U.S. December sales results, and with December, full year results begin to roll in. What we see so far looks like a December surprise: Numbers come in stronger than expected by analysts. Chrysler is up 37 percent in December and 26 percent for the year. GM is up only 5 percent in December, but 13 percent for the year. Ford up 10 percent in December, 9 percent for the year. Volkswagen surprises with 36 percent up in December and 26 percent for the year. Subaru up 26 percent in December, but only one percent for the year. Toyota ( not on the list yet) reports a flat December and the year down by 7 percent.
Table after the jump. Watch this page for more updates. Data courtesy Automotive News [sub]
Note: Sales for BMW and Daimler are estimates by Automotive News, as both companies have not reported yet. The totals remain preliminary also.
December U.S. Light Vehicle Sales
(Developing table)
| BMW division | 26,700 | 23,280 | 15% | 247,773 | 220,113 | 13% |
| Mini | 5,500 | 4,320 | 27% | 57,300 | 45,644 | 26% |
| Rolls-Royce | 30 | 43 | –30% | 348 | 512 | –32% |
| BMW Group | 32,230 | 27,643 | 17% | 305,421 | 266,269 | 15% |
| Chrysler Division | 23,974 | 13,132 | 83% | 221,346 | 197,446 | 12% |
| Dodge | 41,548 | 32,390 | 28% | 451,040 | 383,675 | 18% |
| Dodge/Ram | 68,143 | 56,660 | 20% | 708,650 | 596,627 | 19% |
| Fiat | 2,325 | – | –% | 19,769 | – | –% |
| Jeep | 43,577 | 30,910 | 41% | 419,349 | 291,138 | 44% |
| Ram | 26,595 | 24,270 | 10% | 257,610 | 212,952 | 21% |
| Chrysler Group | 138,019 | 100,702 | 37% | 1,369,114 | 1,085,211 | 26% |
| Maybach | – | 5 | –100% | 40 | 63 | –37% |
| Mercedes-Benz | 27,100 | 21,469 | 26% | 261,573 | 224,944 | 16% |
| Smart USA | 700 | 570 | 23% | 5,198 | 5,927 | –12% |
| Daimler AG | 27,800 | 22,044 | 26% | 266,811 | 230,934 | 16% |
| Ford division | 201,044 | 173,738 | 16% | 2,057,210 | 1,752,511 | 17% |
| Ford/Lincoln/Mercury | 209,447 | 190,191 | 10% | 2,143,101 | 1,931,534 | 11% |
| Lincoln | 8,403 | 8,060 | 4% | 85,643 | 85,828 | 0% |
| Mercury | – | 8,393 | –100% | 248 | 93,195 | 100% |
| Volvo | – | – | –% | – | 32,525 | –100% |
| Ford Motor Co. | 209,447 | 190,191 | 10% | 2,143,101 | 1,964,059 | 9% |
| Buick | 14,974 | 17,095 | –12% | 177,633 | 155,389 | 14% |
| Cadillac | 16,259 | 16,718 | –3% | 152,389 | 146,925 | 4% |
| Chevrolet | 161,158 | 147,938 | 9% | 1,775,802 | 1,563,881 | 14% |
| GMC | 41,960 | 42,143 | 0% | 397,973 | 333,204 | 19% |
| Hummer | – | 38 | –100% | – | 3,812 | –100% |
| Pontiac | – | 130 | –100% | – | 1,182 | –100% |
| Saab | – | – | –% | – | 608 | –100% |
| Saturn | – | 85 | –100% | – | 6,698 | –100% |
| General Motors | 234,351 | 224,147 | 5% | 2,503,797 | 2,211,699 | 13% |
| Acura | 13,129 | 15,489 | –15% | 123,299 | 133,606 | –8% |
| Honda Division | 92,101 | 114,127 | –19% | 1,023,986 | 1,096,874 | –7% |
| Honda (American) | 105,230 | 129,616 | –19% | 1,147,285 | 1,230,480 | –7% |
| Hyundai division | 50,765 | 44,802 | 13% | 645,691 | 538,228 | 20% |
| Kia | 43,390 | 30,444 | 43% | 485,492 | 356,268 | 36% |
| Hyundai Group | 94,155 | 75,246 | 25% | 1,131,183 | 894,496 | 27% |
| Jaguar | 1,137 | 1,180 | –4% | 12,276 | 13,340 | –8% |
