{"id":708331,"date":"2010-04-03T14:59:51","date_gmt":"2010-04-03T18:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/?p=54386"},"modified":"2010-04-03T14:59:51","modified_gmt":"2010-04-03T18:59:51","slug":"ford-toyota-march-sales-sore-due-to-incentives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/708331","title":{"rendered":"Ford, Toyota March sales sore due to incentives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/ford_edge_emblem_main_a.jpg?resize=563%2C271\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"271\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is certainly a great time for would-be car buyers to become actual car buyers, as a slew of incentives are allowing manufacturers &#8211; especially Ford and Toyota &#8211; to post huge gains in March.  GM&#8217;s spike of 21% was enough for them to retake the top U.S. spot after Ford grabbed it for the first time in over ten years.  Ford&#8217;s sales jumped a whopping 40% while Toyota rose 41%.<\/p>\n<p>Total U.S. sales were up 24% in March from the same time last year, despite the weakest demand in almost thirty years, and despite not living up to analyst&#8217;s expectations, March was the strongest month since August and &#8216;cash-for-clunkers&#8217;.  There is concern though that this high figure may be artificially inflated, and is not expected to outlast the deals which served as the catalyst to bring people into showrooms.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-54386\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Chrysler saw a per4formance decrease of 8%, being outsold yet again by Nissan, which climbed 43%.  Hyundai and Nissan rose 15% and 22% respectively.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; By: Stephen Calogera<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autonews.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20100401\/RETAIL\/100409995\/1401\">Automotive News<\/a> (Subscription Required)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/D1IW-l1WDi48LYILupJQUIhXYyA\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/D1IW-l1WDi48LYILupJQUIhXYyA\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/D1IW-l1WDi48LYILupJQUIhXYyA\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/D1IW-l1WDi48LYILupJQUIhXYyA\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=-7Za1QBT72o:kAxWEtLlGzI:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=-7Za1QBT72o:kAxWEtLlGzI:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?i=-7Za1QBT72o:kAxWEtLlGzI:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=-7Za1QBT72o:kAxWEtLlGzI:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?i=-7Za1QBT72o:kAxWEtLlGzI:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=-7Za1QBT72o:kAxWEtLlGzI:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=-7Za1QBT72o:kAxWEtLlGzI:TzevzKxY174\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is certainly a great time for would-be car buyers to become actual car buyers, as a slew of incentives are allowing manufacturers &#8211; especially Ford and Toyota &#8211; to post huge gains in March. 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