Are performance / interesting cars selling like hotcakes?

Mar 15, 2023,18:07 PM
 

My Automotive News Annual Report on vehicle registrations has some interesting numbers. These are figures for January through October 2022 in the USA, for the model ranges under 50,000.

  • 69 - Lotus ☹️
  • 578 - McLaren
  • 1326 - Aston Martin
  • 1379 - Rolls-Royce 
  • 2286 - Lamborghini
  • 2378 - Ferrari
  • 3092 - Bentley
  • 5676 - Maserati
  • 7662 - Polestar
  • 7816 - Jaguar
  • 11,191 - Alfa Romeo
  • 19,554 - Cadillac sedans (SUV=90,718)
  • 19,822 - Porsche cars (SUV=32,707)
  • 23,012 - Mini all models
  • 28,074 - Corvette  (Chevy truck & SUV=1,047,000)
  • 37,975 - Infiniti all models
  • 41,088 - Mustang (Ford truck & SUV=1,361,000)
  • 44,241 - Genesis all models
  • 44,830 - Land Rover all models
  • 46,266 - Audi cars (Audi truck=105,000)

Spotted on a test drive:




Cazalea


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Interesting info.

 
 By: InHavenPro : March 15th, 2023-18:38
Aston definitely needs to boost their sales numbers this year........

Aston’s are notoriously unreliable.

 
 By: CH Gruyère : March 15th, 2023-19:23
Depreciation City.

I would say....

 
 By: InHavenPro : March 15th, 2023-20:44
depends on the car in question....

It takes 1-2 months to compile the numbers

 
 By: cazalea : March 15th, 2023-19:44
But this was the worst sales year in the last 20. These are reported “registrations” which lag sales claims by quite a while.

;-)

 
 By: Mary Anny : March 16th, 2023-06:30

Agree with you 100%

 
 By: InHavenPro : March 15th, 2023-20:43
Porsches are such a Baby Boomer generation cliche at this point in time.... Ditto for most Rolexes.

+1

 
 By: Gelato Monster : March 16th, 2023-07:07

Regarding P cars

 
 By: Arronax : March 16th, 2023-01:08
While it is true they are everywhere, it is also true they are the last bastion of stick shift, the options are dwindling every year, so for that they do deserve credit and ultimately sales from enthusiasts hunting in that space. Much to my demise, there'... 

Surprising numbers!

 
 By: patrick_y : March 16th, 2023-03:08
Interesting numbers for the first 9 months of 2022! Thanks for sharing! Lamborghini is higher than what I would expect; Ferrari is lower than what I'd expect. Cadillac sedans are quite low! Too bad, as the CT5 is supposedly a great sedan. Genesis sells th...