August 2008 Sales: Wall Street Journal

[VenSeattle]

See all charts from the Wall Street Journal here...

Some interesting points...

August'08 Market Share:

24.6% General Motors (Including Saab)

16.9% Toyota Motor Sales

12.4% Ford Motor Company (Including Volvo)

11.8% American Honda

8.8% Chrysler LLC

8.7% Nissan NA

5.3% Hyundai Motor (Including Kia)

4.0% Volkswagen of America (Including Porsche & Audi)

2.4% BMW (Including Mini)

1.9% Mazda Motor

1.5% Mercedes-Benz

1.5% Subaru of America

0.7% Mitsubishi Motors NA

0.5% American Suzuki

0.3% Jaguar/Land Rover

YTD Market Share:

21.8% General Motors (Including Saab)

16.8% Toyota Motor Sales

15.0% Ford Motor Company (Including Volvo)

11.1% American Honda

11.0% Chrysler LLC

7.4% Nissan NA

5.5% Hyundai Motor (Including Kia)

3.9% Volkswagen of America (Including Porsche & Audi)

2.2% BMW (Including Mini)

2.0% Mazda Motor

1.6% Mercedes-Benz

1.3% Subaru of America

0.7% Mitsubishi Motors NA

0.7% American Suzuki

0.3% Jaguar/Land Rover

Discuss....

[siegen]

Toyota sales are down 7.8% year-to-date. That's pretty incredible, considering how much momentum Toyota had just last year (up 2.7% last year). What happened?