GM Sept Sales Down, Toyota up over 20%

[importedtuna]

General Motors (GM) Sept Sales Down 6.8%
10-03-2006 01:51:30 PM
www.streetinsider.com

Total September:

Honda ( HMC) Sales Were 116,226, Down 7.8%
Toyota Motor Sales USA (TM) Reports Best-Ever September Sales, Up 20.2%
General Motors (GM) Sept Sales Down 6.8%
Ford Motor (F) September Sales Ended Up 4.7%
DaimlerChrysler AG (DCX) Reports September Sales Fall 2%

General Motors (NYSE: GM) said dealers in the United States sold 338,380 new cars and trucks in September, down 6.8% compared with a year ago on a sales day-adjusted basis.

Retail truck sales, led by full-size pickups and utilities, were up 2 percent. Retail car sales were down 12 percent, partly due to inventory constraints of Chevrolet Aveo, Cobalt and Malibu. Retail sales of 246,797 vehicles were down 3 percent on a sales day-adjusted basis.

Total car sales for September were down 10% from September of last year; total truck sales were down 4.5%.

http://www.streetinsider.com/Retail+...5/1228899.html
Total Buick sales were down 11.1%, Cadillac was up 17.8%, Chevrolet was down 10.6%, GMC was up 1.1%, Hummer was up 11.6%, Isuzu was up 16.6%, Pontiac was down 13.6%, Saab was up 48.8% and Saturn was up 4.4%.

[Tomko]

No surprises for GM - but what happened to Honda? Down 7.8%...

[Chevy Ryan]

These % changes are misleading, as not all automakers are reporting sales on a day-rate basis.

[markusername]

Originally Posted by Tomko

No surprises for GM - but what happened to Honda? Down 7.8%...

I think Honda is hurting as thier bread and butter car the Accord is 4 years old while the Camry is all new.

Expect Honda to be up big time next year whey they bring in the class leading Accord.

Toyota being up month after month by double digits is just amazing. Congradulations - like them or hate them you have to respect what they are doing.

[SJZ3]

I am amazed sales are this low for GM.

Last year sales dropped off dramatically in September and people blamed the summer employee discounts. This year they are down even further...guess the employee discounts weren't the problem after all?

[GM-Joe]

I was dating a girl and she wanted me to drive her '99 Corolla. The car itself was awful, it shook more than my old '86 Mercury Lynx; it was just the worst car I had driven since an old mid 80's Rabbit a friend of mine had. I had been in Camry's and they are not half bad, but this Corolla was the biggest piece. It is a shame that the Vibe has Corolla DNA, it's a shame people in the country can't support their own kind to buy an inferior product.

[paul3230]

wow...how can this be? Cobalt and Aveo constraints??

[01cavalier]

I wonder how well the Civic is selling. Friends that swore by Civics aren't that enthusiastic about it.

[Gixx]

Someone get into these numbers and break it down for us....

[Bggriffi]

wait until the new trucks come out. I bet GM will have an increase in sales.

[mjd1001]

Originally Posted by GM-Joe

I was dating a girl and she wanted me to drive her '99 Corolla. The car itself was awful, it shook more than my old '86 Mercury Lynx; it was just the worst car I had driven since an old mid 80's Rabbit a friend of mine had. I had been in Camry's and they are not half bad, but this Corolla was the biggest piece. It is a shame that the Vibe has Corolla DNA, it's a shame people in the country can't support their own kind to buy an inferior product.

I drove the corolla based Vibe and Matrix both.

For what they are intended to be, I think they are both great cars. I also owned a 2003 cavalier and put 50,000+ miles on it. Even though I owned the Cavalier, in no way would I say the Corolla and it's derivitives are inferior products.

