62nd consecutive monthly U.S. sales record in February. Wayne Gerdes – CleanMPG – Mar. 1, 2015 A look at the all-new 2017 Audi Q7 Audi February 2016 Sales Overview Audi achieved its best ever February U.S. sales in history with 11,718 vehicles sold, up 2.3 percent over the 11,455 sold in February of 2015. Year to date, Audi has sold 23,568 vehicles, up 2.5 percent over the 22,996 sold through the same period of 2015. Audi February 2016 Sales Highlights The brand of four rings major February highlight came in the form of the 2017 Audi Q7 with sales of 1,653 vehicles, up 63.3 percent over the 1,012 sold in February of 2015. Year to date sales of 3,989 vehicles was up 110.8 percent over the 1,892 vehicles sold through the same period of 2015. In February GM and especially Chrysler picked up significant market share while Kia's rise is coming out of Hyundai's hide. U.S. February 2016 Sales vs. February 2015 Sales Ranks and Results for the top 14 Automobile Manufacturers GM February 2016 Sales Down 1.5% with 227,825 Vehicles Sold Ford February 2016 Sales Up 20.1% with 209,153 Vehicles Sold Toyota February 2016 Sales Up 4.1% with 187,954 Vehicles Sold FCA February 2016 Sales Up 11.8% with 182,879 Vehicles Sold Nissan February 20165 Sales Up 10.5% with 130,911 Vehicles Sold Honda February 2016 Sales Up 12.8% with 118,985 Vehicles Sold Hyundai February 2016 Sales Up 1.0% with 53,009 Vehicles Sold Kia February 2016 Sales Up 13.0% with 49,737 Vehicles Sold Subaru February 2016 Sales Up 1.6% with 42,011 Vehicles Sold Mercedes-Benz February 2016 Sales Down 0.5% with 25,632 Vehicles Sold BMW February 2016 Sales Down 12.4% with 25,337 Vehicles Sold VW February 2016 Sales Down 13.2% with 22,321 Vehicles Sold Mazda February 2016 Sales Down 16.0% with 21,544 Vehicles Sold Audi February 2016 Sales Up 2.3% with 11,718 Vehicles Sold In February, notice how Nissan is increasing the sales gap over Honda and Kia not only overtook Subaru but is quickly coming up on Hyundai’s heels. The seasonally adjusted annual selling rate (SAAR) for light vehicles in February was 17.7 million vehicles.
Hi Dr61: I spoke with Audi and ESI in Southern California a few weeks ago as they have some available but timing is going to be rough for a while. I am currently in a prototype I was supposed to be driving to NY and back on an unpublished drive in preps for a super drive in June. This job consisted of almost 900 man-hours of work and was canceled on Wednesday. I am scrambling for another review vehicle until I fly to NY on the 22nd. Possibly after the NYIAS I have another test drive of a unique vehicle for almost a month that is scheduled to arrive in Houston sometime next week. Sometime this spring or summer I will try and fit one in. Just really jammed up with the 4 + months of work being canceled last week and I am trying to recover the best I can. Wayne
Sorry you lost that long prep time and opportunity to publish. I hope you can salvage some of the information for use in other ways.