Toyota Yaris Sales Down for April

[Thirty-Nine]

Not surprisingly, Yaris sales are down for April, 2009. From this time last year, sales were down 29.0%. Overall Yaris sales are down 43.9% from last year. However, the Yaris is still the best-selling subcompact this year.

Complete info:

http://tinyurl.com/AprilSales

[Cutie Pie #2]

If gas goes back to $4/gal, maybe sales will go up.

[GeneW]

Originally Posted by Cutie Pie #2

If gas goes back to $4/gal, maybe sales will go up.

Hate to be a party pooper, almost all car makers are experiencing poor sales. I kind of doubt that people are going to be buying cars if the price of gas goes up again, not if they didn't do so last year.

What's odd is that the Germans are buying new cars, in part because of a law that gives rebates for junking older cars. However this policy is not "sustainable" since there are only so many old cars out there to get subsidies to remove from the roads. So don't be so impressed by Volkswagen's performance as of late - they're getting a special subsidy. Big deal....

Gene

[mr9865]

that means better deals on the yaris hopefully

[AlexNet0]

everything sucks in April around here business wise, its our slowest month at work.

[Phaeton]

It's not just Yaris sales that are down. All of Toyota's sales are down.
The Prius is down 61%.

[CtrlAltDefeat]

Maybe it's 'cause the 09's are so ugly?

[b_hickman11]

All car sells are down.....

[MUSKOKA800]

Sales of everything are down.

[MPC Motorsports]

Originally Posted by MUSKOKA800

Sales of everything are down.

Yes and the decline is compounded by the fact that Yaris and other small car sales went thru the roof last April when gasoline prices were spiking. Yaris sales were up 45.9% in April 2008.

From Autoblog.com, May 1, 2008:

"Filed under: By the Numbers

By the Numbers: April 2008
by John Neff on May 1st 2008 at 8:58PM

Remember when I said February 2008 was the worst month ever in the history of our reporting monthly sales figures? Well, April 2008 was just as bad. Though we had five brands this month that posted an increase in their daily sales rate (DSR) compared to four back in February, automakers had two extra days last month to sell compared to April 2007. Not even that helped as most brands went down flaming with double-digit dips in their DSR*.

The domestics were hit the hardest in April, with Ford Motor Company (-19%), General Motors (-22.7%) and Chrysler LLC (-29%) all down. You'll hear from analysts that two things are responsible for the Big 3's poor performance: too many trucks and SUVs that nobody wants combined with a decrease in fleet sales. Nissan North American and Toyota Motor Co. were down as well, but both by less than 5%. Honda informed us it's having technical difficulties reporting its numbers, so they're forthcoming.

The significant thing that happened last month is the big jump in small car sales. On a make/model basis, the Ford Focus was up 32%, the Chevy Cobalt and Aveo were up 15.5% and 14%, the Toyota Yaris and Prius rose 45.9% and 53.8%. While virtually all truck and SUV sales were down, as well as those of many larger CUVs, small and mid-size cars were definitely popular with the people.

Biggest Winner
MINI 28.6% at 4,713 (4/07: 3,382)

Biggest Loser
HUMMER –49.8% at 2,380 (4/07: 4,375)

BRANDS
Audi –12% at 7,730 (4/07: 8,106)
BMW –2.5% at 26,735 (4/07: 25,310)
Buick –11.7% at 12,665 (4/07: 13,234)
Cadillac –21.3% at 14,359 (4/07: 16,839)
Chevrolet –21.9% at 157,187 (4/07: 185,759)
Chrysler –45% at 30,670 (4/07: 51,441)
Dodge –23% at 83,348 (4/07: 100,463)
Ford –17.4% at 165,997 (4/07: 185,553)
GMC –29.6% at 31,854 (4/07: 41,748)
HUMMER –49.8% at 2,380 (4/07: 4,375)
Hyundai –7.4% at 39,280 (4/07: 39,137)
Infiniti –11.5% at 9,537 (4/07: 9,945)
Jaguar 15.7% at 1,785 (4/07: 1,424)
Jeep –24.4% at 33,733 (4/07: 41,200)
Land Rover –43.9% at 2,557 (4/07: 4,211)
Lexus –17.1% at 23,350 (4/07: 25,995)
Lincoln –19.3% at 10,340 (4/07: 11,832)
Mazda 4.1% at 23,760 (4/07: 23,760)
Mercedes-Benz –10.4% at 20,271 (4/07: 20,895)
Mercury –31.8% at 12,910 (4/07: 17,481)
MINI 28.6% at 4,713 (4/07: 3,382)
Mitsubishi –32% at 8,878 (4/07: 12,047)
Nissan 0.1% at 66,318 (4/07: 61,179)
Pontiac –15.9% at 24,009 (4/07: 26,346)
Porsche –11.9% at 3,099 (4/07: 3,248)
Saab –37.9% at 1,580 (4/07: 2,350)
Saturn –22% at 16,888 (4/07: 19,977)
Subaru 12% at 16,771 (4/07: 13,786)
Suzuki –2.8% at 9,669 (4/07: 9,179)
Toyota –2.7% at 194,350 (4/07: 184,462)
Volkswagen –6.1% at 19,415 (4/07: 19,086)
Volvo –18.9% at 7,138 (4/07: 8,122)

N/A: Kia, Honda and Acura (Delayed)

COMPANIES
BMW Group 1.2% at 31,448 (4/07: 28,692)
Chrysler LLC –29% at 147,751 (4/07: 193,104)
Ford Motor Co –19% at 200,727 (4/07: 228,623)
General Motors –22.7% at 260,922 (4/07: 311,687)
Honda America (Delayed)
Nissan North America –1.6% at 75,855 (4/07: 71,124)
Toyota Motor Co. –4.5% at 217,700 (4/07: 210,457)

*All percentages are reported as the change in Daily Sales Rate because there were 26 selling days in April 2008 versus 24 in April 2007. Comparing the raw number of vehicles sold both months would not be accurate because of this discrepancy in selling days, so we report the change in the average number of vehicles sold per day."

[Thirty-Nine]

I just reread the above post and realized it was 2008 (no '09 ... duh). You're absolutely right about the fact that last year the Yaris (and MINI, etc.) did pretty well. So did the Suzuki SX4 (my other car). SX4 sales were down 64% from this time last year; they were offering 0% and gas cards in April of '08.

[firemachine69]

It's about time someone can purchase a Yaris with near-zero percent financing.