1985 Second generation Honda Accord * Check out USA 1908-2011 Historical Data here! * In November 1982, the Honda Accord becomes the first Japanese nameplate to be manufactured in the USA when it rolls off Honda's Maryville, Ohio assembly line. At the time it's the 2nd generation of the model that…
Manhattan, Tuesday 30 October 2012. Picture by ECA UPDATE: Yesterday Wards Auto published a report that suggested Superstorm Sandy would have a dramatic impact on new car sales in the country. October registrations could be 200,000 to 300,000 units less than expectations. Wards Auto was forecasting a 15 million light-vehicle seasonally adjusted annual…
The Toyota Prius is the best-selling car in California * See the Top 15 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to René * * Discover Each segment's Top 5 best-sellers by clicking on the title! * Thanks to a tip from René I can now share with you…
The Mercedes E-Class is clearly the choice of the wealthy in the USA * See the Top 5 best-sellers in the 10 wealthiest US zip codes by clicking on the title! * While looking for specific models data for California online (still haven't found any - if you have some…
One in 4 Lexus ES sold in the US this month is a hybrid * Now including Ford C-Max sales figures * * See the Top 44 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After looking at overall September and 9 months 2012 US models ranking, let's get into sales…
The Mazda CX-5 has become 2012's best-selling all-new model in the USA * See the Top 277 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * After exploring US September sales, as is now the tradition on BSCB let's go through the year-to-date rankings in a little more detail to try…
Kia Optima * NOW UPDATED with the All-models Top 265 best-selling models! Click on title to see * New car sales in the USA are up a very healthy 13% year-on-year in September to 1,188,865 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 10,899,949 units, up 14.5% on 2011. Brand-wise, with 100,694 units sold…
US sales of Toyota Camry Hybrid have gone up 5-fold * See the Top 45 All-models Ranking by clicking on the title! * After looking at the overall market, for the first time on BSCB we have a very close look at sales of Hybrid and Electric cars in the…
Toyota Prius MPV * See the Top 273 All-models Ranking by clicking on the title! * After exploring US August sales, let's now go in more detail through the year-to-date ranking. Over the first 8 months of 2012, the US new car market is up an extremely robust 15% to…
Chevrolet Volt * NOW UPDATED with the Top 263 best-selling models! Click on title to see * Who would have thought the US new car market would still be capable of 20% year-on-year growths? It is true this month with 1,285,202 new vehicle finding a home in the States, bringing the…
Sales of Jeep Grand Cherokee are up 36% over the period in the US. * NOW UPDATED with complete 7 months 2011 figures for comparison * * See the Top 273 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Let's now get in the habit of detailing the evolution of…
Nissan Altima * NOW UPDATED with the Top 260 All-models ranking! Click on title to see * This is now a fact, the US new car market is on fire this year. Sales are up 9% year-on-year in July to 1,153,682 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 8,425,842 units, up an…
Chevrolet Malibu * NOW UPDATED with the All models Top 262! Click on title to see * The US car market continues on its excellent run this year and is up 22% year-on-year in June to 1,285,555 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 7,272,160 units, up a comforting 15% on 2011.…
The Chevrolet Sonic is the best-performing all-new model over the period * See the Top 269 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Before I give you more detail on the June US best-sellers, let's explore together the year-to-date ranking halfway through the year. It has been a very…
Sales of Lexus GS are up 404% in the US. * See the Top 268 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Now that we have explored in detail the May 2012 US models ranking let's pause on the year-to-date ranking to see what longer-term trends can be extracted.…