March U.S. Car Sales By Model

[K-1]

Originally Posted by hdmax

Isn't the G6 the same vehicle as the Cobalt? If so, there is another 11,xxx you can add to the Cobalt sales!

Um... no.

[K-1]

Originally Posted by vsd

i own a 93 gs and it outhandles anything from its class from gm from that time, and im fairly certain that the new one is superior to most of what gm makes today.

Unless you've driven each competitors' vehicle, you have no basis to make a comparison. Being "fairly certain" is a baseless cop-out.

[Buick61]

Originally Posted by xioix

The full name for the Matrix is the Corolla Matrix, is the HHR's Cobalt HHR?

I emailed Toyota to ask them why they combine the sales figures for the Matrix and the Corolla. This was their pleasant response:

Originally Posted by Toyota

The sales figures for the Corolla and the Matrix are expressed in Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A.'s monthly press release as a combined figure due to the fact that they are considered to be "sister" vehicles. The Matrix is not a different model version of the Corolla, while they do share similar components, the Matrix does have it's own unique stying and a different design element than the Corolla. However, as they are considered to be sister vehicles, the sales results express it as so.

[MNdudeswitz]

^ Bs

[Bravada]

The sales figures for the Corolla and the Matrix are expressed in Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A.'s monthly press release as a combined figure due to the fact that they are considered to be "sister" vehicles. The Matrix is not a different model version of the Corolla, while they do share similar components, the Matrix does have it's own unique stying and a different design element than the Corolla. However, as they are considered to be sister vehicles, the sales results express it as so.

To me it sounds exactly like Vicky Pollard's "Yeah but no but yeah".

[superstreet]

Originally Posted by Butz

Toyota surpassed DCX and FoMoCo!!

but will never surpass GM

[AdmiralViscen]

Originally Posted by griswold44

Pretty much all of them have better fuel-economy, which is the #1 selling factor in this class, and I bet all of them are capable of getting better crash ratings than a Poor.

If that was the #1 selling factor in the class, then the Aveo wouldn't be the best-seling car in its class. Echo beat it in fuel economy, too, and Toyota pulled it.

Top selling vehicles tend to stay on top, even when competing models beat them in one category or another.


I don't understand why everyone on page 2 is acting like the Aveo is going to be unseated. It sold 3x what the Yaris did.

Originally Posted by Mikkoo

Yes, fuel economy is the primary reason besides low entry prices in this segment. The Aveo just doesn't cut the mustard when it comes to being
fuel efficient. All the other vehicles in it's segment get much better mileage.
The Aveo is in for a tough fight to regain it's leadership in it's segment.

Regain? It hasn't lost it.

Originally Posted by SUPERBADD75

uh, okay. the Cobalt was introduced in 2005, the Corolla in 2003. more importantly the Cobalt is all new on a new platform whereas the Corolla is more or less an update, albeit a rather extensive one. the fact that the Cobalt only outsold the Corolla by 10 units with a performance variant available is pretty sad IMO. i don't think that's worth cheering over.

The Corolla is far from old. And Corolla sales include Matrix sales, so your performance variant comment is useless. Also, Corolla has a sport trim in XRS. And peformance models make up such a small percentage of sales that they don't matter.

So, yea. There's nothing "sad" about a relatively new model outselling the class leader. That's actually a pretty major accomplishment.

Originally Posted by hudson32

Yes, it only sold 7 more, with less incentive deals of course. But the Lucerne is a nice car, the only thing I dislike about it is that 3800 V6 engine.

Lucerne sales are 91% retail, and rebates are less than $1000. I hate the vehicle, but you can't take its decent sales (so far) away from it.

[AdmiralViscen]

Originally Posted by Buick61

I emailed Toyota to ask them why they combine the sales figures for the Matrix and the Corolla. This was their pleasant response:

Haha, what a load of crap.

I'm pretty sure W-Bodies, Deltas, and Epsilons count as "sister cars." Monte Carlo and Impala certainly are, but you don't see GM slyly combining those sales.

[Geotpf]

Originally Posted by AdmiralViscen

I don't understand why everyone on page 2 is acting like the Aveo is going to be unseated. It sold 3x what the Yaris did.

The Yaris was apparently only available during the last week of the month, yet sold 1,339. The Aveo was available during the entire month, and sold 4,438. April should show Yaris sales greater than Aveo sales.

[AdmiralViscen]

Yea, just like the Echo. Oh wait.

It takes more than a month to unseat the market leader.

[williamsshek]

I am trying to sell my car but i am not getting the right price, few of the buyers ended up negotiating to the extremes, how do i handle this? Any suggestions?

[clivesrobert]

Some people sell cars by word of mouth, but there may not be too many buyers within your circle of friends and family. That is why you have to find the right resource. One of my friends sold his car in just 3 days by using Autoselect.com , why don’t you try your luck there.

[Geotpf]

Why was this two and a half year old sales thread bumped?