In 2019, around 17 million cars were sold in the markets. SUVs were popular in the USA and electric car sales grew by 75%.
Wrapping up 2019, the fourth quarter wasn’t the most impressive sales month. The majority of automakers saw sales drop in the month of December. In fact, only three automakers saw sales rise over December of last year.
General Motors, which faced with a 40-day strike last September and October wasn’t the only major automaker to suffer a sales decline in the fourth quarter.
Let’s closely look at brand-wise their sales report:
Brand |
Sales Volume |
Comparison (2018) |
General Motors |
2887046 |
Down 2.3% |
2422698 |
Off 3.0 percent. |
|
2383349 |
Down 1.8% |
|
2203663 |
Down 1.0% |
|
1608170 |
Up 0.2% |
|
1345681 |
Down 9.9% |
|
700117 |
Up 2.9% |
|
688771 |
Up 3.0% |
|
615338 |
Up 4.4% |
|
363322 |
Up 2.6% |
|
360918 |
Up 1.8% |
|
357729 |
Up 1.0% |
|
278552 |
Down 7.2% |
|
224111 |
Up 0.4% |
|
121046 |
Up 2.5% |
|
125787 |
Up 3.0% |
Bestselling Luxury/Premium Brands
BMW |
324,826 |
Mercedes Benz |
316,094 |
Lexus |
298,114 |
Audi |
224,111 |
Acura |
157,385 |
Bestselling Sports Cars
Chevrolet Corvette |
17,988 |
Porsche 911 |
9,265 |
Mazda Miata |
7,753 |
Porsche 718 |
3,880 |
Toyota 86/Scion FR S |
3,398 |
Bestselling EV-Only Models
Chevrolet Bolt* |
16,418 |
Nissan Leaf |
12,365 |
Audi e tron |
5,369 |
Jaguar i Pace |
2,594 |