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    Sales Figure Ticker: October 2018

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    Jaguar Land Rover North America - Up 25.4% (10,494 Vehicles Sold This Month, 96,803 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    FCA US LLC - Up 16% (177,391 Vehicles Sold This Month, 1,857,374 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Mitsubishi Motors North America - Up 8.4% (8,002 Vehicles Sold This Month, 101,400 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Volkswagen of America - Up 5% (29,000 Vehicles Sold This Month, 295,228 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Subaru of America, Inc. - Up 2.5% (55,394 Vehicles Sold This Month, 558,812 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Porsche Cars North America, Inc. - Up 2.2% (4,817 Vehicles Sold This Month, 47,443 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Kia Motors America - Up 1.59% (45,102 Vehicles Sold This Month, 497,144 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Toyota Motor North America - Up 1.4% (191,102 Vehicles Sold This Month, 2,015,339 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Mercedes-Benz USA - Up 0.9% (31,814 Vehicles Sold This Month, 286,180 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Hyundai Motor America - 0.0% (53,025 Vehicles Sold This Month, 554,726 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Ford Motor Company - Down 3.9% (192,616 Vehicles Sold This Month, 2,080,241 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    American Honda Motor Co. - Down 4.1% (122,182 Vehicles Sold This Month, 1,329,179 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Mazda North American Operations - Down 10.3% (18,673 Vehicles Sold This Month, 232,538 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Nissan North America - Down 10.6% (109,962 Vehicles Sold This Month, 1,234,644 Vehicles Sold This Year)


    Audi of America - 
    BMW Group U.S. - 
    Volvo Cars of North America, LLC - 


    Brands:
    Acura - Up 7.3% (13,624 Vehicles Sold This Month, 128,107 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Alfa Romeo - Up 44% (1,737 Vehicles Sold This Month, 19,917 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Audi - 
    BMW - 
    Chrysler - Up 21% (13,289 Vehicles Sold This Month, 140,445 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Dodge - Up 38% (33,872 Vehicles Sold This Month, 393,600 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Fiat - Down 35% (1,151 Vehicles Sold This Month, 13,235 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Ford - Down 3.4% (185,042 Vehicles Sold This Month, 1,997,387 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Genesis - Down 79.2% (372 Vehicles Sold This Month, 9,281 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Honda - Down 5.3% (108,558 Vehicles Sold This Month, 1,201,072 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Hyundai - Up 2.8% (52,653 Vehicles Sold This Month, 545,444 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Infiniti - Up 15.4% (11,880 Vehicles Sold This Month, 117,129 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Jaguar - Down 8.4% (2,648 Vehicles Sold This Month, 23,824 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Jeep - Up 9% (72,800 Vehicles Sold This Month, 818,994 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Kia - Up 1.59% (45,102 Vehicles Sold This Month, 497,144 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Land Rover - Up 43.3% (7,846 Vehicles Sold This Month, 72,979 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Lexus - Down 0.8% (22,716 Vehicles Sold This Month, 236,340 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Lincoln - Down 15% (7,574 Vehicles Sold This Month, 82,854 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Mazda - Down 10.3% (18,673 Vehicles Sold This Month, 232,538 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Mercedes-Benz - Down 4.9% (27,537 Vehicles Sold This Month, 252,921 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Mercedes-Benz Vans - Up 71% (4,182 Vehicles Sold This Month, 32,205 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    MINI - 
    Mitsubishi - Up 8.4% (8,002 Vehicles Sold This Month, 101,400 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Nissan - Down 13% (98,082 Vehicles Sold This Month, 1,117,515 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Porsche - Up 2.2% (4,817 Vehicles Sold This Month, 47,443 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Ram Trucks - Up 14% (54,542 Vehicles Sold This Month, 471,203 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Smart - Down 32.1% (95 Vehicles Sold This Month, 1,054 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Subaru - Up 2.5% (55,394 Vehicles Sold This Month, 558,812 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Toyota - Up 1.7% (168,386 Vehicles Sold This Month, 1,778,999 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Volkswagen - Up 5% (29,000 Vehicles Sold This Month, 295,228 Vehicles Sold This Year)
    Volvo - 

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    Lincoln down fifteen percent...Christmas came in November this year.

    Ram way up...no surprises.

    Jeep doing well...as an enthusiast I like that...glad to.see them doing well.

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    Mercedes-Benz Vans are the fastest growing brand.  Could be a sign that crossovers are done and commercial vans will take over the landscape.  People like boxy vehicles that haul things to suit their "active lifestyle"

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    Mercedes vans was the fastest SINKING brand- they conceeded HUGE majority percentages of the segment to the competition from nissan, Ford, Chevrolet, RAM, etc. The rest of the market simply passed them right by and they are lingering in the cellar.

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    20 minutes ago, balthazar said:

    Mercedes vans was the fastest SINKING brand- they conceeded HUGE majority percentages of the segment to the competition from nissan, Ford, Chevrolet, RAM, etc. The rest of the market simply passed them right by and they are lingering in the cellar.

     M-B vans are up 16% year to date over last year, and up 71% in Oct 18 compared to Oct 17. 

     

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    3 hours ago, Robert Hall said:

     M-B vans are up 16% year to date over last year, and up 71% in Oct 18 compared to Oct 17. 

    MARKET SHARE. They owned the Euro van market in the USDM outright but have conceded the majority to their competition since they've come online.

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    41 minutes ago, ccap41 said:

    This is definitely one of my favorites. 

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVlfclOpsK8&list=PLCFM1h5Oz66h1hHSXoO5-6pziQfi4cOpu

     

    Just like Jeep can't... 

    I would upvote this by at least a thousand if I could.  If Ford can keep up the corporate attitude I see in these videos and focus on what they do well they will win me back.

    In any relationship the key is to define what will make you happy if you are unhappy. In the case of Ford...build what you are passionate about. 

    Jeep analogy is very well placed. I could see myself loving a Ford motor company that was passionate about Trucks...Mustangs...and SUVs...maybe Edge and one other.

    If they can stop trying to be all things to all people...they will win me back.

    Love...love...and love the new videos by Ford!

    51 minutes ago, riviera74 said:

    I like this commercial especially, but Ford cannot afford to be a BOF Truck/SUV firm only.  Mustang aside, Ford needs more and better products in the unibody side of things.

    I disagree. Trying to be everything to everybody is what has held them back IMHO. I really like the idea of a strong lean and Focused (pun not intended) Ford motor company.

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