Based on the latest report from the Commonwealth Auto Dealers Association, the three car dealers on island sold only a total of 34 brand new cars last month. The dealers sold 42 cars in June 2009.
Last month’s car sales included 18 sedans, 7 trucks, 1 van and 8 sport utility vehicles. Microl Corp. maintains the lead after it sold 18 units of Toyota vehicles, the leading brand of choice among customers.
Joeten Motors followed with 11 cars sold, and Triple “J” Motors with 5.
Nissan, Ford and Mazda sold four units each, followed by 2 units of Kia, and 1 each of Honda and Hyundai.
From January to June this year, the three dealers sold a total of 310 brand new cars, reflecting a 58 percent increase compared to the 196 brand new cars sold for the same period last year.
This year’s total sales included 146 sedans, 51 trucks, 11 vans and 102 sport utility vehicles.
Compared to the sales for brand new cars last year, CADA posted an 88.89 percent increase in January, 103.57 percent increase in February, 83.87 percent increase in March, 42 percent increase in April, and 80.77 percent in May.
CADA secretary and Microl Corp. general manager Doug Brennan earlier said the increase in sales was primarily due to the recall of Toyota vehicles.
He said increase in sales would be short-lived.
But sales for used cars continue to increase, with 141 units sold from January to June this year.
Last month, Triple “J” Motors sold 9 used cars, bringing their total sales from January to 48 units. Joeten Motors had 8 units sold last month. This brings to 55 the total number of used cars it sold since January, claiming the highest in sales with 39 percent of the market share.
Microl Corp. sold 4 used cars last month, and 38 from January to June.
Joeten Motors is the island’s distributor of Nissan, Ford, Honda and Kia. Microl Corp. sells Toyota and Chevrolet while Triple “J” Motors is the local dealer of Hyundai, Mitsubishi, Isuzu, Suzuki and Mazda.
