling ...

By The Numbers: May 2007 2 years ago on Autoblog

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). Likewise, Toyota contiues its positive growth with an increase of 10.9% for the brand and 9.7% for the ...

By the Numbers: April 2007 2 years ago on Autoblog

Chrysler and Toyota gain while GM, Ford fall As you scan the interweb for news of April sales numbers today, be careful. There were two less selling days in April of this year compared to 2006 (24 vs. 26). On account of this, other media outlets are painting a bleaker picture by comparing the raw ...

By the Numbers: February 2007 2 years ago on Autoblog

Almost all the sales numbers are in for the month of February, and it appears the good and bad news has been spread fairly evenly across the industry. Ford Motor Company and the Chrysler Group received the brunt of bad news, with sales down 13.5, respectively. In Ford's defense, sales to rental ...

By The Numbers: November 2006 2 years ago on Autoblog

Sorry for the delay in getting to the numbers this month, but we spent all day Friday travelling back from the LA Auto Show when each automaker was releasing its results for November. The big news over which the mainstream media seems to be laboring is that Toyota Motor Company outsold Ford Motor ...

By The Numbers: October 2006 3 years ago on Autoblog

The October sales figure for nearly every manufacturer are out, and as you can see, there's a lot of little green arrows below. The stellar performances this month are most likely due to the fact that last year this time is when the effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita combined with the end of big ...






Autoblog Podcast #153: With Phil Berg

Phil Berg puts his reputation on the line and hangs with the podcast crew.

 
 

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