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Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65
Camry and Accord sales are down 16% and 30% YTD through Q3 respectively. Sonata is down 56%. The only two midsize sedans to post gains were Malibu and Altima and both had terrible 2021 sales, likely due to production issues. I'd also wager a good chunk of these sales are going to fleet.
The market isn't there anymore. I support GM keeping Malibu in production and building a production FNR-XE, but let's not pretend the sedan market in the US is still healthy by any means.
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Have you looked at the price of new vehicles lately? That coupled with chip shortages and other production issues, plus a huge drop in consumer confidence are big factors.
Total annual light vehicle sales are down across the board, not just sedans.
2018 17,224,900
2019 16,961,000 -1.5%
2020 14,471,000 -15.98%
2021 14,926,900 -13.34%
Looks like all vehicle sales are down from the 2018 peak.
F150 annual sales
2018 909,330
2019 896,526 -1.4%
2020 787,422 -13.4%
2021 726,004 -20.2%
F150 sales are down farther than the sedan figures you quoted. Not to be argumentative, but I believe sedans aren’t the problem.