U.S. Auto Sales By Brand - April 2011

The U.S. new vehicle market shrunk by 7% compared with March but rose 18% year-over-year as the leading Detroit brands posted above average gains. Ford was tops in American car sales once again, trailed by Chevrolet in second spot and Dodge in sixth. Ford F-Series sales were up 11% and formed 25% of all Blue Oval sales.

Over at General Motors, executives will once again be very excited to learn that Buick out-sold Lexus, as it did in February. Chrysler dealers found 882 Fiat 500 buyers (fewer than there were in the much smaller Canadian market in April). Chrysler itself was down 9%, but Jeep became America's ninth-best-selling brand after a 64.8% leap. 

American Honda held off the Hyundai/Kia juggernaut with a 9.9% increase. Honda's luxury brand, Acura, was up 8.3% but trailed Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Lexus, and Cadillac in the premium standings. Saab and Mitsubishi lay claim to the biggest year-over-year increases, up 223.7% and 123.8% respectively. Mercedes-Benz was America's favourite luxury brand, but its smart city car brand posted a 31.3% decline, a feat no other automaker came close to matching. It's worth noting that without the Sprinter, Mercedes-Benz would be trailing BMW by 759 units.

Here's the complete rundown of U.S. Auto Sales By Brand for April 2011 and 2011 year to date.

Rank	Automaker	April 2011	%  Change	Year To Date	YTD  % Change
#1	Ford	182,542	+24.5	659,007	+24.5
#2	Chevrolet	169,794	+25.4	586,299	+23.7
#3	Toyota	136,254	+0.6	510,063	+10.4
#4	Honda	113,195	+9.9	389,805	+17.6
#5	Nissan	64,765	+14.5	322,287	+23.4
#6	Dodge	63,580	+18.5	222,381	+25.4
#7	Hyundai	61,754	+40.3	204,374	+31.4
#8	Kia	47,074	+56.7	151,848	+42.3
#9	Jeep	32,384	+64.8	117,237	+41.1
#10	GMC	31,204	+28.8	121,993	+30.3
#11	Volkswagen	28,542	+23.4	95,581	+17.4
#12	Subaru	24,762	+6.7	92,219	+14.3
#13	Mazda	20,638	+9.0	85,197	+!3.8
#14	Chrysler	20,379	-9.0	63,175	-9.1
#15	Mercedes-Benz	19,157	+5.1	75,152	+9.2
#16	BMW	18,801	+8.9	71,417	+12.3
#17	Buick	18,413	+51.2	63,152	+42.5
#18	Lexus	17,576	-4.3	64,932	-4.3
#19	Cadillac	13,127	+16.0	53,639	+31.9
#20	Acura	11,604	+8.3	42,972	+11.6
#21	Audi	10,018	+7.5	35,401	+15.6
#22	Mitsubishi	8801	+123.8	28,968	+65.0
#23	Lincoln	7236	-0.6	27,243	-8.2
#24	Infiniti	6761	-6.2	30,905	+11.9
#25	Mini	6446	+67.7	18,787	+49.4
#26	Volvo	6404	+40.9	21,844	+17.7
#27	Scion	5710	+59.6	18,469	+40.4
#28	Porsche	3172	+81.6	10,179	+46.1
#29	Land Rover	2982	+8.5	11,249	+18.8
#30	Suzuki	2132	+9.3	8834	+16.1
#31	Jaguar	1249	+39.4	3750	+14.6
#32	Fiat	882	-----	1382	-----
#33	Saab	696	+223.7	2765	+699.1
#34	smart	467	-31.3	1734	-16.5
#35	Maserati	229	+23.1	702	+21.0
#36	Bentley	119	-6.3	439	-0.2

Source: Automakers & Automotive News Data Center

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