US car sales: 4Q in 2018, 0.3% increase compared to the same period last year – Ranking by company
New York
January 15, 2019
Motor Intelligence · Presentation (January 2)
New car sales in the US in the fourth quarter of 2018 (October to December):
It recorded 0.336%, an increase of 0.3% compared with the same period last year (see Table 1).
In December, annualized number (seasonally adjusted) was 17.55 million units, exceeding the previous year’s 17.23 million units.
FCA, Tesla Drive Overall Growth
By major manufacturer, new car sales unit year-on-year
FCA increased by 15.6%
Subaru increased by 4.5%
Hyundai increased by 1.4%
Kia increased by 4.5%.
General Motors (GM) fell 2.7%
Ford fell 6.8%
Toyota is down 0.1%
Honda fell 2.9%
Nissan fell 7.1%
Volkswagen (VW) fell 5.8% (see Table 2).
Although major manufacturers alone saw a year-on-year decrease,
EV manufacturer · Tesla
It increased 4.9 times (41,120 increase) compared to the same period of the previous year, contributing to an increase in the industry as a whole.
The sales volume has exceeded 200 thousand at the stage of July 2018 The tax deduction is halved from January 2019, and it seems that the demand for rush in the year has increased.
Reviewing the process of assembling the “Model 3” in the low price range, the fact that the production was favorable pushed up sales in the current fiscal year.
Annual unit: more than the previous year, 17.27 million units
The annual sales volume in 2018 decreased by 2.9% in the third quarter (July – September) to 4,295,575 units.
In addition to the 4 th Q, it increased by 1.9% in the first half, which was 0.3% higher than the previous year’s 17.2 436 436, reaching 172,74,277.
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