[anjan_c2007]

To start with here are the June 2011 sales figures of cars to trucks from the most tough, competitive and demanding market in the world- the US market.
The first chart gives the Top Twenty cars and SUV's saleswise:
US Market Top 20 vehicles, current sales (June 2011)
US Market Top 20 vehicles.doc
The chart below gives an insight into the car, light truck, truck (domestic and imports too,market share in June 2010 and June 2011 of the maker and so on:
Sales and Share of Total Market by Manufacturer US Market June 2011.doc
Graphics showing sales trends of the BIG FIVE for 2010 and 2011:


(source:The Wall Street Journal)

[anjan_c2007]

The charts uploaded in the previous post are not opening in many cases as I have been told so here is a link to the site from where these are complied:
Auto Sales - Markets Data Center - WSJ.com

[anjan_c2007]

Here is one link that gives figures of the cars sold in the U.K., brand wise and also the market share of the brand.
Number of new cars sold in UK by month | New car sales historic archive
The April 2011 (latest on this site) sales shows that the top seller is Ford followed by Vauxhall and then Volkswagen that are the leaders in the volume segment. This is followed by Nissan, Hyundai, Toyota, Honda, Peugeot, Renault, Citroen, Fiat, Kia not necessarily in this order each of them having something around 2 to 5 % of the market pie. Nissan leaves it competitors Toyota and Honda way behind.
In the executive and luxury car (the higher versions of these cars) segment Audi, BMW, Mercedes are the leaders at nos. 1, 2 and 3. Surprisingly, Audi sells more than one and a half times of what Mercedes sells. Even BMW is ahead of Mercedes. The UK based Jaguar posts a dismal figure of 0.37%, while Land Rover posts a 1.24 % figure of the market share.The "safe car" mantra preached and practiced by Volvo manages to give the car maker a 1.67 % of the market pie.
The figures springs surprises and are interesting to watch. Imports from other continents are not much encouraged and levied duties.The European imports are treated differently with duties as agreed upon by their European Common Market countries.
Here is a link to the June 2011 sales to "The Telegraph". It lists the best selling model as the Ford Fiesta followed by the Ford Focus (are they taking cues from the US market where Focus is a much desired car?). The VW Golf diesel was a best seller in the diesel segment for the earlier part of 2011, that was pushed to second place by the Vauxhall Insignia.These "most wanted" cars have made their manufacturer get a more than 10 % of the market share each, as seen in the previous link.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...h-in-June.html

[anjan_c2007]

The May 2011 sales figures for cars from Australia shows that Holden is their favourite make followed by Toyota and what a surprise? The third place goes to Hyundai. Ford, Mazda,Nissan, Mitsubishi,Volkswagen, Subaru and Kia (another company from the Hyundai Group) follow next in the 4,5,6,7,8,9 and 10th places respectively.Mercedes Benz sold more cars than BMW and Audi in this market. Surprisingly, these three higher segment German brands outsell volume car makers Peugeot, Renault, Skoda Citroen and Fiat that are people's cars, but are down below, DOWN UNDER! And Jaguar has sold only 58 units while Land Rover sold 502 units.
The link is here:
New Vehicle Sales Figures May 2011 | Car Advice | Reviews

[anjan_c2007]

Here are the July 2011 sales figures of the U.S. market.
Auto Sales - Markets Data Center - WSJ.com
The Ford F-Series PU sits at the top slot in the Top 20 list. Hyundai Sonata is seventh while the Elantra is 15th.The Honda Accord is outside the Top 10 while the Civic and CR-V go to the 19th and 20th places respectively. What has happened to brand Honda? Indeed, the Accord was the best selling car for years together, only recently.
The Toyota Camry/Solara is at third place, while the Corolla/Matrix is at the 11th place. These have however showed a nearly 8 % lower sale as compared to July 2010. Are the recalls taking their toll?
The Chevrolet Cruze at the fourth place is noteworthy.The car is a mid-sizer by U.S. standards and just because their gasoline is getting costlier the Cruze is rising in popularity.The Sonata is also a mid-sizer and is also selling well. The Ford Fusion is at the tenth place.

[anjan_c2007]

UK car sales during July 2011
The UK car sales fell 3.5 % vis a vis July 2010.The Society of Motor Manufacturers (SMMT) says that 131,164 cars were registered in the U.K. during July 2011.The Ford Fiesta is the top selling car with the other eight top sellers being European , while there is the Nissan Qashqai at no. 9, the only non-European make to feature here.
UK’s top 10 selling cars in July 2011
1. Ford Fiesta 6,695
2. Ford Focus 6,235
3. Vauxhall Corsa 5,122
4. Volkswagen Golf 4,272
5. Vauxhall Astra 4,084
6. Vauxhall Insignia 4,037
7. BMW 3- series 3,693
8. Volkswagen Polo 3,684
9. Nissan Qashqai 3,391
10. Volkswagen Passat 2,514
Economic downturn causes dip in July
Diesel cars (68,953) outsold petrols (61,256) while AFV's (Alternative Fuel Vehicles ) sales were at 1425 units during July 2011.

[volkman10]

Chrysler continues climb,Japan begins rebound, Nissan is the only Japanese company with notable gains


"There's some good news and some not-so-good news when dissecting sales figures for August of 2011. For one, Chrysler posted notable gains for all of its brands, especially Jeep, which managed to score an impressive 58-percent sales rise over the same period a year ago.

General Motors also impressed with its figures, with Cadillac's four-percent gain the only one of its brands not to post a double-digit rise.

