Car sales rise in September, but truck sales stumble - Bottom Line No news of prius sales until later today, but they should be good. September Plug-In Electric Car Sales Steady, As Tesla Sells 200 (Or So)
GM explained the drop in truck sales from less fleet sales. It always seems to come down to fleet sales with GM
Care to give a link. That certainly wasn't in what I read. U.S. auto sales post best month in 4-1/2 years - WTAQ News Talk 97.5FM and 1360AM For Toyota the strong sales came down to no tsunami and financing.
http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20121002/RETAIL01/121009975/gm-ekes-out-a-gain-as-cars-rise-trucks-fall
lexus is selling a LOT of RX450h's it seems. Toyota selling like crazy. Best part of Toyota sales is that they sell more Corolla's and Rav4's that they can build, so they have lower than average inventory on those 6+ year old cars. Crazy. It seems to me that Toyota' brand reputation is back and people are willing to buy into badge again.
That was just saying the fleet sales moved from september to august this year, for year to year comparison. You would expect trucks to be a little down from last year because of that in this month. But the market has been shifting, its not really about fleet sales. More people are buying subcompact to mid sized cars and fewer are buying trucks. Its a multi year trend. The major statement out of gm was this, that they had a good month because they finally have small cars to sell - which is the direction the market is going.
We now have phv numbers GM Volt, Toyota Plug-In Prius Buoy U.S. Rechargeable-Car Sales - Businessweek That should mean 1666 prius phv sales in September, which is a big improvement over last months 1047.
