| Rank | Analyst | GM | Ford | Chrysler | SAAR | SAAR Diff | OEM Diff | Overall |
| 1 | Jessica Caldwell (Edmunds.com) | -5.0% | 18.0% | 32.0% | 14.4 | 4.64% | 18.15% | 22.79% |
| 2 | Brian Johnson (Barclays Capital) | -3.6% | 7.1% | 32.0% | 14.3 | 5.30% | 20.34% | 25.64% |
| 3 | Jesse Toprak (TrueCar.com) | -6.1% | 14.0% | 27.0% | 14.3 | 5.30% | 20.94% | 26.24% |
| 4 | Patrick Archambault (Goldman Sachs) | -2.6% | 11.0% | 26.0% | 14.3 | 5.30% | 21.44% | 26.74% |
| 5 | Peter Nesvold (Jefferies) | -5.9% | 13.0% | 27.0% | 14.2 | 5.96% | 21.74% | 27.70% |
| 6 | Emmanuel Rosner (CLSA) | -3.9% | 5.6% | 25.0% | 14.5 | 3.97% | 29.14% | 33.12% |
| 7 | Joseph Spak (RBC) | -5.2% | 8.0% | 24.0% | 14.1 | 6.62% | 29.04% | 35.67% |
| 8 | Rod Lache (Deutsche Bank) | -4.0% | 8.7% | 22.0% | 14.1 | 6.62% | 29.14% | 35.77% |
| 9 | Alec Gutierrez (Kelley Blue Book) | -5.8% | 5.6% | 25.0% | 13.8 | 8.61% | 31.04% | 39.65% |
| 10 | Chris Ceraso (Credit Suisse) | -5.6% | 3.4% | 22.0% | 14.1 | 6.62% | 36.04% | 42.67% |
| 11 | Adam Jonas (Morgan Stanley) | NA | NA | NA | 14.3 | 5.30% | 300.00% | 305.30% |
| 12 | Matthew Stover (Guggenheim) | NA | NA | NA | 14.3 | 5.30% | 300.00% | 305.30% |
| 13 | Himanshu Patel (JPMorgan) | NA | NA | NA | 14.2 | 5.96% | 300.00% | 305.96% |
| 14 | Itay Michaeli (Citigroup) | NA | NA | NA | 14.2 | 5.96% | 300.00% | 305.96% |
| 15 | Alan Baum (Baum & Associates) | NA | NA | NA | 14.0 | 7.28% | 300.00% | 307.28% |
| 16 | Jeff Schuster (LMC Automotive) | NA | NA | NA | 14.0 | 7.28% | 300.00% | 307.28% |
| 17 | George Magliano (IHS Automotive) | NA | NA | NA | 13.8 | 8.61% | 300.00% | 308.61% |
| Average | -4.8% | 9.4% | 26.0% | 14.2 | ||||
| Actual | 1.1% | 14.3% | 40.4% | 15.1 |
The strong February was good news for the car industry, bad news for the analysts. Even the most optimistic prognosis could not withstand the mad February rush to buying cars.
February ended with a Seasonally Adjusted Average Rate (SAAR) of 15.1 million, something the world had not seen since carmageddon. Even the most optimistic analyst (and the winner of the February round of Grade The Analysts) would predict only 14.4 million. (Read More…)
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