{"id":1699,"date":"2009-11-03T17:14:23","date_gmt":"2009-11-03T22:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/?p=1699"},"modified":"2009-12-02T00:51:23","modified_gmt":"2009-12-02T05:51:23","slug":"october-2009-cadillac-sales-strong-trucks-suvs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/october-2009-cadillac-sales-strong-trucks-suvs\/","title":{"rendered":"October 2009 Cadillac Sales — Strong for SUVs"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2009 October numbers for Cadillac look challenging for cars, and very good for Cadillac SUVs.\u00a0 The DTS sales were up for the month, so let’s lead with a DTS photo:<\/p>\n

\"TexasJim's<\/a>

TexasJim's 2006 DTS Performance Sedan \u00a9 Bruce W. Nunnally<\/p><\/div>\n

Here are the production numbers just for Cadillac:<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n\n\n<\/col>\n<\/col>\n<\/col>\n<\/col>\n<\/col>\n<\/col>\n<\/col>\n<\/col>\n<\/col>\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\n<\/span><\/td>\n		October <\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n
\n<\/span><\/td>\n		(Calendar Year-to-Date) <\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n<\/span><\/td>\n		January –\u00a0 October <\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cars<\/span><\/td>\n2009<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n2008<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n% Chg Volume <\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n%Chg per S\/D <\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n
\n<\/span><\/td>\n		2009<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n2008<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n%Chg Volume <\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Selling Days (S\/D)<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n28<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n27<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n <\/span><\/td>\n <\/span><\/td>\n <\/span><\/td>\n28<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n27<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CTS<\/span><\/td>\n2921<\/span><\/td>\n3997<\/span><\/td>\n-26.9<\/span><\/td>\n-29.5<\/span><\/td>\n <\/span><\/td>\n31932<\/span><\/td>\n51476<\/span><\/td>\n-38<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DTS<\/span><\/td>\n1896<\/span><\/td>\n1590<\/span><\/td>\n19.2<\/span><\/td>\n15<\/span><\/td>\n <\/span><\/td>\n14021<\/span><\/td>\n27380<\/span><\/td>\n-48.8<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
STS<\/span><\/td>\n355<\/span><\/td>\n632<\/span><\/td>\n-43.8<\/span><\/td>\n-45.8<\/span><\/td>\n <\/span><\/td>\n5398<\/span><\/td>\n13253<\/span><\/td>\n-59.3<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
XLR<\/span><\/td>\n49<\/span><\/td>\n52<\/span><\/td>\n-5.8<\/span><\/td>\n-9.1<\/span><\/td>\n <\/span><\/td>\n689<\/span><\/td>\n1091<\/span><\/td>\n-36.8<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cadillac Total<\/span><\/td>\n5221<\/span><\/td>\n6271<\/span><\/td>\n-16.7<\/span><\/td>\n-19.7<\/span><\/td>\n <\/span><\/td>\n52040<\/span><\/td>\n93200<\/span><\/td>\n-44.2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Trucks<\/span><\/td>\n
\n<\/span><\/td>\n
\n<\/span><\/td>\n
\n<\/span><\/td>\n
\n<\/span><\/td>\n
\n<\/span><\/td>\n
\n<\/span><\/td>\n
\n<\/span><\/td>\n
\n<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Escalade<\/span><\/td>\n2127<\/span><\/td>\n1556<\/span><\/td>\n36.7<\/span><\/td>\n31.8<\/span><\/td>\n <\/span><\/td>\n13118<\/span><\/td>\n19275<\/span><\/td>\n-31.9<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Escalade ESV<\/span><\/td>\n599<\/span><\/td>\n533<\/span><\/td>\n12.4<\/span><\/td>\n8.4<\/span><\/td>\n <\/span><\/td>\n5206<\/span><\/td>\n9076<\/span><\/td>\n-42.6<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Escalade EXT<\/span><\/td>\n178<\/span><\/td>\n265<\/span><\/td>\n-32.8<\/span><\/td>\n-35.2<\/span><\/td>\n <\/span><\/td>\n2015<\/span><\/td>\n3779<\/span><\/td>\n-46.7<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SRX<\/span><\/td>\n3477<\/span><\/td>\n916<\/span><\/td>\n279.6<\/span><\/td>\n266<\/span><\/td>\n <\/span><\/td>\n12247<\/span><\/td>\n13779<\/span><\/td>\n-11.1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cadillac Total<\/span><\/td>\n6381<\/span><\/td>\n3270<\/span><\/td>\n95.1<\/span><\/td>\n88.2<\/span><\/td>\n <\/span><\/td>\n32586<\/span><\/td>\n45909<\/span><\/td>\n-29<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The good news is that the SRX sales are blooming.\u00a0 Cadillac has a good hit on their hands and is playing to the right audience with this new model.\u00a0 The Escalade Full-size SUV is also doing well.\u00a0 This likely reflects the current moderate fuel prices, since SUV sales suffer with high fuel prices.\u00a0 Overall truck sales are up 88% over the same month last year.<\/p>\n

