2010 April Auto Sales

The headline number for April new-cars sales could be +20%. Which figure represents the building up over persist April, which you will don't forget was once a disaster up of historic proportions. Continue to, the increase is the added in-depth hopeful sign that, for the auto industry, the worst is currently during the dirt united states. The pace of the recovery, nevertheless, is plodding. Volumes basically slipped a little versus March, less than the 11.5-million-unit once a year sales rate still appearance lovely decent in comparison to a year ago, once we have a tendency to were staring at a 9.5-million-unit year. No one is expecting a unexpected downturn in the months ahead, so cautious optimism rules the solar day.-Joe Lorio

APRIL 2010 SALES, Plus Proportion INCREASE/DECREASE OVER APRIL 2009

GENERAL MOTORS +20% (that's New GM: Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, and GMC)

It does no longer seem honest to incorporate the consequences from GM's discontinued brands, whose sell-off is sort of whole, so we will not. Whereas not them, GM was off slightly from March but still constructed a healthy gain over last year, staying ahead of Ford and Toyota to keeping no 1 spot.

Buick +36%

The LaCrosse continues to power ahead, passing the Enclave (which is up as well) to changed back to Buick's biggest-volume seller. The Lucerne continues to sink.

Cadillac +36%

Cadillac precisely matched Buick's performance, and these too the credit is going almost entirely to the division's newest model. For Cadillac, it looks the SRX, which explains outselling its predecessor by almost 6 to one and has got eclipsed the CTS (which slipped at bit) to become the best-selling Caddy.

Chevrolet +18%

Here once more, the the majority of recent entries - the Camaro and the ultimate Equinox - have a tendency to be taking section in banner sales. Of the second one models, it had been the Aveo and the Cobalt (both up 29%) that pitched in the the majority of. The Malibu, the Traverse, and the Silverado had modest will increase.

GMC +20%

The addition of the Terrain accounted for the entirety of GMC's increased volume over last year. Otherwise, situations were reasonably static, allowing for the Yukon down but the Yukon XL up, the Sierra up but the Canyon down, and the Acadia flat.

FORD MOTOR Corporate +25% (would suffer from been +26% with Volvo, which eked out a small gain)

Once the media darling announced a $2 one thousand 1000000 profit for the first quarter, Ford's sales results were a little little touch of a letdown, falling slightly from last month also though still posting another massive increase over last year - and spending Toyota to move into second place. Favor GM, though, fully 32% of Ford sales were to fleets.

Ford +26%

The Taurus and the Expedition both concerning doubled last year's figures. A better in comparison to 40% jump for the Escape, the Explorer, and the F-series (in particular) helped volumes as smartly. Solely the Mustang (-33%) really disappointed; it were given its clock wiped blank by the Camaro.

Mercury +19%

Mercury looks pretty sensible until you realize that the majority of its increase projects from the aged Grand Marquis. A minimum of the Milan and the Mariner were up, too.

Lincoln +22%

Like Mercury, Lincoln's enlargement returned from its oldest models, the city Automobile and the Navigator. TOYOTA MOTOR SALES +24%

Toyota's incentive spending lost a number of its effectiveness in April, as sales slipped 16% from March totals, although it was still enough for a pleasant gain over last year.

Toyota +26%

The redesigned 4Runner tripled sales of the ancient version; otherwise the head increases were around 50% for the Corolla/Matrix, the Prius, and the FJ Cruiser (of each one things). The recent Sienna, the Tundra, the Avalon, and the RAV4 all were up by more than only a third. The most effective genuine loser was the Yaris, which fell by half.

Lexus +29%

Lexus enjoyed a marginally better increase than the Toyota division, with the recall-maligned GX posting the brand's second-best gain after the LS.

Scion -20%

Scion continues to sink, with all three models down.

AMERICAN HONDA +13%

Honda's sales gain over last year was fewer than the industry average, but not like its three bigger competitors, Honda actually sold more vehicles in April than in March, so it is trending positive.

Honda +12%

The Accord was up a modest 9% versus last year, but that was enough to move up from fifth place to second among the bestselling nameplates (leapfrogging both the Camry and the Corolla/Matrix in the process). Unfortunately, the Civic was down as was the Insight, which continues to disappoint. Most of the excellent news was on the truck aspect, with the Pilot, the CR-V, and the Odyssey up significantly. Even the Component and the Ridgeline saw a handful of growth.

Acura +22%

Like Honda, Acura's growth came from trucks: the RDX and the MDX both had better than 50% increases (the new ZDX is promoting in little volume). Car sale actually went down regardless of a small gain for the TSX.

CHRYSLER Cluster +25%

Ultimately, some excellent news for Chrysler. After all, April last year is once Chrysler declared bankruptcy, so that "+25%" is bouncing off some pretty grim numbers. The wild swings for plenty of models advocate serious incentive money at play, but at least Chrysler passed Nissan to retake the amount five spot.

Chrysler +61%

How'd that happen? Sebring sales tripled, the City & Country nearly doubled, and the Three hundred increased 40%. Only the PT Cruiser dropped. That can gain be the way.

