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10 cars saving the auto industry

General Motors and other automakers are seeing sales come back stronger and faster than anticipated. Here's why.

By Kim Peterson, MSN Money

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subnormal88
Jul 5, 2012 10:53AM
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It would have been nice to just have a list of the top ten selling cars, not what they think are the top 10 important cars.  The Volt is not a sales leader.  The Honda CRV and the trucks are.  Just give us the numbers for what people are buying, you know actual cars sold compared to each other?

 

truthhurts402
Jul 5, 2012 7:23AM
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the last reports i saw the GMC pickup was leading sales in light trucks but I guess that would be the same as the chevy.  they were leading ford for the first time in decades by about 30,000 units.  the GMC pickup is extremely attractive vehicle but my last GM vehicle was a 2008 Impala and it was nothing but junk one of the worst quality cars I have ever owned in my lifetime and I'm 60 years old.  I would be afraid to buy a chevy again. 
Old Guy134
Jul 3, 2012 6:30PM
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Please remember that the posts on here are not from experts in autos or anything else. I know i am not. I just say whatever comes into my head at the time. I wish i was an expert on autos then i wouldn't have all the repairs over my many years.
Old Guy134
Jul 3, 2012 6:15PM
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Whatever car i buy i make sure i love it. Thats my only test.. The rest of the chatter is mostly political and has little to do whether you like the car or not. I want to end up in something i really enjoyed driving. I have friends with Vets, BMWs and Fords. They all love them and really thats all that matters. Politics will spend more money in a microsecond than you will spend on all your cars. My sons family and inlaws buy nothing but Fords and Chevys. Peace! 
MattNick429
Jul 3, 2012 11:22AM
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If the cars are made in the U.S. then I consider them domestic. Who cares where the profits go? Taxes are paid on them so we get ours, and outside of taxes (which most companies domestic or foreign are quite adept at not paying anyhow) profits don't benefit us, only jobs from production and sales, and taxes from the aforementioned. Most Hondas are built in the states, but if you buy a Ford Mustang, chances are it was built in Mexico.If the labor unions weren't allowed to constantly jack up labor prices, and if the Government would stop allowing cars from cheap labor countries to be imported without a tariff in order to keep domestic products competitive, our automotive industry wouldn't be in the shambles that it is today.
Bubba316
Jul 3, 2012 10:03AM
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This article is typical of the Democrat Propaganda machine that allows the main stream media to lie!
KingApricot
Jul 3, 2012 9:39AM
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Still beating the Obama Party drum!

 

The Volt, really? 

 

 Aside from giving them away, special tax incentives (bribes) and municipalities buying them has any real world citizen purchased one?

 

Ford F series continues to blow the doors off Chevy trucks, has done so for 30+ years.

 

This article was published once before and carried the same dismal lies from the Obama Admin, trying to pump up his failure in Detroit.

ivy8mush
Jul 3, 2012 8:42AM
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The Volt may well be saving the auto industry.  It is such an overpriced, can't do as promised, unattractive disappointment (the assembly line has been shut down for over 4 months due to dismal sales) that both manufacturers and buyers are having a sobering wake up call.

7000 were "SENT TO DEALERS"?  But nobody bought them, and the Corvette has a waiting list.  If we are now to judge a car's quality and value by how many are forced down a dealer's  throat then the Edsel must be the all time best car.  And even that is more desireable than a Volt.  YuK!

AJS427
Jul 3, 2012 8:38AM
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that's right keep the money at home..
VetPower1
Jul 2, 2012 6:33PM
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Volt? CRV? C'mon! You must be kidding. The Volt is sinking under its own inertia and the fact that in the same dealership you can get a Cruze for less than half the price that delivers only slightly less real world economy in a handsome package. Wait until it gets the diesel and delivers 50 mpg plus, at 15 K less than a Volt.
Bladezeus
Jul 2, 2012 6:15PM
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68,000 Ford Mustangs sold in 2011 and these guys list the Chevy Volt?  REALLY?

OVER 500,000 Ford F150 sold last year, compared to some 400,000 Silverado's from Chevrolet.

 

HEY, MSN, DO YOU HAVE an ALTERNATE AGENDA?

 

Pathetic...

 

Really, to NOT list the Ford Mustang is sheer IDIOCY and beyond IGNORANT lack of research...