\"2010<\/a>

\u00a9 GM Corp<\/p><\/div>\n

The bad news is the CTS sales are down.\u00a0 This is especially disappointing as it includes CTS Sport Wagon numbers, since the Sport Wagon is in Dealer showrooms now.\u00a0 DTS sales are up 15%, which brings overall Cadillac car sales to only 20% behind last year.\u00a0\u00a0 The STS and XLR are both on their way out of production.<\/p>\n

So Cadillac sold 1,050 fewer cars, and 3,111 additional trucks in Oct, 2009 compared to Oct, 2008, or a total of 2,061 more vehicles this year than last year for the month of October.\u00a0 Overall that seems a good result.\u00a0 If the SRX is siphoning some CTS sales that’s fine, as long as the overall sales numbers for Cadillac grow, which they have, increasing by 22% compared to last October.<\/p>\n

Comparative BMW October sales by model: [Reuters]<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sales BMW of North America, LLC, October 2009\r\n\r\n                           Oct.    Oct.            YTD Oct.  YTD Oct.\r\n                            09      08    %           09       08       %\r\n\r\n    1 Series               501   1,173  -57.3%      9,453    10,453   -9.6%\r\n    3 Series             8,239   9,059   -9.1%     75,459    97,329  -22.5%\r\n    Z4                     486     455    6.8%      2,792     5,464  -48.9%\r\n    5 Series             3,043   3,958  -23.1%     32,733    39,289  -16.7%\r\n    6 Series               152     454  -66.5%      3,207     5,627  -43.0%\r\n    7 Series             1,209   1,096   10.3%      7,159    11,021  -35.0%\r\n    BMW passenger cars  13,630  16,195  -15.8%    130,803   169,183  -22.7%\r\n    ------------------  ------  ------  -----     -------   -------  -----\r\n    X3                     182   1,294  -85.9%      5,280    15,914  -66.8%\r\n    X5                   2,137   2,358   -9.4%     20,787    27,021  -23.1%\r\n    X6                     494     356   38.8%      3,796     3,718    2.1%\r\n    BMW light trucks\r\n    (SAVs)               2,813   4,008  -29.8%     29,863    46,653  -36.0%\r\n    ----------------     -----   -----  -----      ------    ------  -----\r\n    BMW brand           16,443  20,203  -18.6%    160,666   215,836  -25.6%\r\n    ---------           ------  ------  -----     -------   -------  -----\r\n    Cooper \/S Hardtop    2,309   3,539  -34.8%     24,248    31,226  -22.3%\r\n    Cooper \/S\r\n     Convertible           465      62  650.0%      5,395     4,760   13.3%\r\n    Cooper \/S Clubman    1,402   1,671  -16.1%      9,529     9,980   -4.5%\r\n    MINI brand           4,176   5,272  -20.8%     39,172    45,966  -14.8%\r\n    ----------           -----   -----  -----      ------    ------  -----\r\n    TOTAL BMW of North\r\n     America, LLC       20,619  25,475  -19.1%    199,838   261,802  -23.7%\r\n    ------------------  ------  ------  -----     -------   -------  -----\r\n\r\nThe SRX outsold the BMW X-CUV's 3,477 to 2,813 vehicles.\r\nThe CTS has to get numbers competitive with the 3-Series.\r\n\r\nBMW total sales for Oct of 16,443 vehicles surpassed\r\nCadillac Oct sales of 11,602 vehicles.\r\n\r\nIn the United States, October was the best month of the year so far for Mercedes-Benz.\r\n\u00a0Sales bucked the general market trend, rising by 21 percent to 18,200 units\r\n(October 2008: 15,000).<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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