When the smoke cleared last Monday on the 3rd quarter of 2022 sales, it was a mixed bag compared to last year. Some automakers were up, like Cadillac, which was up 50% from Q3 of 2021. There were plenty of losers, however, like Maserati which was down 59%.
The Detroit 3 was also mixed, with Ford Motor Company up 16% due to more vehicles, especially pickups, being produced. General Motors ended the quarter up 25%, in spite of a sharp drop at Buick. Stellantis was down this quarter by 6%, with Alfa Romeo, Fiat, and Maserati dragging them down.
The pain of no microchips continues at Honda Motors. Quarter #3 of this year resulted in a drop of 36% versus the 3rd quarter of 2021. The Honda brand was off 35% while Acura dropped 43%.
Q3 AUTO SALES
Here are the winners and losers by brand for the last quarter and how that stacks up to the same quarter in 2021. Note: Not reporting as of yet: Land Rover/Jaguar, and Mercedes-Benz.
| Automaker | Q3 2022 | vs Q3 2021 |
| 1. Toyota | 458,493 |
5% |
| 2. Ford | 441,397 |
. 16% |
| 3. Chevrolet | 369,269 | 30% |
| 4. Honda | 200,258 | 35% |
| 5. Kia | 184,808 | 4% |
| 6. Hyundai | 184,431 | 3% |
| 7. Jeep | 161,351 | 18% |
| 8. Nissan | 142,845 |
24% |
| 9. Ram | 139,296 |
4% |
| 10. Subaru | 137,320 | 3% |
| 11. GMC | 120,512 | 24% |
| 12. Volkswagen | 89,985 | 12% |
| 13. BMW | 78,031 | 3% |
| 14. Mazda | 72,589 | 14% |
| 15. Lexus |
67,524 | 17% |
| 16. Dodge | 59,756 | 22% |
| 17. Audi | 49,267 | 20% |
| 18. Cadillac | 33,672 | 50% |
| 19. Buick | 28,523 | 27% |
| 20. Acura | 21,792 | 43% |
| 21. Chrysler | 21,641 | 40% |
| 22. Volvo | 21,631 | 5% |
| 23. Lincoln | 20,027 | 17% |
| 24. Mitsubishi | 16,782 | 30% |
| 25. Porsche | 16,581 | 9% |
| 26. Genesis | 15,212 | 1% |
| 27. INFINITI | 11,241 | 55% |
| 28. MINI | 7,178 | 11% |
| 29. Alfa Romeo | 3,440 | 24% |
| 30. Bentley | 1,100 | 12% |
| 31. Lamborghini | 900 | 17% |
| 32. Maserati | 710 | 58% |
| 33. Rolls-Royce | 475 | 6% |
| 34. Fiat | 208 | 48% |
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Toyota sold 8,842 4Runners in September, 93,419 YTD. Toyota sold 21,470 Tacomas in September, 175,842 YTD. Photo: Texas Truck Rodeo held October 3-4, 2022.
