March Sales Numbers

[ARTSBEST]

Toyota Division passenger cars were led by Camry, which posted best-ever March sales of 40,487, an increase of 3.2 percent over the same period last year.

Toyota Division Tundra full-size pickup posted best-ever March sales of 14,311, an increase of 16.8 percent over last March.

Pretty impressive stuff I'd say. F/GM reported terrible numbers.

[binmack]

Toyota had bigger rebates on their trucks than GM in March( $2500 for Toyota to $2000 for GM)

It wasn't long ago when a Toyota sold around list with no rebate and GM sold at invoice with huge rebates. I just purchsed a Tundra at a price that was incredible, there is no doubt that their new "aggresive" pricing is helping them sell.

[eurohazard]

^ Both good points! It's still impressive Tundras are selling well when gas prices aren't even close to going down. But as binmack stated........serious discounts can be had! A factory rebate is one thing, but when a dealer matches that plus some....that's when you know they are desperate to move 'em off the lot!

[peterc38]

Originally Posted by ARTSBEST

Toyota Division passenger cars were led by Camry, which posted best-ever March sales of 40,487, an increase of 3.2 percent over the same period last year.

Toyota Division Tundra full-size pickup posted best-ever March sales of 14,311, an increase of 16.8 percent over last March.

Pretty impressive stuff I'd say. F/GM reported terrible numbers.

I love my Tundra but last March there were hardly any Tundra available to sell, they had just hit the dealers lots. So I don't think it means that much that sales are higher by 17% this March. There are lot more of them to sell and people have had a whole year to become aware through advertizing, word of mouth, etc. that there is another option in a 1/2 ton pickup vs. the 3 domestic offerings.

[engineer]

Because of the housing market slowdown, and its effect on truck sales, the only good measure is marketshare (or how big of a piece of the Full Size truck market "pie" does each manufacture have).

Full Sized Trucks Segment: Down 15.9% YTD ('08 vs '07)

Chevrolet: 28.1% (-1.7% YTD)
GMC: 10.1% (+0.8% YTD)
GM Total: 38.2% (-0.9% YTD)

Toyota: 9.3% (+3.6% YTD)

Dodge: 15.8% (-2.0% YTD)

Nissan: 2.6% (-1.1 YTD)

Ford/Lincoln: 34.0% (+0.4 YTD)


On a side note, Toyota is on pace to sell 163,000 Tundras this year, or 18.5% under capacity for the Texas plant alone. . . . .I predict larger incentives on the horizon.

Other observations: Lexus is doing terrible (-14.2% YTD), Tacoma sales are off (-13.0% YTD), Rav4 is off (-16.2% YTD), and FJ's are WAY off (-37.6% YTD).

[Impelled]

Where's the link to this site for this info? I'm currently looking at a new 09 Corolla, Civic, Lancer or Mazda 3. The Corolla's are still at, or close, to sticker and that's what happened last Feb w/ the Tundra. I may go Mazda or Honda/ Mitsu, if the Corolla don't come down. I'm waiting a while to see what happens, but I can pull the trigger anytime after next week.

[ARTSBEST]

engineer said: On a side note, Toyota is on pace to sell 163,000 Tundras this year, or 18.5% under capacity for the Texas plant alone. . . . .I predict larger incentives on the horizon. I agree but not just for the Tundra. A full sacle blitz will occur this summer IMHO because of gas/economy AND the new Ram/F-150 hit the scene. Toyota will not sell 200K this year however becasue of all the economical problems. Is the Indiana plant in full production now with the Tundra?

[Dana_15]

^^^New F-150's as well, correct? The new Ram is a decent looking truck, the half tons are going to have the lowest payloads and towing capacity (if the information I read was correct)....we'll see how that flys.

[engineer]

Originally Posted by Impelled

Where's the link to this site for this info? I'm currently looking at a new 09 Corolla, Civic, Lancer or Mazda 3. The Corolla's are still at, or close, to sticker and that's what happened last Feb w/ the Tundra. I may go Mazda or Honda/ Mitsu, if the Corolla don't come down. I'm waiting a while to see what happens, but I can pull the trigger anytime after next week.

Toyota Numbers: http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080401/latu133.html?.v=77

Ford Numbers: http://media.ford.com/article_displa...ticle_id=27952

GM Numbers: http://media.gm.com/servlet/GatewayS...=2&docid=44734

Chrysler Numbers: http://www.examiner.com/p-140271~Chr...er_Appeal.html

Nissan Numbers: http://www.streetinsider.com/Press+R...s/3507540.html


As far as the Marketshare, I crunched those numbers (corrected for selling days of course).

[Impelled]

Thanks Engineer, looks like Corolla sells are down 21 to 23%. Hopefully a rebate or something comes up for them. I'd like to get a new 09 Corolla S, but only if they deal.....I refuse to pay close to sticker like I did w/ the Tundra in Feb 07.(actually, I only got about 1K off)

[Impelled]

Engineer, you got me a $500 one time reimbursement from Toyota USA! I used your link while Emailing Toyota, and stating a case why they need incentives, rebates or special financing! They actually replied to the Email and gave me a one time reimbursement for the 500 bucks. On top of that, I did an Internet deal and got over 2K off sticker on the 09 Corolla XRS. Then, the day I bought it....the financing rates hit the floor like a Catholic school girls skirt! 2.9% for 60 months....worked out real good, just under 19K for this:


Thanks again!