2005 Sales Archive

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GM Gains Sales and Share in Europe in 2005 · Sales over 22,000 units ahead of 2004 · Cadillac, Corvette, Saab and Chevrolet set all-time European sales records · Opel and Vauxhall grow share in home markets Zurich. General Motors (GM) outstripped sluggish growth of less than one percent in the European vehicle market to sell over 1,982,300 cars and light commercial vehicles in 2005, an increase of more than 22,000 or 1.1 percent over 2004. GM’s share of the market (Western, Central and Eastern Europe) rose slightly to 9. 5 percent.* “2005 was a pivotal year for us”, said Carl-Peter Forster who became a GM Group vice president and President of GM Europe, the compa…

GM: NOT SO FAST, TOYOTA: A global sales surge keeps us ahead, Wagoner reports January 7, 2006 BY TOM WALSH FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER They may want to hold off on the party hats at Toyota Motor Corp. General Motors Corp. Chairman Rick Wagoner said Friday that GM sold nearly 9.2 million cars and trucks worldwide in 2005, the most since 1978, casting doubt on forecasts that Toyota Motor Corp. might surpass GM as the world's automotive sales leader this year. For the first time in its history, GM sold more cars outside the United States than inside. Not only did GM emerge as the market leader in fast-growing China, it also posted all-time sales highs in Latin America a…

GM Sales Rise in Latin America, Africa, Middle East (Update1) Jan. 7 (Bloomberg) -- General Motors Corp., which is losing U.S. market share to Asian automakers, said sales rose 20 percent in Latin America, Africa and the Middle East in 2005, lifted by sales of Chevrolets. Sales rose to more than 880,000 from 737,000 in 2004, the Detroit-based company said in a statement. The world's biggest automaker has about an 18 percent market share in those regions. Sales of Chevrolet vehicles including the Aveo, Optra, Epica and Vivant jumped 83 percent last year in Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. GM will spend $600 million in those markets and introduce 26 new v…

GM in 2005 posted several significant records that point to strong consumer acceptance of its new products. Chevrolet, led by strong full-size pickup and launch vehicle sales, was the best-selling vehicle brand in the United States for the first time since 1986. HUMMER had a record sales year and was the industry's fastest-growing brand. Saturn ended the year with improved sales (up 1 percent), setting the stage for 2006, when it will double its product lineup with three all-new vehicles. General Motors dealers in the United States sold 392,041 new cars and trucks in December, down 10 percent from the same month a year ago. Car sales were down 19 percent and truck …

Ford Media * Ford Motor Company's December U.S. sales totaled 267,881, down 9 percent compared with a year ago. Full year sales totaled 3.17 million, down 5 percent. * Full year car sales totaled 1.04 million, up 2 percent compared with a year ago as consumer awareness and demand for new Ford, Mercury and Lincoln cars accelerates. December sales of Ford Fusion, Mercury Milan and Lincoln Zephyr were 33 percent higher than previous month. * Full year CUV sales climbed 28 percent; Ford will introduce two more CUVs in 2006. * Ford's F-Series truck is America 's best selling vehicle for the 24 th year in a row as full year sales eclipse 900,…

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http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060104/law094.html?.v=33 American Honda Posts Ninth Consecutive Year of Record Sales in 2005 Wednesday January 4, 2:36 pm ET Strong Civic and Ridgeline Sales Push Honda to Its Best Sales Year Ever, Acura Breaks 200,000 Mark for the First Time TORRANCE, Calif., Jan. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- American Honda Motor Co., Inc., today announced record sales results for both its Honda and Acura Divisions, pushing American Honda to another all-time record year in 2005. With sales up 5.2 percent to 1,462,472 vehicles, the results mark the company's 12th consecutive year of sales increases. American Honda December sales totaled 132,800 vehicles a…

Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., today reported best-ever November sales of 169,665 vehicles, an increase of 5.6 percent over last November. Calendar-year-to-date (CYTD) sales total 2,057,017, up 10.3 percent over the same period last year. "As the market rebounds and consumer confidence goes up, buyers are returning to showrooms," said Jim Press, TMS president and COO. "The holiday buying season is off to an encouraging start and I believe we'll see improvement right through the end of the year." The Toyota Division posted best-ever November sales of 144,016, up 5.2 percent. The Lexus Division reported best-ever November sales of 25,649 units, an increase of…

