Cumulative U.S. sales of GM’s Buick brand decreased 4.5 percent to 19,142 units in October 2017.
Retail sales decreased 0.6 percent or 111 units to 17,255 vehicles, representing 90.6 percent of total Buick sales in October 2017. That compares to 17,366 retail sales in October 2016, which represented 86.6 percent of total Buick sales.
Fleet sales decreased 29.6 percent or 793 units to 1,877 vehicles, representing 9.9 percent of total Buick sales in October 2017. That compares to 2,680 fleet sales in October 2016, which represented 13.4 percent of total Buick sales.
Sales Summary - October 2017 - Buick - USA
| Sales | Sales Mix | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 19,142 | 20,046 | -4.5% | -904 | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| Sale Type | October 2017 | October 2016 | October 2017 / October 2016 | October 2017 - October 2016 | October 2017 | October 2016 |
| Retail | 17,255 | 17,366 | -0.6% | -111 | 90.1% | 86.6% |
| Fleet | 1,887 | 2,680 | -29.6% | -793 | 9.9% | 13.4% |
Individual model sales performance was as follows:
- Buick Cascada sales decreased 3.05 percent to 350 units
- Buick Enclave sales increased 30.52 percent to 5,243 units; retail sales increased 75 percent
- Buick Encore sales increased 25.24 percent to 8,972 units, its best month ever
- Buick Envision sales decreased 2.25 percent to 2,298 units
- Buick LaCrosse sales decreased 43.68 percent to 1,408 units
- Buick Regal sales decreased 40.55 percent to 783 units
- Buick Verano sales decreased 96.23 percent to 88 units; the model has been discontinued and has not been replaced
In the first ten months of the year, Buick sales decreased 5.7 percent to 178,972 units.
Sales Results - October 2017 - USA - Buick
| MODEL | OCT 2017 / OCT 2016 | OCTOBER 2017 | OCTOBER 2016 | YTD 2017 / YTD 2016 | YTD 2017 | YTD 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CASCADA | -3.05% | 350 | 361 | -20.82% | 4,875 | 6,157 |
| ENCLAVE | +30.52% | 5,243 | 4,017 | -18.04% | 36,654 | 44,720 |
| ENCORE | +25.24% | 8,972 | 7,164 | +15.85% | 73,735 | 63,648 |
| ENVISION | -2.25% | 2,298 | 2,351 | +286.41% | 32,756 | 8,477 |
| LACROSSE | -43.68% | 1,408 | 2,500 | -23.68% | 17,042 | 22,329 |
| REGAL | -40.55% | 783 | 1,317 | -41.75% | 9,773 | 16,778 |
| VERANO | -96.23% | 88 | 2,336 | -85.07% | 4,137 | 27,704 |
| BUICK TOTAL | -4.51% | 19,142 | 20,046 | -5.71% | 178,972 | 189,813 |
About The Numbers
- All percent change figures compared to Buick October 2016 sales, except as noted
- There were 25 selling days in October 2017 and 26 selling days in October 2016
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Comments
Great Job building vehicles Americans want. Take out the Chinese, Korean, and Polish imports and Buick sold 7,522 vehicles built in America. MAGA buy a Subaru, almost all of them are made in America, and better quality, and more reliable than anything Buick builds here.
And where do the profits go when you buy a Subaru?
Perhaps if it was easier and less risky (strikes and walk-outs) to build cars here rather than elsewhere, real automakers (such as GM) that sell more than a handful of cars here and there (Subaru) would be more inclined to invest in new plants for the long-term in the U.S.
What you see in the U.S. currently is what took place in Australia 25-30 years ago… a process that left the country with zero local automotive manufacturing.
Ideally, all of the vehicles sold in the United States should be built in the United States. However, there are many constrain that limit this (UAW contracts, Vehicle volume, Plant Capacity, etc) I think the more important factor is where these vehicles are designed, engineered, developed and validated. I would rather have all the engineering work done in the United States and the vehicle built outside the US, then the opposite. Engineering and skilled labor are jobs we need keep in this country. I know from experience, the Japanese OEMs limit the amount of engineering done outside of Japan and only outsource the none criteria engineering to US departments.
The Subaru dealership by you must not sell Foresters, Crosstreks, WRXs & BRZs because all those vehicles are built in Japan.
GM has 12 assembly plants employing over 50,000 workers, and building ~ 2,800,000 Vehicles a year in the U.S.
BTW- Buicks are reliable, Consumer Reports is not.
I don’t think anyone is going to really miss the Verano.
We thought they where a joke when they arrived at our
Dealership. Nothing about it shouted or resembled a
Buick at all. Im glad GM dropped that like a bad habbit.
I don’t know what you were looking at the Verano had the same front look as all other Buicks , but I think you lost those customers that were in that price range . as for Buicks sales decline the word is out that Buicks are not made in the USA . Buicks are an AMERICAN brand that is suppose to be made in the USA. Another thought Buick is not a middle priced brand , it is more upper class , so with that said GM does not have a middle class bracket loosing those sales to the foreign crap . That would have been smart ( but when did GM do something smart) if they kept PONITAC or OLDSMOBILE which would have fit better in divisions
Is comparing year over year sales the best in determining how well a company is performing?
It’s the standard method of comparing business performance.
they’re harvesting them too fast