Sept 2013 Sales Thread
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With Mercedes' and BMW's continued product onslaught, I just don't see Lexus ever returning to the #1 position in sales. Quite frankly, I'm not sure that I'd want to see them producing as many models as Mercedes has right now, so I'm not bothered by it.
Is this the first year that Audi has overtaken Infiniti? Not much longer before they overtake Acura - will happen in 2014, for sure.
Is this the first year that Audi has overtaken Infiniti? Not much longer before they overtake Acura - will happen in 2014, for sure.
I stated awhile ago and agree that Lexus won't be #1 in sales for awhile if ever again.
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With Mercedes' and BMW's continued product onslaught, I just don't see Lexus ever returning to the #1 position in sales. Quite frankly, I'm not sure that I'd want to see them producing as many models as Mercedes has right now, so I'm not bothered by it.
Is this the first year that Audi has overtaken Infiniti? Not much longer before they overtake Acura - will happen in 2014, for sure.
Is this the first year that Audi has overtaken Infiniti? Not much longer before they overtake Acura - will happen in 2014, for sure.
Lexus has a smaller, more focused lineup, and has never relied on massively subsidized lease deals for sales.
As long as Lexus sticks to putting the product and quality as the most important priorities as they have been for the past few years now with Akio Toyoda, then I really don't care too much about it being #1 in sales.
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When it comes to global vehicle deliveries, the term "Big 3" doesn't apply to Ford, Chrysler and General Motors, but instead Toyota, GM and Volkswagen - in that order - through the 3rd quarter of 2013. Toyota sold 7.41-million vehicles through the 3rd quarter and is on track to deliver more vehicles this year than GM and VW, which sold 7.25-million and 7.03-million, respectively, through the same period, Bloomberg reports.
During the 3rd quarter, from July to September, Toyota's 2.5-million deliveries helped to push it higher than its closest competitors this year. In that period, GM delivered 2.4-million vehicles while VW posted 2.33-million deliveries.
Part of the reason behind Toyota's and other Japanese automakers resurgence globally is the weakened yen, which can be attributed to policies made by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe since he took office in December 2012. Many refer to those monetary easing policies as 'Abenomics,' which has led some, such as Ford, to call Japan a currency manipulator and is a big reason why the US is lobbying to oppose Japan's entry into the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
Because the yen is weakened, Yuuki Sakurai, president of Fukoku Capital Management Inc., reportedly says, "The selling prices of some Japanese cars in the US have been lowered to make them more competitive."
In the US, at least, GM did out-deliver Toyota in the 3rd quarter. It delivered 697,113 vehicles to Toyota's 586,016, but that was enough for the Japanese automaker to grow 12 percent in the US and beat Ford for the 1st time in 15 quarters.
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One story I've enjoyed seeing develop is Subaru's recent success story. Here's an article on it:
http://www.goodcarbadcar.net/2013/10...e-growing.html
http://www.goodcarbadcar.net/2013/10...e-growing.html
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