Dodge +61%

Like its Chrysler counterpart, Dodge's Avenger enjoyed a vast run-up about that month (+340%), which looks a heap sort of a fleet-sales push. Apart from the Viper (down ten units) and the adventure (essentially flat), all different Dodges increased, but by more credible levels, starting from 14% for the Nitro to 90% for the Charger.

Jeep +0%

Despite sales of the Compass doubling and a 21% increase for the Patriot, Jeep was flat because of offsetting declines for the Wrangler, the Commander, and the Grand Cherokee.

Ram -22%

The loss of the Sprinter was not much of an element here. Instead, appear to the 24% decline in Ram pickup sales. HYUNDAI-KIA +24%

The Koreans' increase is in line with the general market, as is its slight fallback from March. With more new products, Hyundai was stronger than Kia.

Hyundai +30%

A massive increase for the new Tucson (+171%) and Sonata (+57%) is to be expected, but a doubling of Elantra sales was a surprise. The aging Accessory was the biggest drag.

Kia +17%

Predictably, Kia's newest providing, the Sorento, sold like gangbusters (+254%), while another relative newcomer, the Soul, also did well (+62%). But the new Forte is not all or any longer selling in addition to the old Spectra. A recent Spectra and Optima ought to turbocharge Kia's results later this year.

NISSAN NORTH AMERICA +35%

Initially glance, Nissan's sales increase looks great, but the company's April volume is actually a fairly enormous comedown from a vast March. When place next with last month, Nissan slipped by a third, falling behind Chrysler and Hyundai-Kia in the process.

Nissan +34%

Nissan's only products to sell worse than last year were its sports cars: the 370Z and the GT-R. Everything else improved, particularly the (relatively small-volume) SUVs, while the Versa fared the ideal on the auto side.

Infiniti +46%

The new M was an enormous winner for Infiniti ,and the franchise G increased by half. On the truck side, a pair hundred more QX56 sales (marked down ahead of the new model?) could not offset declines for the EX and FX.

VOLKSWAGEN GROUP +39%

VW +42%

The new Golf/GTI decided the pace for VW, more than doubling year-ago volumes, but each and every other VW also saw gains of 20% (Eos) or better. Each one, that is, except the Routan minivan, which was off by 43%

Audi +33%

The A3, the A5, and the A6 all enjoyed better than 100 percent increases over last year, and the Q5 was up 60%. The A4 fell back, however, as did the Q7 and the A8 (the latter ahead of a redesigned version coming back this fall).

Bentley +13%

SUBARU +48%

Now the reason is successful story. Subaru's 48% increase over 2009 is a gigantic number, but what is really spectacular is that, unlike every other carmaker, Subaru actually had a particularly good 2009. That features put Subaru in the passing lane, flying by the BMW Group, Mazda, and Daimler AG in the space of one year. The new Outback has more than doubled previous volume, while the new Legacy is up by half. The Forester and the Impreza posted lesser increases, while the Tribeca threatens to slide totally beneath the waves.

BMW GROUP +9%

BMW +10%

Volume-wise, good news for the 7-series (almost doubling last year's volume), the 3-series, and the X3 overcame a big drop for the 5-series, but the overall numbers were not so great.

Mini +5%

Rolls-Royce -4% DAIMLERAG +19%

Mercedes-Benz +25%

Mercedes-Benz outpaced the market overall by a narrow margin, with an increase that was significantly better than BMW's but not nearly as good as Audi's. The redesigned E-class continues to drive volume, this month with an assist from larger SUVs (yes, even the R-class!), while the GLK and the sports cars slipped.

Smart -49%

Sales of the Smart fell by half, from already coffee year-ago figures.

Maybach -49%

Three (3) Maybachs were sold in April. That nearly brands Rolls-Royce, with 26 cars sold, appear to be a mass-market complete.

MAZDA +17%

Mazda pretty much kept pace with the market overall, thank you to an enormous month for its crossovers and a gain for the Mazda3. But the Mazda6 continues to languish and the Miata fell by half.

MITSUBISHI +0%

Mitsubishi couldn't build any headway during a emerging market, because the Lancer's decline wiped out the gains for the Galant and the Outlander.

JAGUAR LAND ROVER +10%

Land Rover +35%

The refreshed big SUVs all saw gains, while the aging LR2 declined.

Jaguar -30%

All three Jags were down, even the XF. The new XJ can not obtain here soon enough.

SUZUKI -23%

The well-reviewed new Kizashi is selling no better than the old Forenza, while the SX4 treads water. Meanwhile the aging Grand Vitara is sinking and the XL-7 is ending up as phased out. Add it all together and you've got declining sales for Suzuki.

PORSCHE -6%

The new Panamera was the bestselling Porsche in April, but mostly for the reason that of a giant drop for the Cayenne (just ahead of a new model) and a lovely big decline for the 911 as well.

TOP 5 BESTSELLING NAMEPLATES (and rank last month)

1. Ford F-series 40,946 (#1)


2. Honda Accord 31,766 (#5)


3. Chevrolet Silverado Twenty-nine,618 (#3)


4. Toyota Corolla/Matrix 27,932 (#4)


5. Toyota Camry 27,914 (#2)