Doing OK: Dodge's Charger showing positive signs, but not selling like 300 MARY CONNELLY | Automotive News Posted Date: 12/12/05 DETROIT -- Since its launch in May, the 2006 Dodge Charger has attracted a younger buyer to Dodge and is selling for a higher price than other premium mid-sized vehicles. But more Chargers are sold with rebates than is typical in the premium mid-sized car segment. And it's taking dealers longer to sell the Charger than its platform-mate, the Chrysler 300, according to data from the Power Information Network. Power data show that in its seventh month on sale, the Charger averaged 36 days on dealership lots before selling. The 300 avera…

FOR RELEASE: 2005-12-20 General Motors Reaches New Milestone in Asia Pacific Sells 1 Millionth Vehicle in 2005 Shanghai, China – With the purchase of a midnight black Chevrolet Optra 1.8 LT, H.E. Manaspas Xuto recently became the 1 millionth buyer of a General Motors vehicle in Asia Pacific in 2005. The Bangkok resident, who is Thailand's former ambassador to Washington, D.C., helped GM achieve a new milestone. For the first timesince it began doing business in Asia Pacific in 1915, General Motors has achieved 1 millionsales in asingle calendar year. “GM has made the Asia Pacific region a corporate priority,”said Troy Clarke, GM Group Vice President and Pre…

Tuesday, December 20, 2005 Print this Comment on this E-mail this Auto sales limp in December Despite dropping market share, Big Three show slight improvement after a dismal November. Josee Valcourt / The Detroit News Tim Boyle / Getty Images North America General Motors Corp. launched its annual red tag sale earlier than usual this year to boost year-end sales. Ford is offering a similar deal, while Chrysler is plying year-end customers with two years of free gas on some models. See full image Detroit automakers continued to lose retail market share to foreign rivals in early December but showed modest signs of improvement compared with their dismal performance…

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American Honda Records Best-Ever November Sales Ridgeline posts best month ever; record sales of Pilot boost truck sales Torrance, Calif. 12/01/2005 -- Total Honda and Acura November automobile sales increased 6.4 percent over last year to 105,860, and shattered the previous record of 98,075 set in 2002. Driven by November's 15.3 percent increase in Honda truck sales, American Honda's year-to-date sales continue on a record-setting pace of 1,329,672 cars and light trucks, increasing 6.2 percent over last year on a daily selling rate basis, putting the company in line for a 12th straight year of sales increases. Honda Division also broke records for the sixth consec…

Ford Media DEARBORN, Mich., December 1 - U.S. consumers purchased 201,711 new vehicles from Ford, Lincoln, Mercury, Jaguar, Land Rover and Volvo dealers in November, down 15 percent compared with a year ago. Car sales were down 7 percent and truck sales were down 18 percent. November sales were 1 percent higher than October as sales to individual retail customers were up 5 percent. The month-to-month improvement reflects higher sales of the company's all-new mid-size sedans (Ford Fusion, Mercury Milan, and Lincoln Zephyr) as well as higher sales for Ford's F-Series truck. "Recent economic data and higher November auto sales are encouraging," sa…

GARDENA, Calif. (December 1, 2005) – Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA) reported 77,212 total sales in November, posting a 7.8 percent decrease over last year. The Infiniti Division posted a 14.1 percent decrease in sales while the all-new Infiniti M posted strong sales and had its best November ever. NISSAN HIGHLIGHTS · November sales for Nissan-brand vehicles of 66,849 units were down 6.7 percent when compared to last year with 68,795 units sold · Sentra (8,450 units sold) posted a steady increase of 9.3 percent. · Xterra (7,231 units sold) posted strong sales with sales up 36.2 percent. · Calendar year-to-date sales are up 11.6 percent with 861,872 units sold …

American Honda Records Best-Ever November Sales Ridgeline posts best month ever; record sales of Pilot boost truck sales Total Honda and Acura November automobile sales increased 6.4 percent over last year to 105,860, and shattered the previous record of 98,075 set in 2002. Driven by November's 15.3 percent increase in Honda truck sales, American Honda's year-to-date sales continue on a record-setting pace of 1,329,672 cars and light trucks, increasing 6.2 percent over last year on a daily selling rate basis, putting the company in line for a 12th straight year of sales increases. Honda Division also broke records for the sixth consecutive month, posting record truc…

