Highlights:
Subaru sales are up 34 percent in July vs. July 2008 beating BMW for the month and Subaru sales year-to-date in 2009 are up 4.3 percent over 2008 after being the only automaker to have a sales gain in 2008. Hyundai July sales were up 12 percent, Kia up 9.3 percent and Ford (Ford, Mercury, Lincoln, Volvo) had a 2.3 percent sales increase in July from July 2008.
Here are the numbers, in order of monthly sales:
General Motors delivered 189,443 total vehicles in July, down 19.4 percent compared with a year ago. Year-to-date GM has sold 1,143,799 vehicles, down 37.8 percent from the first seven months of 2008.
Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., reported July vehicle sales of 174,872 vehicles, down 11.4 percent from last July but hit a new monthly high for the year jumping 27.7 percent from last month. Year-to-date Toyota sales are 945,321, 33.9 percent lower than the same period of 2008.
Ford, Lincoln and Mercury sales were 158,838, up 1.6 percent versus a year ago. Volvo Cars of North America which is owned by Ford, had July sales of 6,441 units, a 25.7 percent gain over July 2008. Volvo has sold 36,187 units year-to-date, which represents a 29.5 percent decrease for the same period of 2008. Total Ford sales, including Volvo were 165,279, a 2.3 percent gain over July 2008, bringing the 2009 Ford total to 940,777, a drop of 28.6 percent from the first seven months of 2008.
American Honda, including Acura, posted total July vehicle sales of 114,690, a decline of 17.3 percent compared to July 2008 results. American Honda year-to-date sales of 645,468 represented a 30.7 percent decline. Acura's contribution was 8,662 for July, a 32.5 percent drop from July 2008 and Acura's year-to-date stands at 90,742, a 33.8 fall from the first seven months of 2008.
Chrysler Group LLC reported total U.S. sales for July 2009 of 88,900 units, a decrease of 9 percent from July 2008 and an increase of 30 percent versus last month. Year-to-date Chrysler has sold 560,097 vehicles, a drop of 42 percent from 2008.
Nissan North America reported sales for July of 71,847 units, a decrease of 24.6 percent. Year-to-date Nissan sales are at 419,591, a drop of 32.1 percent from 2008.
Hyundai Motor America had July sales of 45,553 units, a 12 percent increase compared with July 2008 and a 21 percent increase over last month. Cash-for-clunkers deals accounted for 22 percent of Hyundai sales. Year-to-date Hyundai has sold 250,239 vehicles in the U.S., down 7.9 percent from the first seven months of 2008.
Kia Motors America July sales of 29,345 units were up 9.3 percent from June and year-to-date sales are 176,749 total units.
Volkswagen of America announced July 2009 sales of 20,590 units, a 0.7 percent increase over July 2008. Year-to-date VW sales are at 117,598, 13.5 percent lower than last year. Separately, Audi sold 6,407 vehicles in the U.S. during July and year-to-date has sold 44,213, a 14.6 percent fall from the same stretch in 2008.
Subaru of America had its best sales month ever with 21,839 vehicles sold, a 34 percent increase in sales in July over July 2008. Year-to-date Subaru has sold 115,145, up 4.3 percent over 2008.
The BMW Group in the U.S. (BMW and MINI combined) reported July sales of 21,253 vehicles, a decrease of 26.7 percent from the 28,977 vehicles sold in the same month of 2008. The BMW Group has year-to-date sales volume of 135,701 vehicles, down 27.4 percent, compared to the first seven months of last year.
Mazda North American Operations reported July 2009 sales of 19,032, down 15.1 percent versus July of 2008. Overall, total yearly sales are reported at 119,413, down 32.0 percent compared to 2008.
Mercedes-Benz USA July sales of 16,228 vehicles, off by 21.7 percent versus July 2008 and strongest so far this year. On a year-to-date basis, Mercedes has sold 101,316 new vehicles, a decrease of 27.6 percent over the comparable period last year. smartUSA recorded 1,418 sales in July 2009, an increase of 27% versus June 2009 bringing Mercedes total including smartUSA to 17,646 for July and 111,301 for 2009.
Mitsubishi Motors North America announced July 2009 sales of 4,487 and year-to-date sales of 31,314.
American Suzuki sold 3,507 vehicles in July, a 57 percent fall from July 2008 and year-to-date sales are 25,915, a 60 percent drop.
Porsche Cars North America sales for the month of July totaled 1,544, a decrease of 51.6 percent. Year-to-date, Porsche has sold 11,203, a 38.5 percent drop from 2008.
Sales will be updated as manufacturers report.
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