September 2009 BMW Sales (U.S.)

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Oct 3, 2009 | 08:33 AM

tachyon

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Good news: Bad news. Compared to last September (2008) sales of the E60 are up 18%, however, sales fell from last month by 19%. The new Mercedes Benz E-Class also lost ground from last month (-19%), but still outsold the E60 in September (3,278 to 2,861). All-in-all, sales of the good ol' E60 are holding up well for a model about to be replaced.

This was a weird sales month as it followed the Cash-For-Clunkers boondoggle of August. So which models did well this month compared to last month?

What's Hot
Chevy Corvette (+112% over August sales)
Cadillac SRX (+105% .. this is a new model)
BMW 6 series (+93%)
Audi Q7 (+89%)
BMW 1 series (+65%)
Dodge Challenger (+57%)
BMW X3 (+49%)
Lincoln Navigaor (+46%)
Ford Expedition (+43%)

What's Not
PT Cruiser (-93%)
Jeep Compass -(93%)
Honda Fit (-76%)
Nissan Versa (-74%)
Ford Focus (-64%)
Honda Civic (-63%)
Toyota Yaris (-60%)
Honda CR-V -(52%)

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Oct 3, 2009 | 08:48 AM

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Thank you for this info. I am a little surprised to see that the Honda Civic lost ground; seems like there's one around every corner.

Oct 3, 2009 | 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by porsche911targa' post='1023781' date='Oct 3 2009, 11:48 AM

I am a little surprised to see that the Honda Civic lost ground; seems like there's one around every corner.

I think what happened is that many of the models which sold well in August under the influence of CFC, fell back in September (like the Yaris and the Civic). Likewise, models which were left out of the feeding frenzy in August (Corvette, Expedition, Navigator) picked up steam in September.

So in the end, CFC didn't achieve anything other than shifting around sales from one month to the next. Yet another example of the negative influence of Central Planning. :thumbsdown:

Oct 3, 2009 | 08:27 PM

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Does anybody know when the current 6 series model is going to be changed up?

Oct 4, 2009 | 01:46 AM

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you know what's funny. most "HOT" cars are V8 opposed to what's not selling most 4 or 6 cylinders......Al Gore is not happy

What's Hot
Chevy Corvette (+112% over August sales) V8
Cadillac SRX (+105% .. this is a new model)
BMW 6 series (+93%) V8
Audi Q7 (+89%) V8
BMW 1 series (+65%)
Dodge Challenger (+57%) V8
BMW X3 (+49%)
Lincoln Navigaor (+46%) V8
Ford Expedition (+43%) V8

Oct 4, 2009 | 04:02 AM

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Originally Posted by tachyon' post='1023799' date='Oct 3 2009, 01:32 PM

I agree that, at billions of dollars of taxpayer expense, CFC merely shifted car sales that were going to happen anyway and compressed them into a short period of time. The same thing happened with the ill-advised 0 zero financing and employee pricing gimmicks that the big three US carmakers did a few years ago. When those programs ended, sales crashed.