November 1, 2005 -- CYPRESS, Calif. -- CYPRESS, Calif. (Nov. 1, 2005) - Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc., (MMNA) today reported October sales of 9,292 units - a 1 percent increase from October 2004 and a 3 percent increase from last month's sales volume. David Schembri, executive vice president of sales and marketing at Mitsubishi Motors North America, said he is pleased with the year-over-year increase. "Our new vehicles, part of a 26-month product offensive, are leading our resurgence in sales," said Schembri. "Eclipse continues to exceed our most optimistic projections, and the all-new Raider pickup truck, introduced in October, is off to a go…

IRVINE, Calif., November 1, 2005 – Kia Motors America (KMA) remains on pace to set another annual sales record in 2005, despite October unit sales that were below the same month in 2004. Year-to-date sales of 236,993 are up 4.6-percent, while October sales totaled 20,631 versus 22,973 units sold during the same period in 2004. Kia’s next generation products continue to perform well, including the all-new Sportage compact SUV and the Amanti premium sedan, which recently were awarded Kia’s first J.D. Power and Associates APEAL Awards. The all-new Rio and Rio5 subcompacts, which arrived in dealerships in late-August, continue to showcase the evolution of the brand’s chara…

CHERRY HILL, N.J., Nov. 1, 2005 -- Subaru of America, Inc. today reported October sales totaling 16,774 units, showing an increase of one percent for the month. Total sales are up five percent year-to-date from the previous year. The all-new Subaru B9 Tribeca recorded 2,093 units for the month of October. The Subaru Legacy model line posted a total 7,082 units, with Legacy sedan sales up twenty-one percent year-to-date from the same period last year. Subaru Outback posted 5,284 units for the month, and the Subaru Impreza line recorded 2,923 unit sales with Impreza wagon sales increasing eleven percent for the month. Subaru Forester posted 4,208 units, while Subaru Baj…

DaimlerChrysler announced that the US vehicle sales at its Chrysler group increased by 4% in September. The German automaker's largest unit, which includes the Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge brands, sold 175,556 vehicles during September, up from 168,744 a year ago. After making adjustments for the differences in selling days, the Chrysler group’s vehicles have increased by 8% so far this year. The division has launched a large number of new products, including the all-new 2006 Jeep Commander, Dodge Charger and Jeep Liberty CRD, so far this year. The group had launched nine new models in 2004. Sales at DaimlerChrysler’s Mercedes-Benz business increased by nearly 1% to 17,5…

GM cannot sell cars if they don't PRODUCE more cars. In KY, the dealerships are almost bare. Try going to a car lot and finding a HHR, Solstice, Malibu SS or Impala SS. In Central KY, you won't find one. One dealer said he plans to order a HHR and told me he will call me when it comes in! One HHR!! In a city of 30,000 people! Don't go car shopping in KY unless you want to find a lot full of Tahoes and Suburbans!

By Jamie LaReau and Greg Migliore and Mary Connelly Automotive News / October 11, 2005 http://www.autonews.com/news.cms?newsId=13543 DETROIT -- Big 3 auto dealership sales have dropped off a cliff this month after the end of employee pricing programs. Ford Motor Co. and General Motors switched to promoting value pricing strategy, meant to replace incentives with lower sticker prices. The Chrysler group has been following a similar strategy for several years. Dealers say the first two weeks of October have been the slowest they've experienced in years with little to no traffic or sales. "I didn't think it could get much slower than September…

-Saab and Chevrolet record highest ever September market share -Opel and Vauxhall with strongest September in three years -Total GM sales growing faster than European market in first nine months Zurich - General Motors (GM) sold over 1,525,000 vehicles in Europe in the first three quarters of 2005, an increase of more than 25,000 or 1.7 percent over the same period last year. GM’s share of the European market rose from 9.5 to almost 9.6 percent. Last month was GM’s best September in Europe since 1999. The company’s share of the total European market reached 10.13 percent compared with 9.8 percent in September 2004.* “September was a great month for us and, over the …

