Entries from April 2008 ↓
April 4th, 2008 — Auto Sale Ranking
1. Honda Fit/Jazz 25,933
2.Toyota Corolla (Axio,Fielder,Rumion) 20,580
3.Toyota Vitz/Yaris 18,243
4.Toyota new Crown 12,040
5.Nissan Serena 11,695
6.Nissan Tiida (5 doors only)11,189
7.Nissan Note 10,157
8.Toyota Passo 9,924
9.Mazda new Atenza/6 9,299
10.Suzuki Swift 9,280
11.Toyota Voxy 9,147
12.Toyota Noah 8,232
13.Toyota Estima 8,226
14.Toyota STEPWGN 7,954
15.Toyota Ractis 7,707
16. Toyota Prius 7,680
17.Honda Stream 7,575
18.Nissan March 7,464
19.Nissan Cube 7,422
20.Toyota Mark-X 7,229
21.Toyota Wish 6,453
22.Nissan X-trail 6,282
23.Toyota Alphard 6,071
24.Toyota Premio 5,243
25.Subaru Forester 5,107
26.Subaru Legacy 4,889
27.Toyota Sienta 4,863
28.Subaru Impreza 4,480
29.Toyota Porte 4,445
30.Toyota bB 4,392
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April 3rd, 2008 — Auto show / Motor Show
Nissan will indeed be expanding its Chinese line-up at the upcoming 2008 Auto China in Beijing, or so states a Chinese press release on the 2008 Auto China motor show pages. On top of this, Nissan China has released a teaser image of what can only be the production version of the Nissan Intima Concept. The press release mentions nothing about the name but does label the car as Nissan’s new flagship model in China.
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April 3rd, 2008 — toyota
TOKYO — Toyota Motor Corp. denied on Wednesday it had received any funding from the Japanese government to develop its hit Prius gas-electric hybrid car.
Japan’s top automaker rejected a March 24 Business Week report that quoted Jim Press, vice chairman and president of Chrysler LLC and a former board member at Toyota, as saying, “The Japanese government paid for 100% of the development of the battery and hybrid system that went into the Toyota Prius.”
Press worked for 37 years at Toyota, including the years of research for the Prius, which went on sale 10 years ago. He left Toyota for Chrysler last September.
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April 2nd, 2008 — Auto Sale Ranking
| U.S. light-vehicles sales totals, individual automaker results and market share for March, compared with March 2007: |
| |
MARCH |
2008 |
| GM |
280,713 |
-18.7% |
20.7% |
800,376 |
-10.9% |
22.4% |
| Ford |
226,448 |
-14.0% |
16.7% |
581,784 |
-9.0% |
16.3% |
| Toyota |
217,730 |
-10.3% |
16.0% |
571,748 |
-5.6% |
16.0% |
| Chrysler |
166,386 |
-19.4% |
12.3% |
453,871 |
-15.5% |
12.7% |
| Honda |
138,734 |
-3.2% |
10.2% |
352,642 |
-0.4% |
9.9% |
| Nissan |
106,921 |
-3.8% |
7.9% |
269,745 |
-3.3% |
7.5% |
| Hyundai |
42,796 |
1.9% |
3.2% |
95,338 |
-8.5% |
2.7% |
| Mazda |
32,929 |
-12.8% |
2.4% |
77,689 |
-1.8% |
2.2% |
| Volkswagen |
27,832 |
7.8% |
2.1% |
71,967 |
-0.7% |
2.0% |
| BMW |
27,437 |
-5.4% |
2.0% |
68,678 |
-9.1% |
1.9% |
| Kia |
24,871 |
-9.8% |
1.8% |
68,214 |
-7.3% |
1.9% |
| Mercedes |
20,829 |
-3.8% |
1.5% |
57,706 |
2.9% |
1.6% |
| Subaru |
16,685 |
-7.4% |
1.2% |
40,881 |
-4.7% |
1.1% |
| Mitsubishi |
10,750 |
-14.2% |
0.8% |
27,081 |
-14.4% |
0.8% |
| Suzuki |
10,510 |
-4.7% |
0.8% |
26,426 |
-4.9% |
0.7% |
| Porsche |
2,467 |
-24.7% |
0.2% |
6,777 |
-17.6% |
0.2% |
| Smart USA |
1,734 |
NA |
0.1% |
3,476 |
NA |
0.1% |
| Isuzu |
683 |
-8.1% |
0.1% |
1,906 |
5.8% |
0.1% |
| Maserati |
250 |
15.2% |
0.0% |
585 |
11.2% |
0.0% |
| Ferrari |
163 |
9.4% |
0.0% |
403 |
0.8% |
0.0% |
| TOTAL |
1,356,868 |
-12.0% |
100.0% |
3,577,293 |
-8.0% |
100.0% |
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April 2nd, 2008 — Auto Sale Ranking
March
2008 |
% change |
2008
YTD |
% change |
| Ford F-Series |
54,465 |
-23.8% |
148,138 |
-13.7% |
| Chevrolet Silverado |
42,561 |
-23.5% |
122,779 |
-19.6% |
| Toyota Camry |
40,487 |
-4.2% |
107,002 |
1.1% |
| Honda Accord |
36,214 |
-0.8% |
87,802 |
-5.2% |
| Honda Civic |
32,740 |
10.2% |
77,532 |
13.8% |
| Nissan Altima |
31,409 |
14.1% |
76,407 |
3.2% |
| Chevrolet Impala |
29,010 |
1.8% |
71,750 |
-11.1% |
| Dodge Ram |
26,318 |
-31.3% |
68,862 |
-24.6% |
| Toyota Corolla / Matrix |
25,109 |
-26.9% |
67,047 |
-24.0% |
| Ford Focus |
21,168 |
24.0% |
49,070 |
23.2% |
| Toyota Prius |
20,635 |
7.7% |
42,907 |
8.1% |
| Honda CR-V |
18,974 |
-3.5% |
50,684 |
6.5% |
| Ford Escape |
18,517 |
12.1% |
43,900 |
11.7% |
| GMC Sierra |
15,919 |
-3.5% |
44,207 |
-7.5% |
| Ford Fusion |
15,887 |
0.6% |
40,050 |
0.9% |
| Toyota Tacoma |
15,587 |
-14.6% |
39,776 |
-14.1% |
| Pontiac G6 |
15,108 |
21.9% |
45,951 |
28.9% |
| Chevrolet Malibu |
14,931 |
7.2% |
41,247 |
31.0% |
| Toyota Tundra |
14,311 |
8.4% |
40,784 |
39.7% |
| Dodge Caravan |
14,104 |
-21.3% |
33,271 |
-37.1% |
| Source: Autodata Corp. |
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April 2nd, 2008 — nissan
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., announced today that cumulative sales of the Tiida compact car (North American name: Versa), topped one million in March 2008. This milestone comes just three and a half years after the Tiida was launched on September 30, 2004.
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