June 2012 turned out to be a great car sales month with only two automakers reporting negative sales for the month. This is great news that helps us all feel a little better because car sales are one indication of an improving economy. Jaguar and Mitsubishi car sales numbers were lower for June 2012 than they had been for the previous year. All other automakers had increased sales, only if by a very small amount. While this is great news, especially for Japanese automakers Toyota Motor Company and Honda American car sales, up 60.27 percent and 48.77 percent respectively, and Nissan gained a respectable 28.21 percent, the American automakers stayed in the lower numbers. Chrysler, while still being partially American owned saw the largest percentage of the United States owned car companies with a 20.28 percent increase, General Motors had a 15.51 percent raise in sales and Ford Motor Company had 7.03 percent.
Of course the Japanese sales are thought to have increased so significantly due to recovering from the tsunami and aftermath of that devastating event, but they have also been putting out some favored new car models. We will have to wait and see how they continue to do when the initial boost from the recovering smoothes out, but it is expected that their sales will continue to increase even if not at the high percentage they are currently showing. In the meantime, here are the top brand sales and companies and the percent they increased sales for June 2012:
Brands:
- Fiat – 122.07%
- Lexus – 85.85%
- Acura – 76.50%
- Infiniti – 66.13%
- Chrysler – 62.52%
- Toyota – 57.51%
- Honda – 45.56%
- Subaru – 39.95%
- Volkswagen – 34.19%
- Maybach – 33.33%
- Buick – 26.79%
- Audi – 26%
- Bentley – 25.28%
- Nissan – 24.58%
- Jeep – 23.27%
- Maserati – 20.63%
- Porsche – 17.91%
- GMC – 14.93%
- Chevrolet – 14.82%
- Mini – 14.67%
- Land Rover – 14.28%
- Kia – 13.95%
- Cadillac – 11.64%
- Ram – 11.37%
- Hyundai – 7.78%
- Mercedes Benz – 7.65%
- Ford – 7.21%
- Rolls Royce 6.67%
- Mazda – 3.13%
- Lincoln – 2.47%
- Dodge 2.11%
- Suzuki – 0.92%
- BMW – 0.41%
- Volvo – 0.10%
- Jaguar – Minus 25.85%
- Mistsubishi – Minus 34.80%
Companies
- Toyota Motor Company – 60.27%
- American Honda – 48.77%
- Nissan NA – 28.21%
- Chrysler Group – 20.28%
- General Motors – 15.51%
- Ford Motor Company – 7.03%
- BMW Group – 3.18%
- Jaguar Land Rover NA – 2%
Source Autoblog