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    William Maley

    By William Maley •

    Sales Figure Ticker: March 2017

      Time to find out who had the luck and who was just plain out of it

    Jaguar Land Rover North America - Up 18.9% (12,918 Vehicles Sold This Month, 31,251 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Subaru of America, Inc. - Up 11.3% (54,871 Vehicles Sold This Month, 144,250 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Mitsubishi Motors North America - Up 6.2% (11,766 Vehicles Sold This Month, 29,147 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Mazda North American Operations - Up 4.9% (24,549 Vehicles Sold This Month, 69,071 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Porsche Cars North America, Inc. - Up 3.6% (4,479 Vehicles Sold This Month, 12,718 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    BMW Group U.S. - Up 3.5% (36,002 Vehicles Sold This Month, 81,933 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Nissan North America - Up 3.2% (168,832 Vehicles Sold This Month, 416,891 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Volkswagen of America - Up 2.68% (27,635 Vehicles Sold This Month, 76,290 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Mercedes-Benz USA - Up 2% (32,352 Vehicles Sold This Month, 87,635 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Audi of America - Up 1.7% (18,705 Vehicles Sold This Month, 45,647 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    General Motors Co. - Up 1.6% (256,224 Vehicles Sold This Month, 689,521 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    American Honda Motor Co. - Down 0.7% (137,227 Vehicles Sold This Month, 365,293 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Toyota Motor Sales - Down 2.1% (215,224 Vehicles Sold This Month, 532,611 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    FCA US LLC - Down 5% (190,254 Vehicles Sold This Month, 510,798 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Ford Motor Company - Down 7.2% (236,250 Vehicles Sold This Month, 617,302 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Hyundai Motor America - Down 8% (69,265 Vehicles Sold This Month, 168,792 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Kia Motors America - Down 15% (49,429 Vehicles Sold This Month, 127,728 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Volvo Cars of North America, LLC - Down 21.9% (5,357 Vehicles Sold This Month, 13,479 Vehicles Sold This Year)

    Brands:
    Acura - Down 21.2% (11,696 Vehicles Sold This Month, 31,762 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Alfa Romeo - Up 1,191% (555 Vehicles Sold This Month, 1,106 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Audi - Up 1.7% (18,705 Vehicles Sold This Month, 45,647 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    BMW - Up 3.3% (31,015 Vehicles Sold This Month, 71,682 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Buick - Up 15.1% (20,957 Vehicles Sold This Month, 50,205 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Cadillac - Down 1.5% (12,861 Vehicles Sold This Month, 33,982 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Chevrolet - Down 2.2% (172,458 Vehicles Sold This Month, 471,723 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Chrysler - Down 33% (16,969 Vehicles Sold This Month, 47,706 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Dodge - Up 10% (50,076 Vehicles Sold This Month, 134,063 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Fiat - Down 5% (2,922 Vehicles Sold This Month, 7,231 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Ford - Down 7.5% (226,696 Vehicles Sold This Month, 590,219 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Genesis - N/A (1,755 Vehicles Sold This Month, 5,155 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    GMC - Up 12% (49,948 Vehicles Sold This Month, 133,611 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Honda - Up 1.8% (125,531 Vehicles Sold This Month, 333,531 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Hyundai - Down 10.4% (67,510 Vehicles Sold This Month, 163,637 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Infiniti - Up 32.6% (18,266 Vehicles Sold This Month, 43,561 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Jaguar - Up 132.2% (4,953 Vehicles Sold This Month, 11,376 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Jeep - Down 11% (67,983 Vehicles Sold This Month, 188,743 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Kia - Down 15% (49,429 Vehicles Sold This Month, 127,728 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Land Rover - Down 8.8% (7,965 Vehicles Sold This Month, 19,875 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Lexus - Down 7.5% (27,935 Vehicles Sold This Month, 61,845 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Lincoln - Down 1.4% (9,554 Vehicles Sold This Month, 27,083 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Maserati - Up 32% (1,312 Vehicles Sold This Month, 3,288 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Mazda - Up 4.9% (24,549 Vehicles Sold This Month, 69,071 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Mercedes-Benz - Up 3.3% (29,092 Vehicles Sold This Month, 79,141 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Mercedes-Benz Vans - Down 6.5% (2,871 Vehicles Sold This Month, 7,433 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    MINI - Up 4.7% (4,987 Vehicles Sold This Month, 10,251 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Mitsubishi - Up 6.2% (11,766 Vehicles Sold This Month, 29,147 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Nissan - Up 0.5% (150,566 Vehicles Sold This Month, 373,330 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Porsche - Up 3.6% (4,479 Vehicles Sold This Month, 12,718 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Ram Trucks - Up 6% (51,749 Vehicles Sold This Month, 132,579 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Smart - Down 18.8% (389 Vehicles Sold This Month, 1,061 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Subaru - Up 11.3% (54,871 Vehicles Sold This Month, 144,250 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Toyota - Down 1.2% (187,289 Vehicles Sold This Month, 470,766 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Volkswagen - Up 2.68% (27,635 Vehicles Sold This Month, 76,290 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Volvo - Down 21.9% (5,357 Vehicles Sold This Month, 13,479 Vehicles Sold This Year)

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    ccap41
    13 minutes ago, Frisky Dingo said:

    Wow, Acura and Chrysler down deep into double digits. Ouch.

    Alfa gets an award for most improved!! Lol.

    Chrysler's hit is likely the 200 coming completely off the lots.

     

    So many downs...

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    smk4565

    Ford has a problem in that Escape, Edge and Explorer were all down at a time when people are buying crossovers like there is no tomorrow.  And Fusion was down 37%, Taurus is dead in the water, that is basically a fleet sale car until the day they cancel it.

