U.S. Auto Sales By Brand - November 2010

In November 2009, Hyundai USA posted a 45.9% increase to 28,045 new vehicle sales. At the same time, Kia USA sold 17,955 vehicles, an 18.3% jump. Fast forward to November 2010. As the chart below will tell you, Hyundai sales in America were up 45.2% to 40,723. Kia's U.S. sales were up 48.2% to 26,601. Last year's improvements weren't hard to come by. You may recall November 2008 as an off-year for every automaker (except Mini, somehow). But to post these kinds of improvements in November 2010 is still an achievement.

Of course, Hyundai and Kia aren't the only automakers to dramatically increase sales. Jeep's numbers are way up, along with Audi, Buick, and Porsche. 

It's easy to make claims in times like these regarding Toyota's "falling out" in North America. The only problem with such claims is the ignorance of cold, hard numbers. If all you pay attention to are percentages, yes, Toyota has clearly fallen out of favour in both the United States and Canada. But Toyota sold over 100,000 vehicles in the United States in November 2010. Even with a 24.3% drop, the Toyota Camry remained America's best-selling car, as GoodCarBadCar.net will show you later. 

Clearly, if this trend keeps going for Toyota, there's gonna be trouble. To be precise, consistent November drops of 4.3% would result in just 86,085 sales for Toyota in November 2015. Incidentally, this would place Toyota in third place among automakers competing in the USA, the exact same spot Toyota is in now. Keep in mind, the numbers you see for Toyota below are a little different from those you'll see elsewhere. Scion is listed by itself - with its impressive sales increase - so Toyota's sales figures are missing nearly 4000 sales that'd normally be included.

Rank	Automaker	November 2010	% Change
#1	Ford	133,544	+27
#2	Chevrolet	117,588	+17.6
#3	Toyota	107,243	-4.3
#4	Honda	78,899	+20.9
#5	Nissan	63,184	+24.8
#6	Hyundai	40,723	+45.2
#7	Dodge	40,286	+12.9
#8	GMC	27,590	+29.5
#9	Kia	26,601	+48.2
#10	Jeep	24,402	+57.8
#11	Subaru	20,972	+22.4
#12	Volkswagen	20,189	+24.2
#13	BMW	20,097	+30.2
#14	Lexus	18,240	-1.4
#15	Mercedes-Benz	18,208	+8.4
#16	Mazda	15,304	+7.4
#17	Cadillac	11,801	+21.4
#18	Buick	11,725	+35.9
#19	Acura	10,718	+22.2
#20	Chrysler	9664	-23
#21	Audi	9635	+37.5
#22	Infiniti	8182	+45
#23	Lincoln	7648	+19.3
#24	Mercury	6146	-12.1
#25	Mitsubishi	4306	+47.2
#26	Volvo	4078	-11.9
#27	Scion	3834	+24.5
#28	Land Rover	2922	+34.9
#29	Mini	2786	+8.7
#30	Porsche	2416	+48.6
#31	Suzuki	2332	+51.4
#32	Jaguar	1117	-3.1
#33	Saab	397	+7
#34	smart	211	-67.5
#35	Maserati	166	+66
#36	Bentley	159	+21.4
#37	Rolls-Royce	26	-7.1
#38	Hummer	25	-88.7
#39	Pontiac	7	-99.9
#40	Saturn	3	-99.9

*Source: Automakers & Automotive News Data Center*

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