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News Release: New Vehicle Sales Climb Over 18 Percent in September
October 08, 2013

News Release: New Vehicle Sales Climb Over 18 Percent in September

NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MEDIA CONTACT:
Sara Panza
Greater Cleveland Automobile Dealers’ Association
440.746.1500

New Vehicle Sales Climb Over 18 Percent in
September, Year-to-date Sales Above 10 percent

Cleveland, OH (October 8, 2013) – Sales of new vehicles showed robust growth in September with franchised new car and truck dealerships across Northern Ohio ringing up a sales increase of 18.54 percent over the same month a year prior, according to figures released today by the Greater Cleveland Automobile Dealers’ Association (GCADA). For the year-to-date, sales of new cars and trucks in Northern Ohio are up 10.61 percent through the end of September.

“Overall, Northern Ohio vehicle sales continued to show improvement, posting double digit growth over 2012,” said Louis A. Vitantonio, president of the GCADA. ”In order to continue the momentum, economic and political stability will need to return for the last quarter of 2013.” 

Franchised new car and truck dealerships from the 21 counties served by the GCADA rang up sales of 20,341 vehicles in September of this year, compared to 17,159 sold in September of 2012. For the year-to-date, franchised dealerships in the same region have sold 177,439 vehicles this year versus 160,425 sold during the same time frame in 2012.

Northern Ohio’s bestselling brand Ford enjoyed a spectacular month, selling 3,461 vehicles for a 23.78 percent increase when comparing September of 2013 with September of 2012. Chevrolet also registered a healthy double-digit increase, selling 2,797 vehicles for an increase of 19.43 percent for the month.

Toyota and Honda continued their monthly battle for third place, with Toyota edging out its rival selling 1,999 vehicles in the month, an increase of 31.51 percent over the same period a year prior. While Honda also enjoyed a sales increase of over 31 percent for the month, it sold 1,968 vehicles during September.

Upscale brands Audi, BMW, Buick, Cadillac, Jaguar, Land Rover, Lincoln, and Mercedes-Benz all registered double-digit sales increases during the month.

24 Brands Up in September (‘13 v. ‘12)

The following brands posted sales increases in September of 2013 versus September of 2012:  Acura, Audi, BMW, Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Dodge, Ford, GMC, Honda, Jaguar, Kia, Land Rover, Lexus, Lincoln, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Mini, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Subaru, Toyota, Volkswagen and Volvo.

23 Brands Up Year-to-Date Through September 2013

The following brands posted sales increases for the year-to-date: Acura, Audi, BMW, Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Dodge, Ford, GMC, Honda, Hyundai, Jaguar, Land Rover, Lexus, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Porsche, Subaru, Toyota, Volkswagen and Volvo.

New-car and truck sales in Northern Ohio
September ‘13 / September ’12 & YTD 

 

Sept. 13

Sept. 12

Sept. % Chg.

YTD
Sept. 13

YTD
Sept. 12

YTD
Sept. % Chg.

ACURA

150

148

1.35%

1497

1348

11.05%

AUDI

139

104

33.65%

1147

1030

11.36%

BMW

261

190

37.37%

2159

1745

23.72%

BUICK

564

448

25.89%

4475

3497

27.97%

CADILLAC

373

305

22.30%

2720

2210

23.08%

CHEVROLET

2797

2342

19.43%

25856

22239

16.26%

CHRYSLER

429

429

0.00%

4509

4490

0.42%

DODGE

935

642

45.64%

8782

6884

27.57%

FIAT

26

36

-27.78%

264

308

-14.29%

FORD

3461

2796

23.78%

31620

28007

12.90%

FREIGHTLINER

44

64

-31.25%

372

341

9.09%

GMC

665

525

26.67%

6149

4841

27.02%

HINO

6

4

50.00%

23

31

-25.81%

HONDA

1968

1502

31.03%

15621

14357

8.80%

HYUNDAI

815

938

-13.11%

8335

8101

2.89%

INFINITI

102

111

-8.11%

798

860

-7.21%

INTERNATIONAL

70

78

-10.26%

508

751

-32.36%

ISUZU

7

13

-46.15%

116

78

48.72%

JAGUAR

8

2

300.00%

96

47

104.26%

JEEP

756

761

-0.66%

5996

6508

-7.87%

KENWORTH

9

22

-59.09%

162

176

-7.95%

KIA

1261

1158

8.89%

10348

10805

-4.23%

LAND ROVER

44

20

120.00%

283

225

25.78%

LEXUS

202

196

3.06%

1714

1594

7.53%

LINCOLN

131

113

15.93%

1140

1298

-12.17%

LOTUS

1

0

0.00%

3

6

-50.00%

MACK

8

7

14.29%

91

141

-35.46%

MAZDA

440

411

7.06%

3803

3291

15.56%

MERCEDES BENZ

253

203

24.63%

2237

2117

5.67%

MINI

35

31

12.90%

286

345

-17.10%

MISCELLANEOUS

20

9

122.22%

132

122

8.20%

MITSUBISHI

107

91

17.58%

1010

1024

-1.37%

NISSAN

1048

947

10.67%

8363

8112

3.09%

PETERBILT

24

31

-22.58%

387

173

123.70%

PORSCHE

27

40

-32.50%

418

319

31.03%

SAAB

0

2

-100.00%

0

110

-100.00%

SMART

4

7

-42.86%

75

90

-16.67%

SUBARU

633

433

46.19%

5650

4492

25.78%

SUZUKI

0

12

-100.00%

30

123

-75.61%

TOYOTA

1999

1520

31.51%

15442

13918

10.95%

UD

0

0

0.00%

4

5

-20.00%

VOLKSWAGEN

466

416

12.02%

4318

3856

11.98%

VOLVO

52

46

13.04%

467

397

17.63%

WESTERN STAR

1

6

-83.33%

33

13

153.85%

Total Cars and Trucks

20341

17159

18.54%

177439

160425

10.61%

Retail sales figures are based on vehicle registration reports from the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles.  Vehicle sales data includes the counties of: Ashland, Ashtabula, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga, Holmes, Huron, Lake, Lorain, Mahoning, Medina, Portage, Richland, Stark, Summit, Trumbull, Tuscarawas and Wayne.

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