Another excellent report from Jeff Cobb: May 2016 Dashboard Model 16_05 16_04 16_03 16_02 1 Prius Liftback 9389 8923 8130 7169 2 Ram Pickup Diesel 4493 4382 4729 4153 3 RAV4 4185 3807 3073 2462 4 Sonata 2513 1788 1884 1588 5 Camry Hybrid 2055 1975 1746 1599 6 Model X 2000 1500 1500 500 7 Prius c 1909 1676 2607 2263 8 Volt 1901 1983 1865 1126 9 Fusion Hybrid 1716 2035 2057 1764 10 Model S 1500 1700 3000 1900 11 Fusion Energi 1453 1331 1238 932 12 C-Max Hybrid 1327 1621 1092 880 13 Prius v (lowercase v) 1215 1322 1331 1112 14 Leaf 979 787 1246 930 15 MKZ 805 613 608 585 16 CT200h 797 577 972 762 17 ES Hybrid 735 700 894 633 18 RX 400 / 450 h 719 899 886 752 19 i3* 696 814 332 248 20 Avalon Hybrid 660 715 776 590 21 Colorado Diesel 593 731 578 403 22 Optima Hybrid 570 483 436 386 23 C-Max Energi 538 607 610 490 24 X5 500 655 313 345 25 Highlander Hybrid 473 442 492 396 26 Spark 394 419 252 216 27 500e 388 372 373 195 28 Grand Cherokee Diesel 377 360 370 308 29 A3 Plug In 361 321 332 248 30 3-Series Diesel 332 151 160 119 31 XV Crosstrek Hybrid 303 303 329 278 32 Canyon Diesel 294 271 244 225 33 X5 Diesel 291 250 263 169 34 e-Golf 269 326 86 198 35 Sonata Plug In 250 250 275 200 36 Malibu Hybrid 246 1 2 37 CR-Z 234 253 163 128 38 NX Hybrid 229 222 251 236 39 Range Rover Sport 213 236 408 308 40 Cayenne S E-Hybrid 191 237 244 172 41 i8 146 130 89 54 42 Range Rover 145 120 239 301 43 GL-Class Diesel 137 90 111 146 44 Soul EV 120 139 79 60 45 XC90 Plug In 110 150 178 176 46 GLE-Class Diesel 102 135 123 86 47 5-Series Diesel 97 85 152 67 48 Q50 Hybrid 95 147 335 202 49 QX60 Hybrid 85 66 195 137 50 Civic Hybrid 83 92 166 143 51 forTwo EV 75 66 70 54 52 Pathfinder Hybrid 60 56 87 72 53 Focus EV 54 81 110 81 54 E-Class Diesel 52 307 69 36 55 B-Class Electric 49 56 66 37 56 Jetta Hybrid 47 46 47 39 57 X3 Diesel 45 95 192 130 58 ELR 45 95 104 91 59 Lacrosse Hybrid 42 115 83 87 60 Mirai 41 41 0 61 Promaster Van Diesel 29 29 33 30 62 S550 Plug In 27 29 12 36 63 Panamera S E-Hybrid 26 25 23 33 64 3-Series Plug in 25 25 0 65 RLX Hybrid 18 19 19 12 66 Accord Hybrid 15 29 51 68 67 Cruze Diesel 11 57 53 35 68 Q70 Hybrid 10 11 12 10 69 Insight 9 9 2 0 70 ActiveHybrid 5 (535ih) 8 2 1 0 71 GS 450h 7 16 8 5 72 Regal Hybrid 7 14 7 7 73 Prius Plug In 4 4 7 6 74 Tucson 4 4 0 75 i 2 6 1 5 76 LS 600h 2 5 4 2 77 Impala Hybrid 2 3 4 4 78 Q5 Hybrid 2 2 5 0 79 ILX Hybrid 1 1 0 80 GLK Class Diesel 7 10 81 E400H 1 82 ML Class Diesel 17 Gen-4 Prius and RAV-4 hybrid - going strong Sonata hybrid - were sales impacted by a too early, IONIQ campaign? Everyone else is muddling along Bob Wilson
wow, prius and hycam are the only vehicles with 4 monthly increases! and fusion energy. and mkz. what up with i3?
I don't know. We are seeing early lease vehicles in eBay so perhaps these are new leases replacing the ones that were held before: lease - $4k down, $250/mo., buy-out price $28,000 (*) purchase $28,000 - $500/mo. for 60 months (*) In effect, leasing a new, BMW i3 appears to be cheaper than buying a used one ... unless you want to do something with it or the competition is a Gen-4, Level 3 + TSS-P. Bob Wilson * - I would appreciate anyone double checking what I found.
Found an alternate explanation for the Subaru problem: Subaru's Rare Problem: Scarcity, John D. Stoll, Yoko Kubota, Wall Street Journal, June 3, 2016, B1 Chattanooga, Tenn., car dealer Time Kelly says he could use another Subaru, or as many more as he can get. ... Subaru hopes to lift its supplies of new vehicles later this year by reclaiming capacity at an Indiana factory now shared with Toyota. We've seen similar sales dips after Japanese earthquakes and supply chain problems. Bob Wilson
Posted this bit of snark at Autoline Daily: AD #1877 – Audi Redesigns the A5, Chevrolet Sales Tank in China, Bosch Develops Autonomous Parking App – Autoline Daily In the efficient car market: Model – May, April, March, February 2016 Prius – 9389, 8923, 8130, 7169 RAV4 hybrid – 4185, 3807, 3073, 2462 The rest were flat-lined. The 2016 Prius would have had one more sale but the Level 2 ECO does not offer the TSS-P, safety system and the Level 3 with TSS-P has a moon roof instead of MPG. For the same money, I bought a used, 2014 BMW i3-REx, loaded with their TSS-P equivalent that came off lease with 6440 miles and 2.5 years of warranty remaining. My ‘test’ drive home was 463 miles at 42 MPG via the I40 pass through the Smoky Mountains. First week added over 500 miles in EV with half from free public chargers. Cheap gas has made this time a buyer’s market for good hybrids. Bob Wilson
The Prius is still down 21% from last year. The Rav4 hybrid might be the first Toyota hybrid to actually rival Prius sales. The Sonata hybrid is beating its Toyota and Ford competitors. I don't know how the Optima model did previously. This is the first year for the PHEV Sonata, so it might have a slow start. BMW recently announced a switch in batteries for the 2017 i3; the BEV is over 100 miles in range, and the REX gets more access to its fuel tank volume with its increase in EV range. The Crosstrek.
Prius + RAV4 sales look good to me, all things considered. FORD Fusion Energi sales are decent...we should expect Prime to grab some of those sales. I'd sure like to know who are really buying the Fusion Energi's (Californians? fleets? Corporate? or what). But I know I will never get that answer.
prius is def the victim of increased competition. that's a good thing, but if the overall market isn't growing much now, maybe the wide range of offerings will be a benefit when prices spike.
This led to: Toyota Prius Sales Figures - GOOD CAR BAD CAR Month Toyota Prius U.S. Sales 2015 Toyota Prius U.S. Sales 2016 1 January 7316 6102 2 February 7070 7169 3 March 9485 8130 4 April 8822 8923 5 May 11921 9389 6 June 9559 7 July 11203 8 August 10450 9 September 9952 10 October 9611 11 November 8287 12 December 10153 For looking at the Gen-3 and Gen-4 Prius, this is a good source. It does show the steady growth this year but compared to last year, not setting any sales records. However, I still like the Jeff Cobb's survey of all hybrids, EVs, and diesels, the 'horse race.' Bob Wilson
