2005 Sales Charts for Vehicles

[MikeMike]

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=2374421

Corvette #1 selling Sports car (by a LONG shot)
Trailblazer #1 SUV
Corolla #1 Entry Level car
Camry #1 Midsize
BMW 3 series #1 Luxury
Ford Escape #1 Crossover
F150 #1 Pickup


There ya go.

 

[KLin]

You forgot the hybrids. Toyota Prius = #1

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: KLin
You forgot the hybrids. Toyota Prius = #1

you dont even have to look at the charts to figure that out when you just glance down the page.

 

[Zenmervolt]

Please explain to me how the Mustang is not a "sports car"...

ZV

 

[Malak]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Please explain to me how the Mustang is not a "sports car"...

ZV

It's slow.

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Please explain to me how the Mustang is not a "sports car"...

ZV

it is classified as a "Mainstreamer Coupe"

it prolly takes those cars that are sold to Fleets and takes them out of contention. but i honestly dont know, prolly because they have a version of it that ISNT supposed to be a sports car version.

 

[RU482]

buick Lacross seems a little skewed

 

[RU482]

Prius sold +100k units?? huh?

 

[Malak]

Originally posted by: redly1
Prius sold +100k units?? huh?

Toyota puts every new feature they are trying out into the Prius. It is more advanced than their Avalon. If you want top of the line in technology, that's your car.

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: Malak

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Please explain to me how the Mustang is not a "sports car"...

ZV

It's slow.

Yeah, those 5.3 second 0-60 times and 64.9 mph slalom speed are so slow...

Dumbarse.

ZV

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Originally posted by: Malak

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Please explain to me how the Mustang is not a "sports car"...

ZV

It's slow.

Yeah, those 5.3 second 0-60 times and 64.9 mph slalom speed are so slow...

Dumbarse.

ZV

what about the V6 versions times...

im pretty sure of those 100000 sold, or whatever it was, only like 25000 were V8's

 

[OS]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Originally posted by: Malak

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Please explain to me how the Mustang is not a "sports car"...

ZV

It's slow.

Yeah, those 5.3 second 0-60 times and 64.9 mph slalom speed are so slow...

Dumbarse.

ZV

V6 waters down the bloodline

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: Malak

Originally posted by: redly1
Prius sold +100k units?? huh?

Toyota puts every new feature they are trying out into the Prius. It is more advanced than their Avalon. If you want top of the line in technology, that's your car.

No, it you want gadgets it's your car.

The Prius has a lot of gadgetry, but it has cloth seats, fairly uncomfortable ones as that, a ride like a pogo stick, horrible handling, and crosswinds will blow it across three lanes of traffic. The Prius is an ego-car. It's so that people can buy something "cool" despite the fact that a plain-jane stripped down Civic or Tercel gets better mileage and is better for the environment because the Prius' batteries are full of heavy metals and other hazardous materiels and will need to be disposed of in 5-10 years.

ZV

 

[RossMAN]

The entry level car market is very competitive.

I wonder how the popular Mazda 3 will fair against the tried and true Corolla and newly redesigned Honda Civic '06?

 

[RU482]

Originally posted by: Malak

Originally posted by: redly1
Prius sold +100k units?? huh?

Toyota puts every new feature they are trying out into the Prius. It is more advanced than their Avalon. If you want top of the line in technology, that's your car.

NO, I agree...I just didn't realize they sold THAT many of them

 

[Malak]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Originally posted by: Malak

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Please explain to me how the Mustang is not a "sports car"...

ZV

It's slow.

Yeah, those 5.3 second 0-60 times and 64.9 mph slalom speed are so slow...

Dumbarse.

ZV

They make a lot cars quick... but the base models always sell the most. I drive a Lancer ES, not EVO. Of course for the same cost of an EVO, I can make my ES faster and better looking, so there was no point of getting the EVO.

In fact you could get a Ford Focus ZX3 and drop a mustang cobra engine into it and make it faster than 95% of the mustangs out there.

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: OS

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Originally posted by: Malak

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Please explain to me how the Mustang is not a "sports car"...

ZV

It's slow.

Yeah, those 5.3 second 0-60 times and 64.9 mph slalom speed are so slow...