| Land Rover | 4,743 | 3,695 | 28% | 38,099 | 31,864 | 20% |
| Jaguar Land Rover | 5,880 | 4,875 | 21% | 50,375 | 45,204 | 11% |
| Maserati | 238 | 180 | 32% | 2,321 | 1,897 | 22% |
| Mazda | 22,353 | 21,479 | 4% | 250,426 | 229,566 | 9% |
| Mitsubishi | 5,032 | 4,874 | 3% | 79,020 | 55,683 | 42% |
| Infiniti | 10,990 | 12,502 | –12% | 98,461 | 103,411 | –5% |
| Nissan Division | 89,937 | 81,228 | 11% | 944,073 | 805,159 | 17% |
| Nissan | 100,927 | 93,730 | 8% | 1,042,534 | 908,570 | 15% |
| Porsche | 1,834 | 2,567 | –29% | 29,023 | 25,320 | 15% |
| Saab Cars North America | 270 | 1,074 | –75% | 5,610 | 4,838 | 16% |
| Subaru | 33,701 | 26,694 | 26% | 266,989 | 263,820 | 1% |
| Suzuki | 2,565 | 2,647 | –3% | 26,618 | 23,994 | 11% |
| Lexus | 25,355 | 27,560 | –8% | 198,552 | 229,329 | –13% |
| Scion | 4,159 | 3,956 | 5% | 49,271 | 45,678 | 8% |
| Toyota division | 148,617 | 145,972 | 2% | 1,396,837 | 1,488,588 | –6% |
| Toyota/Scion | 152,776 | 149,928 | 2% | 1,446,108 | 1,534,266 | –6% |
| Toyota | 178,131 | 177,488 | 0% | 1,644,660 | 1,763,595 | –7% |
| Audi | 12,655 | 10,546 | 20% | 117,561 | 101,629 | 16% |
| Bentley | 317 | 197 | 61% | 1,877 | 1,430 | 31% |
| VW division | 32,502 | 23,867 | 36% | 324,402 | 256,830 | 26% |
| Volkswagen | 45,474 | 34,610 | 31% | 443,840 | 359,889 | 23% |
| Volvo Cars NA | 5,342 | 4,756 | 12% | 67,240 | 21,423 | 214% |
| Other (estimate) | 251 | 243 | 3% | 2,967 | 2,897 | 2% |
| TOTAL | 1,243,230 | 1,144,806 | 9% | 12,778,335 | 11,589,844 | 10% |
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Woo Hoo! F series over 68000, Volt at 1500. Let the fleet sales and flaming flaming begin. Ha Ha
It looks like those businesses that need a pickup truck finally have some money to spend.
Hyundai Motor America today announced sales of 50,765 vehicles in December, a 13 percent total sales increase and 18 percent retail sales increase compared with the same record-setting period a year ago.
For the year, Hyundai sales were up 20 percent versus 2010 in total, with sales to retail customers up 29 percent. Sales to fleet accounts represented just 10 percent of total sales for 2011 and three percent for the month of December.
“December was another record-setting month and 2011 a record-setting year for Hyundai,” said John Krafcik, president and CEO, Hyundai Motor America. “Hyundai sold a record 645,691 units this year, built over 420,000 cars right here in the U.S., and achieved an industry-leading 36.1 miles per gallon CAFÉ level doing it.
“Sonata’s retail sales performance in 2011 was a real highlight for us. Along with Camry, Accord, Civic, and possibly Altima, the Hyundai Sonata was one of only five cars in the entire industry with retail sales (excluding fleet) over 200,000 units.
Hyundai’s premium models also performed well, with Genesis delivering 32,998 sales for the year, an increase of 13 percent over 2010, setting an all-time yearly record. In its very first year, Equus found 3,193 very satisfied owners, delivering over five percent market share of the premium sedan segment with residual values and J.D. Power APEAL ratings unsurpassed by Lexus, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, or Audi.
