Subcompact Sales numbers

[nov2012sonicLS]

Here is a link showing subcompact sales numbers for January 2012. Sonic is #3.:banana::banana::banana:

Subcompact Culture - The small car blog: January 2012 subcompact sales

 

[nov2012sonicLS]

Here is a link showing subcompact sales numbers for february 2012. Sonic is still #3.

Subcompact Culture - The small car blog: February 2012 subcompact sales

 

[buddy97]

Here is a link showing subcompact sales numbers for february 2012. Sonic is still #3.

Subcompact Culture - The small car blog: February 2012 subcompact sales

if you took into account fleet sales, it would probbly be farther down the list, as fleet sales account for roughly 30% of gm sales while the foreign manufacturers fleet sales acoount for much less (around 15% and even much less in the case of honda and toyota).

 

[Sonny@bnr]

as usual soul is #1 i see those cars everywhere.
i wonder why the juke isnt doing so well. its not a bad car except it looks like a cat fish.

 

[nov2012sonicLS]

Here is a link about Sonic production and sales. According to the article 80% of Sonic sales are to consumers and not to rental fleets.


Company News

 

[LS1notFOUND]

part of the reason gm lost largest automaker was because they are cutting fleet sales.

 

[SonicChris]

as usual soul is #1 i see those cars everywhere.
i wonder why the juke isnt doing so well. its not a bad car except it looks like a cat fish.

The fact that the base FWD model cost $20k and the fully loaded AWD is over $30k isn't helping sales.

 

[Sonny@bnr]

The fact that the base FWD model cost $20k and the fully loaded AWD is over $30k isn't helping sales.

ouch 30k yeah you can get allot of car for 30k thats better then the juke

 

[LS1notFOUND]

from the sounds of it sonic and cruze are doing well in march.

 

[buddy97]

Here is a link about Sonic production and sales. According to the article 80% of Sonic sales are to consumers and not to rental fleets.


Company News

so 20% to fleet. that is still a high number...several times more than honda/toyota.

 

[LS1notFOUND]

Fleets arn't going to drop GM vehicles overnight. Generally speaking the vehicles cost less (although GM doesn't take as much of a hit per vehicle on these sales like they did in the 90s), parts are cheaper to replace (true of nearly all domestics), the repair facilities are tooled for GM and they know how they are put together, they write off the depreciation (certainly less of a factor lately), and

Dealers love Commercial sales, rarely does that kind of customer complain about a rattle, as long as it starts, and the pedal reaches the floor, good to go..

Plus now that the vehicles are improving free word of mouth and test drives to a broad range of customers. I prefer companies buy American no matter how large or small.

 

[10spokeSS]

Anyone know the March Sales yet?

 

[LS1notFOUND]

GM, Ford, Chrysler report giant March sales

highlights

"General Motors says its sales increase of 12% included a record 100,000 cars and crossovers that achieve an EPA-estimated 30 mpg highway rating or better."

"Sales of the new Sonic subcompact have increased steadily since it launched in August 2011, with March reaching 8,251 vehicles."

"Cruze deliveries of 21,607 marked the car's seventh month of sales exceeding 20,000 units and its seventh consecutive month of higher year-over-year sales."

" Other March highlights include a 12% year-over-year increase in GMC sales driven by strong Sierra and Terrain results, a 34% increase in Chevrolet Equinox sales, a 15% increase in Cadillac CTS sales, and a very strong month for the new Buick Verano, with sales of 2,497 units.

The company's retail deliveries increased 14% compared with March 2011 and accounted for 74% of GM sales. Deliveries to fleets increased 6%."

"Powered by strong Jeep sales and a doubling in sales of its flagship sedans, Chrysler Group is reporting its best monthly sales since 2008."

"There were no clunkers: Every Chrysler Group model in production for more than 12 months recorded a year-over-year sales increase in March."

"Ford said it was it was a huge month for March sales, with the best sales for a March in five years."

"Overall, Ford's car sales were up 8% and Focus outsold all others."

Article mentions the Chrysler ad campaign about imported from detroit...when in reality the 300/200 are made in Ontario, ca right?

 

[nov2012sonicLS]

March 2012 sales numbers

Here is a link to the March 2012 sales numbers.


Subcompact Culture - The small car blog: March 2012 subcompact sales

 

[buddy97]

for april:

GM fell 8.2% overall, but said that's because its less-profitable fleet sales were down, while sales to individual customers were about the same.

GM said it sold about the same number of new cars and trucks to individuals in April as it did a year earlier, but its multi-car fleet sales to rental-car companies plunged 25% "because of the timing of rental customer deliveries."

when fleet sales being down 25% cause overall sales to be down 8%, that indicates a very high dependence on fleet sales.

i spend far too much time in rental cars and i see so many malibus and sonics on the lots it makes my head spin.

 

[nov2012sonicLS]

Here is a link to the April 2012 sales.



Subcompact Culture - The small car blog: April 2012 subcompact sales

 

[ypsi-sonic]

God only knows why anyone would buy a Kia Soul. I think they are just butt ugly.

One more year and Sonic will be number one.