The 2005 Ford Mustang was the catalyst for ALL of the "retro" Muscle Cars...Chevrolet's Camero, Dodge Charger and the Challenger...


To leave the Mustang off is either IDIOCY or such a bad attempt at bias that you deserve to have your journalism license (THEY SHOULD HAVE ONE BASED ON THIS PATHETIC ATTEMPT) revoked indefinitely...

 

PATHETIC

59swine
Jul 2, 2012 4:39PM
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I totally agree with alot of the other post's, In my area I see ALOT of Camaro's, Challenger's and Mustang's. No VW's and very few CRV"S.  About the only two "top 10" on this I will agree with is the Silverado, 300, and the Toyota.

 

Someone
Jul 2, 2012 1:57PM
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One thing cars today do not give is different configurations.  I remember the chevy impala, you could get it in 2 door, 4 door, convertable, station wagon.  And you also had about 8 different engine choices.   I would like to see a 2 door Dodge Charger.  Pickups have odd choices also, it is hard to find a 2 door pickup without the ugly extended cab. 
wrc1962
Jun 24, 2012 5:17PM
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This looks more like a world auto market and not the U.S. in particular. General Motors has only made good quality trucks that has pretty much kept them afloat. Had it not been for their light truck series, the motor giant wouldn't see revival. And Volt isn't their #1 seller due to the reports of electrical fires caused within the battery box. Ford, isn't bad with their Fusion brand, at least it has something other than their light trucks that keep them going. Foreign auto makers will continue to stay #1 if the U.S. doesn't keep up with the technology and engineering.
The_Mick
Jun 24, 2012 3:29PM
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Note that with 100,000 mile motors and cars being made ever better, cars are going to stay on the roads longer.  My first car, in 1967, was an eight-year old 1959 Chevy Impala with that famous, indestructible, 283 V8 engine.  Nevertheless it cost next to nothing -I worked part time at a fast food place during high school to pay for it- because it was considered to be SO old.  But I've kept my last two cars over 10 years.  My current car is a 1997 Taurus and I'm not in a hurry to trade it in.
The recession has something to do with it, but Americans are getting smarter about money and many see their cars have a lot of years left after paying them off.  I saved the total for my next car after paying off my last loan.

Patricia Meeks (davee from fl.)
Jun 24, 2012 11:24AM
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buy american cars trucks put our people back to work!!!!!!!!!
Steel Mage (Flash bulb)
Jun 23, 2012 2:02PM
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Who writes these articles? By the writers own admission the Ford escape beat out the CRV so why wasn't the Escape featured not the CRV. Then the Morano, wow 908 sold this year so far. Boy thats a game changer. A model selling only 908 vehicles doesn't even warrant a foot note in todays market. If your writing an article about industry leaders, then stick to the leaders if this is just a paid advertisment for some models title the article correct. Who ever write this stuff needs to quit riding the subway and actually buy a car.
lan4man42
Jun 23, 2012 10:29AM
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How can you nimrods possibly explain the "fuzzy" math that leads you to think the Volt is one of the 10 cars "saving" the auto industry???.  Taking  the sale numbers you state from January to May (at least where noted), here are the facts.  Oh, and I did not use the Silverado, who's high number would have even made my point more emphatically.  

That left 6 vehicles (the Volt included) with total sales of about 254,000.  The Volt, as 1 of the 6, is 17% of the the contributing number.  But it is less than 3% of all of the sales.  How the heck can that be "saving" the auto industry.  You might just as well have said that the Corvette was.

 

Oh, and throw the Silverado into the mix, and the Volt now is a 1.6% contributor.  How much did GM pay you to post this article?

willban1
Jun 23, 2012 4:22AM
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The Chevy Volt is saving the auto industry. It's saving it so well that US production has been halted. All hail the savior.
auto enthuse
Jun 21, 2012 9:03PM
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I drive an American built American auto, Lincoln.Ive had various Ford products over the past 15 years with nice quality.I will say this though,the resale value of a Ford isnt what a Honda et al are.Now if you keep your auto 9 years thats not aproblem but if you lease a lower residual means higher monthly payments.Also though I personally wouldnt do it I do understand people who make the argument that yes its Toyota but its built here.The Toyota Camry has 70% domestic parts and a Fusion has @20 % and is made in Mexico.Yes Toyotas profits head back to Japan but they are employing a lot of us.    

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