The Toyota Division posted September sales of 128,215 units, down 28.9 percent from last September. The Lexus Division reported September sales of 16,045 units, a decrease of 33.4 percent from the year-ago month.
Any indicaion of why that is? How much are the other luxury car cos sales down?
Wow. Thanks for the heads up, john. Do you think they'll be able to stay in business in the coming months, or should I get rid of mine now before parts and service become unavailabe?
This shouldn't surprise anybody. The current economic downturn has affected *every* automaker:
BY THE NUMBERS - September 2008 Brand % Change Acura -30.4% BMW -29.5% Buick -20.5% Cadillac -39.1% Chevrolet -11.2% Chrysler -39.6% Dodge -25.2% Ford -33.8% GMC -12.8% Honda -23.2% HUMMER -54.8% Hyundai -25.4% Infiniti -24.1% Jeep -42.8% Kia -27.8% Lexus -36.1% Lincoln -22.5% Mazda -35.6% Mercedes-Benz -16.4% Mercury -43.2% MINI -6.7% Mitsubishi -39% Nissan -38.4% Pontiac -26.7% Porsche -44.8% Saab -27.2% Saturn -10.8% Subaru -11.9% Suzuki N/A Toyota -31.8% Volkswagen -9.4% Volvo -51.8% COMPANIES BMW Group -25.8% Chrysler LLC -32.8% FoMoCo -34.6% General Motors -15.8% Honda America -24% Nissan NA -36.8% Toyota Mo Co -32.3% But, for some reason, only the Lexus figures give john an erection and have him running to this newsgroup to warn owners of the impending doom.
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts- for support rather than illumination." - A Lang
Interesting that General Motors data across the board have lower percentage losses, comparatively. Wonder why that is.
General Motors attributes their relative success to the Employee Pricing promotion going on through September.
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