May Sales Figures

[31_bandits]

Originally Posted by DTHVLY

First full month sales:
H3 (June 2005) ? 3841
FJ (April 2006) ? 5643

Second full month sales:
H3 (July 2005) - 4664
FJ (May 2006) - 6670

The FJ has outsold the H3 by 3800 in the first two months of both vehicles release.

I think you've just demonstrated that the H3 was, by far, a bigger sales hit than the FJ. Please allow me to clarify:

the base of the FJ is $21k. The base of the H3 is $30k. Sales differences, per your presentation above, were ~45% more sales for the cheaper FJ.

The base price of the Chevyl impala (4 door family car) is $21k. The base price4 of the Caddy CTS is $30k. Sales in May were 23,700 impalas -vs- 4,900 CTS's, or almost 5 times moer sales.

Now, those are perhaps different cars, chevy has more dealers, but...

Tahoe + Tukon = 23,000. Escalades = <5000. price difference is base $57 -vs- base $35. only a bit more of a percentage discrepancy than the FJ and H3.

Throw in that Toyota has far more dealers than hummer. 2x more? 3x more? 5x more? what % of car buyers don't have a hummer within 50 miles? 100 miles?


And all rational and reasonable facts considered, i'd say that the H3 trumps the FJ fairly badly in initial-months sales.