Hello all,
Today and tomorrow, sales figures for December and all of 2011 will be coming out. I plan to do my normal coverage of the Chyrsler, Ford and GM sales for December along with Leaf-Volt sales and muscle car sales...all for December. I then plan to do a separate piece about the overall sales battles between the vehicles that ive been covering all year. I compare these companies to the rest of the industry and so far, only the American automakers have gotten their numbers out today...although I expect the Japanese automakers and Hyundai to have theirs out very shortly.
If anyone picks December or annual sales topics, please verify your numbers against the automakers numbers because ive already seen some publications use incorrect or November numbers in talking about 2011 sales and I want TN pieces to include december as well.
If there are any questions, feel free to ask.
The slant on leaf-volt sales
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Patrick, I hear what you're saying .. I was planning to do an article on leaf-volt sales and talk about the negative slant that's the general talking points. Both the Leaf and Volt are selling stronger than the Prius did in its first couple of years, but the sales are being described as dismal. The Volt in particular has shown strong sales growth in the face of fearism being tossed around over the battery packs.
What do you think?
How about this...
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In reply to The slant on leaf-volt sales by David Herron
Can we plan to have you do your piece referencing the sales of the leaf and volt compared to the prius sometime later on Thursday? I have just gotten the numbers for the volt and leaf...and i have to head out of the office for the day but i can do my monthly leaf-volt piece first thing tomorrow. i will offer very little insight into the numbers shy of december sales (volt beat the leaf), similar to what ive done in the past and i will end on the fact that the leaf beat the volt for the year. you can then do your piece on the numbers relative to the first prius years, referencing my article's sales figures and once it is posted, i will add a link to your article.
Sure.. and by the way I found
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In reply to How about this... by Patrick Rall
Sure.. and by the way I found this blog post with an interesting take on it :- http://bobbleheadguru.blogspot.com/2012/01/3-facts-that-make-chevy-volt-big.html
Basically, GM promised to PRODUCE 10,000 but all the naysayers are saying it's a flop because the SALES fell short of the goal. But they're spinning the goal the wrong way around.
I agree that the failure talks for the volt are absurd.
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In reply to Sure.. and by the way I found by David Herron
So, i will get that leaf-volt piece up first tomorrow and we can give it a couple hours then yours will go live, with links back and forth. That way, I can also include them in my other sales reviews tomorrow and friday.
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