Of the Japanese brands, only Nissan, with a 19-percent overall gain in sales, was able to adequately recover from the earthquake and tsunami in Japan that have been plaguing all automakers for the past several months. That said, both Toyota and Honda managed to post smaller losses than what were recorded a month ago.

Further, the Toyota Camry (30,185 total sales) was again the best-selling automobile (behind the Ford F-Series and Chevrolet Silverado pickup trucks, naturally) in August, as it was in July, after briefly giving up that mantle to the Chevy Cruze[/COLOR] in June. Have a gander at the complete set of August sales" ( see attached)

August 2011: Slow Recovery Edition

[rrsteer]

Volkman, I guess these are US specific figures only.
Why do people keep saying that Lexus is the best selling luxury brand in US. Its BMW from the sales figures and last year for August it was MB.

[GTO]

Originally Posted by rrsteer

Why do people keep saying that Lexus is the best selling luxury brand in US.

Lexus used to be the No.1 luxury car brand in the States...a position it held for 10+ years together. They've taken a beating in the last 18 months though, because of a poor product strategy & the beating their reputation took on all the recalls.

[ghodlur]

Originally Posted by GTO

Lexus used to be the No.1 luxury car brand in the States...a position it held for 10+ years together. They've taken a beating in the last 18 months though, because of a poor product strategy & the beating their reputation took on all the recalls.

GTO,

Sorry for going OT. We are waiting for your August 11 Indian Car sales thread, request you to start it sooner. One thread which I look foward to every start of the month.

[Mpower]

Chevy Cruze is No.1 in its category and has beaten the heavyweights like Civic, Corolla and just launched Elantra.

to General Motors.

Civic and Corolla are built in several countries and are not so badly affected by the Tsunami like the premium cars Lexus/Prius.

[volkman10]

Volvo Trucks’ deliveries in July rose by 31%, compared with the year-earlier period. Delivery increases were noted in most of the leading markets.

Deliveries in Europe totaled 3,121 trucks in July, up 40% compared with July 2010.
Key markets such as the UK and Germany reported increases of 31 and 19%, respectively.The trend for truck deliveries in Eastern Europe remained positive, particularly the Russian market where deliveries in July rose a full 178% year-on-year. As a whole, the number of deliveries in Eastern Europe rose 115% in July, compared with July 2010. In South America, high demand continued and deliveries in July increased 41% to 2,100trucks, compared with July 2010. In the heavy segment Volvo Trucks has a leadingmarket position year to date.In North America, deliveries in July rose by 49% to 1,632 vehicles, despite some disruptions due to production component shortages at the New River Valley plant.

Cheers!

[anjan_c2007]

U.K.Car sales for August 2011 at 59,346 cars, have been 7.3 % higher than the figures for the previous month.
The top ten best sellers are:

1.Ford Fiesta 3,213 Sales (also the best-selling car of the year so far with 61,551 sales – almost 10,000 ahead

of the Ford Focus in second place)
2. Vauxhall Corsa 2,901 Sales
3. Ford Focus 2,858 Sales4. Volkswagen Golf 1,995 Sales 5. BMW 3 Series 1,739 Sales
6. Vauxhall Astra 1,613 Sales 7. Volkswagen Passat 1,526 Sales
8. Volkswagen Polo 1,467 Sales
9. Nissan Qashqai 1,312 Sales
10. Audi A3 1,125 Sales

(Source Motoring Spy, UK)

Fords and Vauxhalls must dominate the scene as these have always, but Volkswagen has three slots in the Top Ten.
The executive cars like BMW 3 series and the Audi A3 too feature here!

Moving to Australia, August sales are encouraging as they are up 7 % and have shown a steady rise for the first time since November 2010. At 88,082 units sold, the Top Ten best sellers are like this:
1. Mazda 3 4234
2. Holden Commodore 3682

3. Holden Cruze 3234

4. Toyota Corolla 3100

5. Toyota Hilux 2823

6. Hyundai i30 2418

7. Mazda 2 1966

8. Ford Falcon 1665

9. Ford Territory 1625
10. Toyota Camry 1607
11. Toyota Yaris 1599
12 .Mitsubishi Lancer 1486
(source : bestsellingcarsblog)
Mazda is having the whale of a time Down Under, while Toyota seems to have partly recovered from the tsunami shock.The Chevrolet Cruze is sold as the Holden Cruze here and is locally made. A hatch version they say is due by the end of 2011.

[volkman10]

Volvo Trucks’ deliveries in August rose by 35%, compared with the year-earlier period. Delivery increases were noted in most of the leading markets.Eicher records 29% in year do date sales.

Cheers!

[anjan_c2007]

The Chinese car sales are attracting the attention of all the Big players in the automotive field. Unbelievably, the car output for August 2011 in China is 1.38 million cars up 4.15 % from July 2011 figures.The sales were reported at 1.38 million units up 6.66 % from July 2011.The total sales for the first 8 months of 2011 stand at 11.98 million units.
The top companies selling cars are local.SAIC Motor (GM has a stake here), Dongfeng Motor Corp. (Kia has a stake here) and FAW Group (with Ford and Mazda) were the top sellers during the first eight months, with sales of 324,000 units, 228,600 units and 217,400 units, respectively.
There were restrictions on car ownership in place at the start of 2011 despite which the sales have continued to grow.
More on this link:
China's August auto sales up 4.15 pct to hit 1.38 mln units_Auto--China Economic Net

The sales chart can be viewed on this link:
TABLE-China August car sales up 7.3 pct y/y | Reuters