[ponchoman49]

Originally Posted by importedtuna

General Motors (GM) Sept Sales Down 6.8%
10-03-2006 01:51:30 PM
www.streetinsider.com

Total September:

Honda ( HMC) Sales Were 116,226, Down 7.8%
Toyota Motor Sales USA (TM) Reports Best-Ever September Sales, Up 20.2%
General Motors (GM) Sept Sales Down 6.8%
Ford Motor (F) September Sales Ended Up 4.7%
DaimlerChrysler AG (DCX) Reports September Sales Fall 2%

General Motors (NYSE: GM) said dealers in the United States sold 338,380 new cars and trucks in September, down 6.8% compared with a year ago on a sales day-adjusted basis.

Retail truck sales, led by full-size pickups and utilities, were up 2 percent. Retail car sales were down 12 percent, partly due to inventory constraints of Chevrolet Aveo, Cobalt and Malibu. Retail sales of 246,797 vehicles were down 3 percent on a sales day-adjusted basis.

Total car sales for September were down 10% from September of last year; total truck sales were down 4.5%.

http://www.streetinsider.com/Retail+...5/1228899.html
Total Buick sales were down 11.1%, Cadillac was up 17.8%, Chevrolet was down 10.6%, GMC was up 1.1%, Hummer was up 11.6%, Isuzu was up 16.6%, Pontiac was down 13.6%, Saab was up 48.8% and Saturn was up 4.4%.

Is that Yuckis getting ready to barf?

[markusername]

Toyota Trounces U.S. Automakers in September Sales

DETROIT (AP) -- Toyota Motor Corp. trounced the domestic automakers in the U.S. marketplace last month, posting a 25 percent year-over-year sales increase. General Motors Corp. and DaimlerChrysler AG each saw their sales slip by a few percentages points, while Ford Motor Co.'s sales gained 4.7 percent.

GM's sales fell 3.1 percent last month, but the nation's largest automaker put a positive spin on the decline, attributing it to a reduction in low-margin sales to rental companies. The company's car sales fell 6.4 percent, while trucks, including pickups and sport utility vehicles, were down 0.7 percent. The numbers include the European Saab brand.

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/061003/auto_sales.html?.v=15

[uboys]

Originally Posted by markusername

Toyota Trounces U.S. Automakers in September Sales

DETROIT (AP) -- Toyota Motor Corp. trounced the domestic automakers in the U.S. marketplace last month, posting a 25 percent year-over-year sales increase. General Motors Corp. and DaimlerChrysler AG each saw their sales slip by a few percentages points, while Ford Motor Co.'s sales gained 4.7 percent.

GM's sales fell 3.1 percent last month, but the nation's largest automaker put a positive spin on the decline, attributing it to a reduction in low-margin sales to rental companies. The company's car sales fell 6.4 percent, while trucks, including pickups and sport utility vehicles, were down 0.7 percent. The numbers include the European Saab brand.

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/061003/auto_sales.html?.v=15

What a rejoicing tone in that article!

[geozinger]

Originally Posted by GM-Joe

I was dating a girl and she wanted me to drive her '99 Corolla. The car itself was awful, it shook more than my old '86 Mercury Lynx; it was just the worst car I had driven since an old mid 80's Rabbit a friend of mine had. I had been in Camry's and they are not half bad, but this Corolla was the biggest piece. It is a shame that the Vibe has Corolla DNA, it's a shame people in the country can't support their own kind to buy an inferior product.

I have driven several Corollas, I've often wondered why people like them. The only other car that I owned that was as poor a daily driver as the 'Rollas was my old Ford Tempo. I thought the Corollas had buzzy motors, crappy handling on the skinny tires and wheels (not to mention braking, too) and a ride that could give a statue a backache. I have a '95 Sunfire GT with 225/17/45 aspect tires that ride better than a Corolla. Owww.

The Camry's are nice cars. In fact I think it's the only car they do well, but not well enough for me to give them money. Most folks do not consider the Malibu Maxx competition for the Camry, but I prefer the ride (and room!) of the Maxx.

I'm not going to sweat the apparent downturn in sales, these things change from month to month. It seems there's much new product in the pipeline and for GM and others. Let's see what happens after that is all released.