January sales: GM up, Toyota down

[lam]

GM U.S January sales up 2.1 percent,Toyota U.S January sales down 2.3

http://www.reuters.com/article/marke...0080201?rpc=44

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080201/toyota_sales.html?.v=2

[drew630]

Sweet!!!

[91Saturn]

http://media.gm.com/servlet/GatewayS...74&docid=43042

[carscomblogger]

Interestingly enough luxury makers are still doing well despite the **** economy. Rich getting richer?

[paul8488]

Ah some high nots there. As usual there's always the fleet question... but still, some models are doing as well if not better than last January. I wonder if Impala is down because Malibu is up... their combined totals are pretty close in January 2008 as they were in January 2007. All GMs small cars are up, which is nice to see, and fairly expected, I guess. The Enclave is nearly outselling the Terazza, Rendezvous, and Rainier compared to last year!

[VCDJ]

This is good news. This is what happens when you start making good cars, instead of just trucks and suvs. Now if gm gave G8 to chevy and called that next impala and put two mode hybrid as an option. GM would do even better. And there is some fleet increase here. LOL is nox and hhr getting any better? LOL no, they are just dumping them into fleets. Same with uplander. GM really needs to stop doing this.

[1487]

i want a recount. This is BS. Toyota's sales are supposed to increase 5% this year.

[Kennyboy]

I hope this momentum continues for the rest of the year.

[dindak]

Keep going guys! Great news.

[VCDJ]

Aura is up almost 30%. It is about time. but still sales are low for this car. it did not even hit 6k.

[Driver Tom]

Originally Posted by paul8488

Ah some high nots there. As usual there's always the fleet question... but still, some models are doing as well if not better than last January. I wonder if Impala is down because Malibu is up... their combined totals are pretty close in January 2008 as they were in January 2007. All GMs small cars are up, which is nice to see, and fairly expected, I guess. The Enclave is nearly outselling the Terazza, Rendezvous, and Rainier compared to last year!

Unless Impala becomes the Fleet Special, I don't see how it wont lose sales to Malibu.

[Ming]

Originally Posted by paul8488

All GMs small cars are up, which is nice to see, and fairly expected, I guess.

Say it ain't so!

Lutz: “That is not the case here in America, land of the big truck and big horse” and, he added, “the big American.”

Lutz Says US Buyers Won't Embrace Small Cars At Today's Gas Prices

GM is offering decent small cars now. They couldn't always say that. Whether they really want to sell me their small cars - as opposed to grudginly offering them - remains to be seen. My mailers and e-mail blasts are still Astra and Aveo-free and are instead dominated with SUVs and pickups (what GM wants to sell me), with the occasional launch hoopla for a sedan. But long term marketing is still SUV-Crossover-Pickup centric.

Great to see the reversal in sales with Toyota and GM! Let's hope GM can make it a trend.

[Perian]

Originally Posted by 1487

i want a recount. This is BS. Toyota's sales are supposed to increase 5% this year.

Hate to ruin your post but -

Remember - Toyota had almost all of its major lines down during Dec-Jan.

The 2009 versions of the Camry, Corolla and Matrix went Job One in January.

Thousands of sales were lost or postponed.


Side note: Anyone know why Toyota is introducing the 2009 Camry so early?

[JackDye]

Even better was retail sales were up 11% over January 2007. Fleet actually went down yr/yr. Great news.

[Mcmflow]

Originally Posted by Perian

Hate to ruin your post but -

Remember - Toyota had almost all of its major lines down during Dec-Jan.

The 2009 versions of the Camry, Corolla and Matrix went Job One in January.

Thousands of sales were lost or postponed.


Side note: Anyone know why Toyota is introducing the 2009 Camry so early?

This is the first I've heard of a 2009 Camry....could it be the Venza?