SANTA MONICA, Calif.,
May 28, 2015 /PRNewswire/
-- Edmunds.com, the premier destination for car shopping,
forecasts that 1,591,221 new cars and trucks will be sold in
the U.S. in May for an estimated Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate
(SAAR) of 17.4 million. The projected sales will be a 9.6 percent
increase from April 2015, and a 0.9
percent decrease from May 2014.
"The industry continued on its upward trajectory, helped by the
timing of Memorial Day," stated
Edmunds.com Senior Analyst Jessica
Caldwell. "Because there was a full week of May after
the holiday weekend, shoppers had plenty of time to take advantage
of the deals being widely communicated in dealer and automaker
marketing messages."
SALES VOLUME
FORECAST, BY MANUFACTURER
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sales
Volume
|
May 2015
Forecast
|
May
2014
|
April
2015
|
Change from
May
2014
|
Change from April
2015
|
GM
|
281,972
|
284,694
|
269,056
|
-1.0%
|
4.8%
|
Ford
|
244,738
|
253,346
|
221,652
|
-3.4%
|
10.4%
|
Toyota
|
238,246
|
243,236
|
203,329
|
-2.1%
|
17.2%
|
FCA Group
|
195,975
|
194,421
|
189,027
|
0.8%
|
3.7%
|
Honda
|
146,888
|
152,603
|
130,068
|
-3.7%
|
12.9%
|
Nissan
|
133,893
|
135,934
|
109,848
|
-1.5%
|
21.9%
|
Hyundai/Kia
|
127,554
|
130,994
|
121,291
|
-2.6%
|
5.2%
|
VW/Audi
|
50,386
|
48,764
|
46,836
|
3.3%
|
7.6%
|
Industry
|
1,591,221
|
1,605,550
|
1,451,812
|
-0.9%
|
9.6%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
*NOTE: May 2015 had
26 selling days, May 2014 had 27 and April 2015 had 26.
|
Edmunds.com estimates that retail SAAR will come in at 14.3
million vehicles in May, with fleet transactions accounting for
17.6 percent of total sales. An estimated 3.0 million used cars
will be sold in May, for a SAAR of 36.7 million (compared to 3.2
million – or a SAAR of 36.4 million – used car sales in April).
MARKET SHARE
FORECAST, BY MANUFACTURER
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Market
Share
|
May 2015
Forecast
|
May
2014
|
April
2015
|
Change from
May
2014
|
Change from April
2015
|
GM
|
17.7%
|
17.7%
|
18.5%
|
0.0%
|
-0.8%
|
Ford
|
15.4%
|
15.8%
|
15.3%
|
-0.4%
|
0.1%
|
Toyota
|
15.0%
|
15.1%
|
14.0%
|
-0.2%
|
1.0%
|
FCA Group
|
12.3%
|
12.1%
|
13.0%
|
0.2%
|
-0.7%
|
Honda
|
9.2%
|
9.5%
|
9.0%
|
-0.3%
|
0.3%
|
Nissan
|
8.4%
|
8.5%
|
7.6%
|
-0.1%
|
0.8%
|
Hyundai/Kia
|
8.0%
|
8.2%
|
8.4%
|
-0.1%
|
-0.3%
|
VW/Audi
|
3.2%
|
3.0%
|
3.2%
|
0.1%
|
-0.1%
|
More insight into recent auto industry trends can be found in
Edmunds.com's Industry Center at
http://www.edmunds.com/industry-center/.
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