What’s up with Chrysler? Up 82%
Ford is hanging in there, although it looks like all the Mercury products have already left the dealer lots and hit the road.
I’d thought to see better numbers from GM. Here in Texas, they were really playing up their cash back on the Silverado/Sierra during December.
I want to know, too. From the ads in my market all I can surmise is that it’s african americans buying Chrysler 300s. And male-menopause 45-year-olds buying Caravans. Make mine the R/T in orange.
What’s up is Jeep.
http://media.chrysler.com/newsrelease.do?id=11864&mid=2
Chrysler is like that cat in Utah that just won’t die! Except for a dip in 2008/2009, Chrysler is right back up to its traditional sales volumes of 1.2-1.5M units. Incredible. It has built vehicles that make the worst Ford and GM mistakes look like masterpieces, yet that company has more lives than a cat.
In Canada, GM continues to be punished for being ‘government controlled,’ yet Chrysler’s sales are at historic highs. The public is a fickle lot, indeed.
Remarkable.
+42 for Mitsibishi. What is Mitsubishi even selling these days? Who is buying them? They can’t all be WRX STi conquests to the Lancer Evo…
I can’t get my head around that either.
I suppose someone might as well bring on the comments now about how Sergio Marchionne had nothing to do with Chrysler’s results.
But if you do think he had something to do with it, you might be interested in:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-kiley/chrysler-sergio-marchionne_b_1175109.html
… and with Fiat results? Still barely moving the needle there.
No argument there. I don’t think Marchionne is invincible, but I do recall many comments about him and Fiat on this site were less than accurate predictors of the Chrysler outcome, to put it mildly.
Fiat probably has worse to come considering how awful the economy is in Italy and most of Europe. Ironic that Chrysler may be the key to their survival. It will be interesting to watch how successful or not Chrysler and Fiat are going forward.
I give up what’s the car in your avatar?
I think the car in his avatar is the NSU Ro 80:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSU_Ro_80
That was a good read. I had forgotten about the $2 billion payout from GM, when GM opted NOT to buy out Fiat last decade. And then Marchionne doesn’t stake cash to the Obama turnaround plan in 2008. Rather, he’s parlayed that cash into Chrysler, which is turning a profit thanks to his (and, to be fair, some of Cerberos’) hard work and investment? Instead of cashing out through a Capital Equity Firm gutting of all the valuable parts, he’s building a modern profitable company?
1) The nerve of this guy. Who does he think he is?
2) We now need a Canadian/Italian CEO to remind us of the American work ethic?
The GM-FIAT deal cost GM $4 billion. There was the initial $2 billion when the deal commenced, then another $2 billion that GM paid to get out of the put option.
All of that was Rick Wagoner’s handiwork. That alone should have been reason to fire him, long before the automotive task force took care of it.
Marchionne took GM’s money and used it to develop the Punto, which turned the company around in Europe. So ironically, GM inadvertently bailed out FIAT, plus helped to pave the way for Fiat’s takeover of Chrysler.
@Guzzi: My only concern about Marchionne is the fact that many people are lauding his achievements in turning around Chrysler, when he had little to do with the current product.
That was all Cerberus. We should remember however, it was Cerberus’ attempt to sell Chrysler off to the first willing fool, I mean buyer. The Automotive Task Force took that chore away from the BK courts and Cerberus.
Marchionne is a lucky guy, really. He got lots of money from GM from the screwed up acquisition deal, but used it wisely. It looks like (maybe) he will be wise with the gift from the US Government, too.
I hate to see the day come again where Mopar is funding the efforts of a foreign manufacturer and not getting anything in return. I’m talking directly about the situation with Mercedes Benz.
It’s too bad they didn’t put a “treat it nice or we’ll take it back clause” in there. The reality is they wouldn’t have, because they (the gov’t.) really doesn’t want it back…
Well I did my part, I bought a new Ford last month.
FWIW, the dealership in the above video is located in Saginaw, MI. I bought a car from them once, They were a real class act, I would do business with them again.