Hi All: Some very soft U.S. sales results in June. More to come as the Holiday week rolls on... GM down 4.7 percent Ford down 5.1 percent Toyota up 2.1 percent FCA down 7.4 percent Honda up 0.8 percent Nissan up 1.2 percent Hyundai down 19.3 percent Kia down 10.3 percent Subaru up 11.7 percent Mercedes-Benz up 1.2 percent BMW up 0.4 percent VW up 15.0 percent Mazda down 14.7 percent Audi up 5.3 percent Wayne
Hi All: I am still waiting on Ford's electrified vehicle results which may not be available until the 6th. In the mean time, here are the U.S. Hybrid and Electriifed sales ranks - minus the Ford's results, for June of 2017. HEVs Fusion Hybrid - 5,697 Toyota Prius - 5,476 RAV4 Hybrid - 3,709 Niro - 2,188 Accord Hybrid - 1,799 Highlander Hybrid - 1,478 Camry Hybrid - 1,355 Ioniq HEV – 1,348 C-MAX - 966 Prius c - 867 Prius v - 773 RX Hybrid - 655 Sonata Hybrid - 653 CT Hybrid - 615 ES Hybrid - 481 Avalon Hybrid - 352 PHEV/BEVs Volt - 1,745 Bolt - 1,642 Prius Prime - 1,619 LEAF 1,506 C-MAX PHEV - 936 Fusion PHEV - 707 i3 - 567 A3 e-tron - 324 eGolf - 232 Focus BEV - 110 Sonata PHEV - 88 Ioniq BEV - 58 Looking at the above, the Fusion Hybrid moves ahead of the Prius liftback for the third time this year. January, March, and now June. YTD sales of 31,537 still lag the Prius liftbacks 33,112 sold through the first 6-months of 2017 but it will be a competition to watch. Wayne
Thanks, Wayne. Looks like excess, pent up Prime demand may have been satisfied. Volt's back in front. Toyota needs to convert more of the regular Prius sales over to the plug-in. Cheers, Bill
Zerohedge had a piece on GM and their bloated inventory problem, 105 days of inventory. http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-...ffing-dealer-auto-inventory-highest-june-2007
Hi Bill: The Prime does look like it has peaked. Remember last month sales were ahead of both the Bolt and Volt. Al, in GMs defense, at least the Silverado moved back ahead of RAM after three straight months of sub-par showings... Still way off the Ford F-Series mark however. Wayne
Hi All: The Top 18 OEMs in the U.S. - June 2017 Sales totals. GM June 2017 Sales Down 4.7% with 243,155 Vehicles Sold Ford June 2017 Sales Down 5.1% with 227,979 Vehicles Sold Toyota June 2017 Sales Up 2.1% with 202,376 Vehicles Sold FCA June 2017 Sales Down 7.4% with 187,348 Vehicles Sold Nissan June 2017 Sales Up 2.0% with 143,328 Vehicles Sold Honda June 2017 Sales Up 0.8% with 139,783 Vehicles Sold Kia June 2017 Sales Down 10.3% with 56,143 Vehicles Sold Hyundai June 2017 Sales Down 19.3% with 54,507 Vehicles Sold Subaru June 2017 Sales Up 11.7% with 52,057 Vehicles Sold Mercedes-Benz June 2017 Sales Up 1.1% with 32,328 Vehicles Sold BMW June 2017 Sales Up 0.4% with 28,962 Vehicles Sold VW June 2017 Sales Up 15.0% with 27,377 Vehicles Sold Mazda June 2017 Sales Down 14.7% with 22,342 Vehicles Sold Audi June 2017 Sales Up 5.3% with 19,416 Vehicles Sold Jaguar/Land Rover June 2017 Sales TBA Mitsubishi June 2017 Sales Down 5.0% with 7,625 Vehicles Sold Volvo June 2017 Sales Down 15.0 % with 7,303 Vehicles Sold Porsche June 2017 Sales Up 0.8% with 4,516 Vehicles Sold Wayne
Hi All: June 2017 US Auto Sales of 1.46 million was down 3.3 percent below the 1.51 million sold in June of 2016. 2017 YTD US Auto Sales of 8.43 million vehicles was down 1.9 percent from the 8.59 million sold through the same period of 2016. Wayne
Hi All: The June 2017 U.S. Auto Sales Top 10. It appears someone was pushing Equinox's! Rogue is now the #1 selling CUV with its main rival, the CR-V falling out of the Top 10 for the first time in a long time. The RAV4 is right on its heels too! I have a 2017 Toyota Corolla LE Eco coming next week but from our drives of the std. Corolla and iM over the past few years, it is not really a competitive offering other than passenger volume and std. safety equipment. Both solid metrics of course but the design, efficiency, and tech are lacking vs. recent competitors. Wayne
Here's an article about the human impact (UAW workers) of the excess inventory at GM, albeit more of a wrong mix issue due to buyers' preference for SUVs. http://www.wfmj.com/story/35801260/gm-sales-of-lordstown-made-cruze-dip-31-in-june
Hi Bill: Thanks for the story link. The Elantra took an even harder hit with sales off 40.7 percent last month even with the < $15K price points on most of the lineup (SE, Value Edition, and Eco w/ the deals stacked) here in Southern California. The Cruze is a decent car but includes really poor recent promotion imho. The Elantra is an even better car thanks to all the std. features and just got whacked for reasons I cannot put my finger on. When the antiquated and much smaller Focus, not so well equipped Sentra and pudgy Corolla easily outsell the Elantra and Cruze, something is not quite right in the C-segment sales arena. Wayne