September Auto Sales Mixed as Calendar Forces Industry to Take a Breath

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September Auto Sales Mixed as Calendar Forces Industry to Take a Breath

Stronger-than-expected August car sales stunned automakers and analysts as volume exceeded 1.5 million vehicles in August for a 16-million SAAR, the best since 2007.

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darthbimmer

Interesting data. A few questions/thoughts: 1) Where's the Kia Forte? Did it sell too few units to make your charts? 2) Disappointing that the Fusion is #4 by sales in its class. It's a good car. But that's testament to how strong the mid-size class is today. 3) Wow, the Passat undersold the utterly execrable 200. That should be a wake-up call to VW. 4) Sentra at the bottom of its class ought to be a wake-up call to Nissan, which is otherwise on a roll with designing competitive vehicles. But then again the Sentra obsolescence alarm clock has been ringing for several years....