TSX and RL Post Records TORRANCE, Calif., Oct. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Acura posted record September sales of 16,634 vehicles, surpassing the previous mark of 16,271 set in 2004 and up 2.2 percent versus last year based on the daily selling rate. Acura year-to-date sales of 160,709 rose 10.2 percent versus 2004. The TSX sports sedan posted its fourth consecutive record sales month and set a new September record, up 4.8 percent compared to 2004. TSX sales of 2,960 units surpassed the previous September record of 2,825 vehicles set last year. Year-to-date TSX sales reached 27,817 units, up 15.4 percent compared to last year. The RL luxury sedan also set a new Septemb…

By Greg Migliore Automotive News / September 29, 2005 http://www.autonews.com/news.cms?newsId=13448 DETROIT -- Industry experts are forecasting a brutal hangover for the Big 3 in the final month of their employee discount incentive programs as inventories dry up and the popularity of SUVs wanes in the wake of the hurricane-inflated gasoline prices. But propped up by gains at import automakers, September U.S. sales are expected to increase 11 percent over the year-ago month, to 1.27 million vehicles. The seasonally adjusted annualized sales rate is pegged to range between 16 million and 16.8 million units. General Motors, which posted the most spectacular su…

GARDENA, Calif. (AP) - Nissan Motor Co. said Monday that its U.S. vehicle sales jumped 16.4 percent in September as car sales surged. The Japanese automaker sold 93,540 vehicles during the month, up from 80,350 in September 2004. Car sales rose 26.5 percent to 56,134 vehicles as truck sales inched up 3.9 percent to 37,406 units. Nissan-brand sales grew 17.6 percent to 82,478 vehicles as sales of is popular Altima sedan rose 24.2 percent to 26,442 units. Meanwhile, Sentra-model sales climbed 65.8 percent to 11,172 units. Infiniti-brand sales rose a more modest 8.2 percent to 11,062 vehicles. Nissan shares rose 6 cents to $23.04 in afternoon trading on the Nasdaq.

Overall, Ford Motor Company's U.S. sales totaled 228,157, down 19 percent compared with a year ago. Car sales up 3 percent. Ford Mustang, Ford Five Hundred and Mercury Montego keep car sales increasing in advance of Ford Fusion, Mercury Milan, and Lincoln Zephyr introductions. Truck sales down 27 percent. Most models decline sharply except for crossover utilities, which increase 39 percent, including a record sales month for Escape Hybrid. Land Rover sales increase 45 percent paced by new LR3 and Range Rover Sport. DEARBORN, Mich., October 3 – Ford Motor Company reported lower vehicle sales in September. Continued strong sales of Ford's new cars and crossove…

OCT. 3 2:51 P.M. ET Subaru of America Inc. said Monday that its U.S. vehicle sales grew 1.6 percent in September, led by its new B9 Tribeca -- a luxury sport utility vehicle -- and higher sales of its Legacy sedan. The company sold 16,100 vehicles during the month, up from 15,843 a year earlier. Legacy sedan sales rose 5 percent to 1,859 vehicles. However, this was offset by a 17 percent drop in sales of the Legacy wagon to 4,919 units. Meanwhile, the company sold 1,867 Tribeca models.

Toyota said Monday that it's US vehicle sales jumped 10.3 percent in September as climbing car sales offset a slight decline in truck sales. The Japanese automaker -- which sells car and trucks under the Toyota, Lexus and Scion brands -- sold 178,417 vehicles during the month, up from 161,793 last September. Car sales jumped 22.2 percent to 107,551 vehicles, more than making up for a 3.9 percent decline in truck sales to 70,866 units. The Camry and the Corolla -- Toyota's best-selling models -- posted increases of 6.4 percent and 12.2 percent, respectively. In addition, the company's smaller Scion brand recorded particularly strong growth and its popular hyb…

TORRANCE, Calif., Oct. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Total September Honda and Acura automobile sales increased 11.7 percent over last year to 121,163 units, and shattered the previous record of 93,779 set in 2003. Driven by September's 22.5 percent increase in Honda car sales, American Honda's year-to-date sales continue on a record-setting pace of 1,112,917 cars and light trucks, increasing 6.4 percent over last year on a daily selling rate basis, putting the company in line for a 12th straight year of sales increases. Record September Civic sales of 30,165 units were up 36.9 percent, bolstered by strong consumer response to the mid-month introduction of the completely…

WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., Oct. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The BMW Group in the U.S. (BMW and MINI brands combined) reported September sales of 25,079, up 1.6 percent over the 24,684 vehicles sold the same month last year. The BMW Group also reported year-to-date sales of 225,641 vehicles, up 4 percent over the 216,917 vehicles sold in the first nine months of 2004. BMW Brand BMW reported strong monthly sales, with 22,052 vehicles sold, an increase of 1.3 percent over the 21,767 sold in September 2004. Year-to-date, BMW brand sales were up 1.2 percent, to 193,631 compared to 191,247 in the same period last year. BMW Automobile Sales Monthly sales of BMW automobil…

GM's Kalos sedan leads overseas sales figures http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200509/11/2...0090509051.html September 12, 2005 ¤Ñ Kalos sedans produced by GM Daewoo Auto and Technology Co. were the best-selling Korean cars abroad in the first eight months of the year, an industry association announced yesterday. According to the Korea Automobile Manufacturers Association, more than 145,000 Kalos were sold in foreign countries in the period from January to August, accounting for about 9 percent of the 1.6 million cars exported during that period. In the United States, where the Kalos is sold as the Chevrolet Aveo, the compact car was the best-selling sma…

Click on site for sales breakdowns: http://media.gm.com/servlet/GatewayServlet...=74&docid=17843 FOR RELEASE: 2005-09-01 GM Reports 355,180 Deliveries in August H3 Drives Record HUMMER Sales Strong Start for Chevy HHR and Impala Pontiac Sales Up 7 Percent, Paced by Brisk G6 Deliveries DETROIT - General Motors dealers in the United States sold 355,180 new cars and trucks in August, down 16 percent from the same month a year ago. Car sales in August declined 15 percent and truck sales were off 17 percent. GM's August sales performance was in line with expectations following exceptionally strong sales in June and July, spurred by the highly su…

Reuters / September 02, 2005 TORONTO -- General Motors of Canada reported a drop in August sales on Thursday as its employee pricing discount program lost momentum with customers, while the remaining Big Three automakers upped their sales. All three automakers offered customers vehicles at the same discounted price their employees pay to increase sales and make space on showroom floors for the 2006 models. But the program has not had the same effect at GM Canada as it did at DaimlerChrysler Canada and Ford Motor Co. of Canada. GM Canada said its August sales fell 3.6 percent to 39,306 vehicles from the 40,731 it sold in the same month last year -- which did not offe…

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http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.d...INESS/509020346 Explorer sales fall in August Ford cites gas cost, fading inventories Rising gas prices and low inventories sent sales of Louisville-built Ford Explorer sport utility vehicles down 44 percent in August. Ford started the month with about 25,000 of the SUVs in stock, and it sold 17,151 of them. The Louisville Assembly Plant on Fern Valley Road sent no new models to dealerships in the month as it was building the 2006 model that has only begun reaching dealerships in recent days. The St. Louis Assembly Plant that also makes the Explorer built a few 2005 models. While citing short supplies for the…

Automotive News / September 05, 2005 For the first time in more than two years, the people at Mitsubishi Motor Sales of America could cheer instead of cringe as they reported their monthly sales numbers. August sales were 2.1 percent higher than in the year-ago month. Mitsubishi's last gain was in June 2003, when sales were 1.1 percent higher than in the year-earlier period. And the 2.1 percent upturn in August was the best since a surge of 10.3 percent in August 2002. In August, Mitsubishi dealers sold 8,160 cars and 2,785 trucks for a total of 10,945 new vehicles. Year-to-date sales of 87,074 are down 29.6 percent from last year.

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I know this isn't actually sales figures, but it relates to them, so I decided to post this here. From TCC: With the impact of "employee pricing" wearing thin with consumers, Merrill Lynch analyst John Casesa said Tuesday he expected, based on interviews with carmakers and dealers, that August sales would hit a SAAR of 16.9 million. That would still be an increase from the 16.7m SAAR in August 2004, but at a higher cost of marketing. Last month, the industry posted a SAAR of 20.7 million. Casesa projects GM sales to be off ten percent from a year ago, while Ford sales are trending five percent higher and Chrysler is showing a likely gain of two to thre…