April 2008 Sales: Mitsubishi Motors

[VenSeattle]

Mitsubishi Motors Reports April Sales
CYPRESS, Calif., May 1 /PRNewswire/
Link to Press Release

CYPRESS, Calif., May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Mitsubishi Motors today
announced total April 2008 sales of 8,878.


-- Lancer was the volume leader at 2,598. This was the best month for
Lancer sales in 7 months.
-- Galant sales were 1,402 for the month. Galant sales year-to-date are
up 16.8% compared to the first four months of 2007.
-- Eclipse Spyder sales were 803 in April, an increase of 42.4% compared
to April 2007.
-- Lancer Evolution sales were 364, up 14.5% for the month compared to
last April.
-- Consistent with the overall U.S. market, total Mitsubishi sales were
off 26.3% for April compared to April 2007 sales of 12,047.

Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc., (MMNA) is responsible for all
manufacturing, finance, sales, marketing, research and development
operations for Mitsubishi Motors in the United States. MMNA sells coupes,
convertibles, sedans, sport utility vehicles, and light trucks through a
network of approximately 480 dealers. For more information, contact the
Mitsubishi Motors News Bureau at (888) 560-6672 or visit
media.mitsubishicars.com.

[A Horse With No Name]

I personally can't think of better people to be down 26 percent.

Chris

[regfootball]

what, like 20 cars/dlr/month?

[VenSeattle]

Their dealerships are dropping like flies and so are sales. I firmly believe Mitsubishi will be the next manufacturer to pull out of the US market. I'm just waiting for the announcement.

[BuddyP]

It's no suprise with how ugly their newest lineup of vehicles is. I used to like a lot of their vehicles. The new lancer looks decent though.

[Bimmer325]

what, like 20 cars/dlr/month?

IIRC, Buick dealers sell an average of 3 cars per month each.

Regardless, I seriously doubt Mitsubishi is going anywhere.

[VenSeattle]

IIRC, Buick dealers sell an average of 3 cars per month each.

Regardless, I seriously doubt Mitsubishi is going anywhere.

There's no comparison... Buick is not a stand-alone sales channel. It's grouped in with GMC & Pontiac. Combined, they sell approx 1 million cars annually in the US. Even then BPG doesn't stand alone in the US because it is also supported by corporate, GM.

Mitsubishi Motors is sitting on billions of dollars in loans and they play alone in the NA market now that ties are severed (or being severed) with Daimler and Chrysler LLC.

We'll see what happens.

[A Horse With No Name]

Their dealerships are dropping like flies and so are sales. I firmly believe Mitsubishi will be the next manufacturer to pull out of the US market. I'm just waiting for the announcement.

That would make me about as excited as watching OSU beat up on Michigan in football.

Chris

[A Horse With No Name]

It's no suprise with how ugly their newest lineup of vehicles is. I used to like a lot of their vehicles. The new lancer looks decent though.

We need to provide vasectomies for all of the guys who work in the Mitsu styling department, lest they reproduce and we have a new generation of people styling cars this ugly.

Chris