Dumbarse.

ZV

V6 waters down the bloodline

Even the V6 will be in the low to mid 6-second range and low 60 mph slalom times. Nothing to sneeze at and not "slow" by any means.

ZV

 

[Malak]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Originally posted by: Malak

Originally posted by: redly1
Prius sold +100k units?? huh?

Toyota puts every new feature they are trying out into the Prius. It is more advanced than their Avalon. If you want top of the line in technology, that's your car.

No, it you want gadgets it's your car.

The Prius has a lot of gadgetry, but it has cloth seats, fairly uncomfortable ones as that, a ride like a pogo stick, horrible handling, and crosswinds will blow it across three lanes of traffic. The Prius is an ego-car. It's so that people can buy something "cool" despite the fact that a plain-jane stripped down Civic or Tercel gets better mileage and is better for the environment because the Prius' batteries are full of heavy metals and other hazardous materiels and will need to be disposed of in 5-10 years.

ZV

Uncomfortable cloth seats is pretty popular.

 

[tfinch2]

Man the Honda Insight got WTFOWNED!

 

[Ronstang]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Please explain to me how the Mustang is not a "sports car"...

ZV

Simple...it does not meet the defenition....it has a back seat. The back seat is useless but it still has one. The Mustang is a "sporty" car, not a sports car.

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: Malak
In fact you could get a Ford Focus ZX3 and drop a mustang cobra engine into it and make it faster than 95% of the mustangs out there.

You're looking at at least $5,000 for the fab work to make it fit in the engine bay, plus easily another $5,000 for the fab work to make the focus RWD and make the transmission fit. And it would handle like crap because the chassis can't take the power. You'd basically need to tube-frame the Focus. It would be far more expensive than the Mustang.

ZV

 

[Malak]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Originally posted by: Malak
In fact you could get a Ford Focus ZX3 and drop a mustang cobra engine into it and make it faster than 95% of the mustangs out there.

You're looking at at least $5,000 for the fab work to make it fit in the engine bay, plus easily another $5,000 for the fab work to make the focus RWD and make the transmission fit. And it would handle like crap because the chassis can't take the power. You'd basically need to tube-frame the Focus. It would be far more expensive than the Mustang.

ZV

You don't need to touch the bay, it fits.

 

[OS]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Originally posted by: OS

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Originally posted by: Malak

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Please explain to me how the Mustang is not a "sports car"...

ZV

It's slow.

Yeah, those 5.3 second 0-60 times and 64.9 mph slalom speed are so slow...

Dumbarse.

ZV

V6 waters down the bloodline

Even the V6 will be in the low to mid 6-second range and low 60 mph slalom times. Nothing to sneeze at and not "slow" by any means.

ZV

Even the new V6 is not low 6 second 0-60, sorry. It's a mediocre 15 second car, nothing special in this day.

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: Ronstang

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Please explain to me how the Mustang is not a "sports car"...

ZV

Simple...it does not meet the defenition....it has a back seat. The back seat is useless but it still has one. The Mustang is a "sporty" car, not a sports car.

So does my 944 Turbo have a back seat. Same with the Porsche 911. Those are both sports cars. Given the numbers that the new Mustang is posting in terms of performance, both the V6 and V8 versions, it's simply not possible to consider it as anything other than a sports car.

ZV

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: OS

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Originally posted by: OS

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Originally posted by: Malak

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Please explain to me how the Mustang is not a "sports car"...

ZV

It's slow.

Yeah, those 5.3 second 0-60 times and 64.9 mph slalom speed are so slow...

Dumbarse.

ZV

V6 waters down the bloodline

Even the V6 will be in the low to mid 6-second range and low 60 mph slalom times. Nothing to sneeze at and not "slow" by any means.

ZV

Even the new V6 is not low 6 second 0-60, sorry. It's a mediocre 15 second car, nothing special in this day.

6.8 second 0-60 for the V6 convertible with the automatic and a green engine. The coupe (a few hundred pounds lighter) with the manual will be a few ticks faster, which would be, let's see... Mid 6 second 0-60.

And the 1/4 mile time for the convertible with the automatic is 15.1 seconds. Mid 14's should be possible with the V6 coupe and a manual.

ZV