USA Car/Light Truck Sales By Nameplate : 2005-09

America had fallen in love...with the Camry. Is it that good?

The economic downturn of the late 90's really hurt car sales Stateside. Out of that carnage, Toyota became the top nameplate. Nissan passed Dodge while Hyundai and Kia saw off GMC and Jeep. Pontiac fell from 7th to 18th over the decade, while Chrysler went from 7th in 2007 to 19th in 2009! From the year 2000 Buick went from 11th to 22nd and Mercury 12th to 23rd. Subaru went from 24th to 11th in the same time frame.

What seemed to be happening was that Asian brands were taking sales off local ones. They were building cars in the USA and the people wanted more and more of them. That said, some smaller Japanese brands were finding the going tough. Acura, Infiniti, Scion, Mitsubishi, Suzuki and Isuzu all lost sales heavily.

	Make	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
1	Toyota	1,800,916	2,047,057	2,161,467	1,843,669	1,496,211
2	Ford	2,634,041	2,415,059	2,087,048	1,680,321	1,440,653
3	Chevrolet	2,651,124	2,396,532	2,250,352	1,790,519	1,338,612
4	Honda	1,252,862	1,308,135	1,371,438	1,284,261	1,045,061
5	Nissan	940,268	898,103	941,200	838,361	689,014
6	Dodge	1,179,008	1,077,579	1,058,402	784,113	522,686
7	Hyundai	455,012	455,520	467,009	401,742	435,064
8	Kia	275,851	294,301	305,473	273,397	300,063
9	GMC	537,572	456,565	484,932	361,739	253,053
10	Jeep	476,532	460,052	475,237	333,901	231,701
11	Subaru	196,002	200,699	187,208	187,699	216,652
12	Lexus	302,895	322,434	329,177	260,087	215,975
13	VW	224,195	235,140	230,572	223,128	213,454
14	Mazda	258,339	268,786	296,110	263,949	207,767
15	BMW	266,200	274,432	293,795	249,113	196,502
16	Mercedes	224,249	247,973	253,277	225,009	190,604
17	Pontiac	437,806	410,229	358,022	267,348	178,300
18	Chrysler	649,293	604,874	543,011	335,108	177,015
19	Cadillac	235,002	227,014	214,726	161,159	109,092
20	Acura	209,610	201,223	180,104	144,504	105,723
21	Buick	282,288	240,657	185,791	137,197	102,306
22	Mercury	195,949	180,848	168,422	120,248	92,299
23	Lincoln	123,207	120,476	131,487	107,295	82,847
24	Audi	83,066	90,116	93,506	87,760	82,716
25	Infiniti	136,401	121,146	127,038	112,989	81,089
26	Saturn	213,657	226,375	240,091	188,004	72,660
27	Volvo	123,587	115,807	106,213	73,102	61,435
28	Scion	156,485	173,034	130,181	113,904	57,961
29	Mitsubishi	123,995	118,558	128,993	97,257	53,636
30	MINI	40,820	39,171	42,045	54,077	45,225
31	Suzuki	82,101	100,990	101,884	84,862	38,689
32	Land Rover	46,175	47,774	49,550	29,718	26,306
33	Porsche	31,933	34,227	34,693	26,035	19,696
34	smart				24,622	14,595
35	Jaguar	30,424	20,683	15,683	14,824	11,955
36	Hummer	56,727	71,524	55,986	27,485	9,046
37	Saab	38,343	36,349	32,711	21,368	8,680
38	Ferrari	1,430	1,517	1,584	1,601	1,374
39	Bentley	3,654	3,857	3,990	2,693	1,367
40	Maserati	2,008	2,104	2,540	2,509	1,273
41	Aston Martin	1,470	1,463	1,752	1,680	1,140
42	Lotus	2,417	2,522	2,604	1,200	720
43	Lamborghini	671	876	984	737	345
44	Rolls Royce	430	388	410	409	326
45	Isuzu	12,177	8,614	7,098	4,758	165
46	Maybach	152	146	156	119	66
47	Oldsmobile	1,866	96
	Total	16,998,210	16,561,025	16,153,952	13,245,580	10,431,119