    Good thing they have the F150 kicking butt, because the rest of the brand is in trouble.  And Lincoln is flat, and doesn't really have anywhere to go, luxury sedan sales aren't going up unless they have a 3-point star on the hood, and Lincolns crossovers can't match the performance of the Euros, and Lexus and Cadillac have more sub $40k crossovers about to hit the market to go after MKC and the segment below MKC which puts a block on Lincoln introducing and MKA based on the Ecosport.   Zero growth opportunity for Lincoln right now.

    Subaru just keeps chugging along, I read something like they sold 250,000 cars in the US 10 years ago, and they could top 600,000 this year.   People like that all wheel drive.

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    riviera74

    Subaru is not that big.  Then again, they have their niche and are doing better than almost any one brand.

    I do have a question or two: Why is RAM selling better than the GMC Sierra?

    Slightly more importantly, when is Ford going to give people a REAL product reason to choose Lincoln over everybody else?

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    daves87rs
    8 hours ago, smk4565 said:

    Ford has a problem in that Escape, Edge and Explorer were all down at a time when people are buying crossovers like there is no tomorrow.  And Fusion was down 37%, Taurus is dead in the water, that is basically a fleet sale car until the day they cancel it.

    Good thing they have the F150 kicking butt, because the rest of the brand is in trouble.  And Lincoln is flat, and doesn't really have anywhere to go, luxury sedan sales aren't going up unless they have a 3-point star on the hood, and Lincolns crossovers can't match the performance of the Euros, and Lexus and Cadillac have more sub $40k crossovers about to hit the market to go after MKC and the segment below MKC which puts a block on Lincoln introducing and MKA based on the Ecosport.   Zero growth opportunity for Lincoln right now.

    Subaru just keeps chugging along, I read something like they sold 250,000 cars in the US 10 years ago, and they could top 600,000 this year.   People like that all wheel drive.

     Ford has some of the same problems others do, just easier to see....

    Every midsize sedan is down, with some companies compact car outselling the midsize one....

    Large sedans in general are dead....

    Crossovers are tough to see though, my thought being it might simply be the number of choices out there now, as pretty much everyone has stepped up their game. Could be the sheer number of baby crossovers too. The Escape does surprise me, as it's a pretty nice SUV....

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    I think Acura has some of the best designs coming out.  Their front styling is very aggressive and unique.  People need time to adapt to it and then it will be legendary.  Far better than GM cars, for sure.

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    Drew Dowdell
    3 hours ago, surreal1272 said:

    Escalade-2862

    Navigator-897

     

    Surely the new Navigator will close the gap. 

    I could see those numbers.. well.. not flipping... but Cadillac dropping while Navigator grows.  I think for the moment the Escalade will remain in front because it is a much more known quantity right now, but over time I could see Navigator pull ahead if Cadillac *cough* rests on it's laurels.... :duck:

    If Lincoln keeps the costs in line, this could be the nail in the coffin for the likes of the Infiniti QX80 and Lexus LX460. Automotive Darwinism. 

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    surreal1272
    26 minutes ago, Drew Dowdell said:

    I could see those numbers.. well.. not flipping... but Cadillac dropping while Navigator grows.  I think for the moment the Escalade will remain in front because it is a much more known quantity right now, but over time I could see Navigator pull ahead if Cadillac *cough* rests on it's laurels.... :duck:

    If Lincoln keeps the costs in line, this could be the nail in the coffin for the likes of the Infiniti QX80 and Lexus LX460. Automotive Darwinism. 

    With that DOHC V8 coming soon, I don't think they will be resting for long. The Slade is too big of a cash cow to let that happen but you are exactly right regarding sales. 

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    Drew Dowdell
    Just now, surreal1272 said:

    With that DOHC V8 coming soon, I don't think they will be resting for long. The Slade is too big of a cash cow to let that happen but you are exactly right regarding sales. 

    No, I'm sure we'll see a new Escalade about a year after the Navigator gets its first full year of sales in and then the gloves will be off.

    Everyone here knows how much I :wub: the Escalade.... but if the Navigator were on sale today... I'd probably go with the Navigator. 

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    surreal1272
    32 minutes ago, Drew Dowdell said:

    No, I'm sure we'll see a new Escalade about a year after the Navigator gets its first full year of sales in and then the gloves will be off.

    Everyone here knows how much I :wub: the Escalade.... but if the Navigator were on sale today... I'd probably go with the Navigator. 

    Certainly understandable but neither one would be a bad choice IMO. 

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    David

    Both have thin seat design, I wish they had a bit more comfort padding like my 2006 Platinum ESV. Otherwise everything on the 4th Generation is perfect.

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    oldshurst442
    5 hours ago, FordCosworth said:

    Mustang - 9120

    Camaro - 7052

    Challenger - 6225

    * Someone in the Demon Thread mentioned that I forgot to " show " the tally for the 3 competitors.

     

    Thank-you!

    Still doesnt  change the fact that you are a troll!

     

    Its OK ...you could have mentioned my name...

    something like that: @oldshurst442 would have been nice...

    Or you afraid to summon me up?

    I heard that you whined about a hockey post in that one.

     

    SORRY @Drew Dowdell  My last dig on him!!!

     

     

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    I REGRET SAYING WHAT I SAID!
    IT IS TOO LATE TO TAKE IT BACK! edit time ran out

    I BAN MYSELF FOR 48 HRS...NO NEED FOR DREW TO HAVE A HEADACHE OVER THIS!

     

    SORRY THE GANG OFF CHEARS AND GEARS!!!

     

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