The sales numbers for August 2009 are in and thanks to the Cash for Clunkers program sales were up for a few of the automakers. Toyota, Honda and Ford saw sales increase by 10.5%, 14.2% and 17%, respectively. Although GM was down 20.2% and Chrysler by 15%.
The Toyota Camry surpassed the Ford F-Series to become the best selling vehicle in the US last month, although the F-Series also had a good month. New to the list for August was the Hyundai Elantra, likely due to increased sales from the Cash for Clunkers program. The Honda CR-V also made a return this month, surpassing the Ford Escape, which is missing this time.
* Toyota Camry: 54,396
* Ford F-Series: 45,590
* Honda Civic: 43,294
* Toyota Corolla: 43,061
* Honda Accord: 39,726
* Chevy Silverado: 32,421
* Honda CR-V: 30,284
* Nissan Altima: 26,833
* Ford Focus: 25,547
* Hyundai Elantra: 21,673
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Comments (3)
In other words, the top three companies:
Honda: 113,304
Toyota: 97,457
Ford: 71,137
Gotta at least be descently pleased if you own stock in any of these companies.
Posted by b2man | September 3, 2009 12:59 AM
Posted on September 3, 2009 00:59
Um, have your numbers a little wrong:
GM: 246,479 August, 1.39 Million YTD
Toyota: 225,088 August, 1.17 Million YTD
Ford: 182,149 August, 1.12 Million YTD
Honda: 161,439 August, .81 Million YTD
Chrysler: 93,222 August, .65 Million YTD
Nissan: 105,221 August, .54 Million YTD
Posted by Avatar | September 3, 2009 8:50 AM
Posted on September 3, 2009 08:50
I should've said, "In other words, the top 3 companies for the month of August with the cash-for-clunkers program"...since that was what the article was about.
Anyway, my Ford stock has skyrocketed in the past 6 months 8 fold!
Posted by b2man | September 3, 2009 11:25 PM
Posted on September 3, 2009 23:25