How's March shaping up ?

[danoneil]

Toyota is posting a 40% increase in sales.

Our store is having a great month and most Honda stores in our territoty seem to be doing well.

We hit 100 cars for the month of August last year mostly due to clunkers. We'll pas 100 this month.

Is this the sign of things to come ?

What do you think the next 5 months holds ?

 

[Matt DoCampo]

We are having a great month in new and used, across all price levels. Our sales growth month over month is actually outpacing our lead/phone call increase which is great.

 

[danoneil]

A few salespeople who have been here 5 or more years said they have had the highest gross of all the years they have been in the business.

 

[Alex Snyder]

We're quite a few sales above what was our "average in the new economy" and the grosses are definitely up compared to "the good old days". If you're paid on gross, then these new days are definitely better than "the good old days" :thumbup:

Here's to things looking up

 

[Jerry Thibeau]

I am hearing good things from a lot of the dealers I am working with.

 

[Marc McGurren]

Best month since clunkers for all 8 of our stores!

 

[danoneil]

Marc.. That's great. I hope April is Hoppin !

 

[danoneil]

So what do the next 4 or 5 months hold for us ?

We are in a recession, but setting new sales records. I think we are going to see a rebound.

 

[danoneil]

Dated April 1st 2010. From Automotive NEWS:

Table sorted by year-to-date sales​

MarchMarchMarch3 mos.3 mos.3 mos.March3 mos.20102009% chng.20102009% chng.(+/-)(+/-)General Motors****188,011155,33421%475,861409,70216%32,67766,159Toyota³³186,863132,80141%385,686359,6707%54,06226,016Ford Motor Co.***183,425131,10240%441,708323,19337%52,323118,515American Honda¶108,26288,37923%256,412230,98511%19,88325,427Nissan¶¶¶95,46866,63443%228,229174,76731%28,83453,462Chrysler Group92,623101,001-8%234,215247,208-5%(8,378)(12,993)Hyundai Group¶¶77,52465,44519%188,205164,74714%12,07923,458VW³³³30,86822,25439%79,90958,19537%8,61421,714Subaru23,78516,24946%57,49441,53238%7,53615,962Mazda23,19321,9746%55,94153,7954%1,2192,146BMW Group*21,69621,1523%55,12951,3257%5443,804Daimler AG**20,71117,36219%51,99645,21315%3,3496,783Mitsubishi5,4344,62018%13,62313,834-2%814(211)Jaguar Land Rover3,7093,4228%9,0918,5966%287495Suzuki2,2467,981-72%5,66115,131-63%(5,735)(9,470)Porsche1,9051,7499%5,2224,9256%156297Maserati18911959%39427444%70120Saab Spyker Automobile³133--133--133133Isuzu----165-100%-(165)Other294306-4%882918-4%(12)(36)TOTAL1,066,339857,88424%2,545,7912,204,17516%208,455341,616Numbers in this table are calculated by Automotive News based on actual monthly sales reported by the manufacturers and may differ from numbers reported elsewhere.Source: Automotive News Data CenterNote: Other includes estimates for Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lamborghini and Lotus*Includes Mini and Rolls-Royce**Includes Maybach, Mercedes-Benz and Smart***Includes Volvo****Includes Saab through February 2010¶Includes Honda Division and Acura¶¶Includes Hyundai and Kia¶¶¶Includes Nissan Division and Infiniti³The sale of Saab was final on February 23, 2010³³Includes Toyota Division, Lexus and Scion³³³Includes VW, Audi and BentleyColor codeMfgr. gained the most volume:Toyota Motor Sales: 54,062Mfgr. lost the most volume:Chrysler Group: (8,378)Mfgr. highest % increase:Subaru: 46%Mfgr. Biggest % drop (excluding Isuzu):

 

[danoneil]

Dated April 1st 2010 . Sales Report from Automotive News

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