Recently, major automobile manufacturers released sales data in the US in May. According to the “Automotive News” data, in May of this year, due to strong demand for light trucks, new US vehicle sales rose 4.7% year-on-year to 1,590,729 vehicles. The third month achieved growth; from January to May, the cumulative sales of new cars in the United States were 7,062,295 units, a slight increase of 1.2% over the same period of last year. Among them, the US domestic brands performed well, while Japanese car companies collectively performed poorly. German car sales There are different degrees of growth.
Fiat Chrysler Group's new vehicle sales in May increased by 11% year-on-year, of which Jeep brand sales increased 29% year-on-year to 97,287 units, setting a new monthly sales volume in May; sales of Alfa Romeo were about 2.5 times the same period last year. Dodge brand The sales volume increased by 3.7% year-on-year; at the same time, the Chrysler brand and the Fiat brand both experienced double-digit declines.
Ford Group's sales in May increased slightly from the same period of last year by 0.5% to 241,527 units, of which sales of the Ford brand increased slightly by 0.8% year-on-year, while sales of the Lincoln brand decreased by 5.2%; Ford F-Series pick-ups rose the most, even if the fire caused it to suspend production for a week, but The May series sales are still up 11% year-on-year. Mark Fornard, Ford's vice president of sales, service and marketing, said: 'The F series didn't miss any games.' For the first five months of the year, the sales of the Ford pickup trucks It is the best start since 2000.
Although GM decided to announce only quarterly sales, industry analysts believe that GM's US deliveries in May may increase by 10% year-on-year, thanks to the introduction of redesigned cross-border vehicles and substantial purchase discounts.
Toyota's sales volume in the US fell by 1.3% in May from a year earlier due to sluggish sales of cars; sales of the Toyota brand decreased by 1.5% year-on-year, and sales of the luxury brand Lexus dropped 0.1% year-on-year. By category, sales of the company’s cars declined by 11% in May. The sales of SUVs, crossovers and pickups increased by 5.7%.
Affected by the reduction in retail sales, Nissan’s total sales volume in the United States in May was 131,832 units, which represented a decrease of 4.1% from the same period of the previous year. Among them, the declines of Nissan Brand and Infiniti brand were 3.8% and 7.1% respectively. The sales volume was 120,207 units and 11625 units respectively. Vehicle.
Although Honda’s sedan saw a 2.7% decline, Honda’s sales of light trucks achieved a 9.2% year-on-year increase, which in turn pushed Honda’s overall sales in May to grow by 3.1% to 153,069 units. Among them, the Honda brand in May in the United States Sales volume was 140,250 units, up 4.3% year-on-year, and Acura's brand was down 8% year-on-year to 12,819.
Among German brands, Audi's sales volume in the United States in May increased by 0.6% year-on-year to 19,135 units, of which Q7 and A4 saw the largest increases, which were 6% and 4% respectively. From January to May, Audi's cumulative sales in the United States increased year-on-year. 5.9% to 88,471. BMW's sales in May increased 3.4% year-on-year to 30,978 units; Mercedes-Benz US sales in May amounted to 30,187 units, a slight drop of 0.3% year-on-year.
Volkswagen continued to maintain its growth momentum in May. Its sales volume increased by 4% year-on-year to 31,211 vehicles. The redesigned Tiguan was led by sales of 8,579 units and accounted for more than 27% of Volkswagen brand sales in May.
After achieving growth for seven consecutive years and setting a sales record in 2016, new car sales in the US fell by 1.8% to 17.24 million vehicles in 2017. According to the forecasts of many analysts, new car sales in the United States will decline again in 2018 and is expected to be at 1,670 Between 10,000 and 17 million vehicles. If the new car sales in 2018 will be within the above range, it will be less than 17 million for the first time in three years.