Saab USA Sales Stats

Oct 02, 2003 9 Replies

FWIW: September 2003 = 4374 cars September 2002 = 2060 cars Year to date 2003 = 37459 cars Year to date 2002 = 30446 cars



From WSJ; Autodata Corp. Woodcliff Lake, NJ


Interesting, but relatively, what % is that of all the car sales in the = US? What is the population of the US - how many persons /SAAB?=20 In other words; what is the SAAB density? ------------------------------------------- MH '72 97 '77 96 '78 95 '79 96

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Very low. I can't find it on the web, but I saw a table that showed Saab way in the bottom of the list of sales volume. Well below Volvo, even below Porsche if I remember right. Same ballpark as Maserati.

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says Toyota, Ford, and Chevy all sold around 500,000 cars through July of this year.
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says Chrysler sold 147k and Toyota sold 140k in September, about 32 TIMES more cars than Saab sold in the same month. Ford sold over 81000 F-Series trucks alone in September !!

Gary

Total Vehicle Sales (Trucks & Cars): September 2003 = 1,304,066 September 2002 = 1,224,447

2003 Year to Date = 12,679,224 2002 Year to Date = 12,890,422

US population 292,232,282 according to the US "population clock"

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Interesting, but relatively, what % is that of all the car sales in the US? What is the population of the US - how many persons /SAAB? In other words; what is the SAAB density? ------------------------------------------- MH '72 97 '77 96 '78 95 '79 96
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Saabs;

For 2003 that means a market share of 0,3 % (for 2002 around 0,2 %) I've looked up the numbers for NL;

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?jaar=3D2003&viewmerk=3DSaaband it looks like in absolute numbers, Saab in the USA sells in a month =what they sell in a year in NL (3659 cars in 2002) so, about 12 times =more.=20 Saab in NL has a 0,7-0,8 % market share, more than twice the USA.=20 Related to total population (~~300 M vs ~~15 M) Saabs should sell about =

20x more in the US.

However, what counts for GM is the total profit made on all cars sold, = in absolute numbers.

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Yes, that and the geographical distribution of SAABs and Maseratis. The = first you will find more in the northeast, the latter around Los Angeles = and Hollywood? =20

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First, try the Great Falls area of Fairfax if you want to see Maseratis. Big problem with any high priced car in the NOVA area is the *&%$ing car tax.

DC? Sorry who in their right mind wants to live there?

We are left with the Peoples Republic of Montgomery County.

As others have said, it may depend on your locale. And my memory may not be as good as it should be, but I think I remember it right. I've dug around quite a bit and I can't find any summarized sales figures for all the different car makers. If I find anything to substantiate what I remember seeing in the newspaper, I'll post it.

Gary

Also, what is the average mileage yearly of the Saabs on the road, vs. the Maseratis? I don't know if any of those would be a daily driver, where the Saab most likely would be.

Dave Hinz

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