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  • April 1, 2009 at 3:23 PM #15407
    svelte
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    http://www.autoblog.com/2009/04/01/by-the-numbers-march-2009-aint-no-joke-edition/

    Worst performers Y over Y:

    Hummer (75.9%)
    Saturn (59.6%)
    Saab (57.3%)
    Mitsubishi (57.0%)
    Cadillac (53.0%)
    Chrysler (51.9%)
    GMC (50.3%)
    Infinity (47.6%)
    Lexus (42.9%)
    Chevrolet (42.5%)
    Mercury (42.0%)
    Ford (41.7%)

    Cut another way, performance by company:

    General Motors (44.7%)
    FoMoCo (40.9%)
    Chrysler (39.3%)
    Toyota (39.0%)
    Nissan (37.7%)
    Honda (36.3%)
    BMW Group (22.9%)

    April 1, 2009 at 10:08 PM #375444
    Eugene
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    Immune companies: Kia, Hyundai, Subaru.

    Curious.

    April 1, 2009 at 10:08 PM #375906
    Eugene
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    Immune companies: Kia, Hyundai, Subaru.

    Curious.

    April 1, 2009 at 10:08 PM #376070
    Eugene
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    Immune companies: Kia, Hyundai, Subaru.

    Curious.

    April 1, 2009 at 10:08 PM #375725
    Eugene
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    Immune companies: Kia, Hyundai, Subaru.

    Curious.

    April 1, 2009 at 10:08 PM #375949
    Eugene
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    Immune companies: Kia, Hyundai, Subaru.

    Curious.

    April 1, 2009 at 10:32 PM #375964
    Coronita
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    [quote=esmith]Immune companies: Kia, Hyundai, Subaru.

    Curious.[/quote]

    Hyundai/Kia are cheaper cars, plus they have more models that are refreshed..You can’t beat the 10 year warranty + the Assurance program.

    Can’t explain subaru…But they did just complete a refresh of the Forester (which is guess is moving pretty well) and will be launching the refreshed ’10 Legacy.

    Shall I mention that Audi held up pretty well relative to BMW/Mercedes/Lexus/Infiniti 🙂
    (Yes, I know. They only sell about a 1/3 of the cars Lexus/BMW/Mercedes do).

    April 1, 2009 at 10:32 PM #376085
    Coronita
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    [quote=esmith]Immune companies: Kia, Hyundai, Subaru.

    Curious.[/quote]

    Hyundai/Kia are cheaper cars, plus they have more models that are refreshed..You can’t beat the 10 year warranty + the Assurance program.

    Can’t explain subaru…But they did just complete a refresh of the Forester (which is guess is moving pretty well) and will be launching the refreshed ’10 Legacy.

    Shall I mention that Audi held up pretty well relative to BMW/Mercedes/Lexus/Infiniti 🙂
    (Yes, I know. They only sell about a 1/3 of the cars Lexus/BMW/Mercedes do).

    April 1, 2009 at 10:32 PM #375921
    Coronita
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    [quote=esmith]Immune companies: Kia, Hyundai, Subaru.

    Curious.[/quote]

    Hyundai/Kia are cheaper cars, plus they have more models that are refreshed..You can’t beat the 10 year warranty + the Assurance program.

    Can’t explain subaru…But they did just complete a refresh of the Forester (which is guess is moving pretty well) and will be launching the refreshed ’10 Legacy.

    Shall I mention that Audi held up pretty well relative to BMW/Mercedes/Lexus/Infiniti 🙂
    (Yes, I know. They only sell about a 1/3 of the cars Lexus/BMW/Mercedes do).

    April 1, 2009 at 10:32 PM #375741
    Coronita
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    [quote=esmith]Immune companies: Kia, Hyundai, Subaru.

    Curious.[/quote]

    Hyundai/Kia are cheaper cars, plus they have more models that are refreshed..You can’t beat the 10 year warranty + the Assurance program.

    Can’t explain subaru…But they did just complete a refresh of the Forester (which is guess is moving pretty well) and will be launching the refreshed ’10 Legacy.

    Shall I mention that Audi held up pretty well relative to BMW/Mercedes/Lexus/Infiniti 🙂
    (Yes, I know. They only sell about a 1/3 of the cars Lexus/BMW/Mercedes do).

    April 1, 2009 at 10:32 PM #375459
    Coronita
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    [quote=esmith]Immune companies: Kia, Hyundai, Subaru.

    Curious.[/quote]

    Hyundai/Kia are cheaper cars, plus they have more models that are refreshed..You can’t beat the 10 year warranty + the Assurance program.

    Can’t explain subaru…But they did just complete a refresh of the Forester (which is guess is moving pretty well) and will be launching the refreshed ’10 Legacy.

    Shall I mention that Audi held up pretty well relative to BMW/Mercedes/Lexus/Infiniti 🙂
    (Yes, I know. They only sell about a 1/3 of the cars Lexus/BMW/Mercedes do).

    April 1, 2009 at 11:09 PM #375926
    Eugene
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    Subaru is the new face of value and practicality. We don’t appreciate that but snow states sure do. They managed to steal a bunch of customers from Ford by making a cheaper, better version of Escape: a year ago, Ford Escape outsold Subaru Forester 4 to 1, this March, the ratio is only 2 to 1. Escape is down 32%, Forester is up 47%. Impreza has been improved quite a bit and its sales are only 16% down YoY (for a sporty car, that’s a good result! especially since it’s so ugly).

    April 1, 2009 at 11:09 PM #375969
    Eugene
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    Subaru is the new face of value and practicality. We don’t appreciate that but snow states sure do. They managed to steal a bunch of customers from Ford by making a cheaper, better version of Escape: a year ago, Ford Escape outsold Subaru Forester 4 to 1, this March, the ratio is only 2 to 1. Escape is down 32%, Forester is up 47%. Impreza has been improved quite a bit and its sales are only 16% down YoY (for a sporty car, that’s a good result! especially since it’s so ugly).

    April 1, 2009 at 11:09 PM #375746
    Eugene
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    Subaru is the new face of value and practicality. We don’t appreciate that but snow states sure do. They managed to steal a bunch of customers from Ford by making a cheaper, better version of Escape: a year ago, Ford Escape outsold Subaru Forester 4 to 1, this March, the ratio is only 2 to 1. Escape is down 32%, Forester is up 47%. Impreza has been improved quite a bit and its sales are only 16% down YoY (for a sporty car, that’s a good result! especially since it’s so ugly).

    April 1, 2009 at 11:09 PM #375464
    Eugene
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    Subaru is the new face of value and practicality. We don’t appreciate that but snow states sure do. They managed to steal a bunch of customers from Ford by making a cheaper, better version of Escape: a year ago, Ford Escape outsold Subaru Forester 4 to 1, this March, the ratio is only 2 to 1. Escape is down 32%, Forester is up 47%. Impreza has been improved quite a bit and its sales are only 16% down YoY (for a sporty car, that’s a good result! especially since it’s so ugly).

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