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Originally Posted by Dragoneye
But the Camaro was not sold for the first four months, which I think is that chart's point.
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Yeah, I understand that but hypothetically, if the Camaro was available for a full 12 months in the first year of production, It could have very possibly sold close to 100k units. This is speculation of course but it is safe to say that the Camaro would have sold at least 7000-8000 per month upon release regardless of the time of year.
For example, from April 2009 to April 2010, GM sold 91,374 in a 12 month period. Low April and May '09 sales were due to end of the month release in April (614) and limited initial availability in May (5463). Its pretty safe to say that GM would have sold at least 30k more Camaros in CY09 with a 4 more months since GM averaged around 8000 sales a month. Year vs. year and month over month shows about an 11% decrease in sales volume compared to last years sales trend.
Ford seen about a 10% increase in Mustang sales from CY'09 to CY'10 since the Camaro was re-released (66,623 vs this years 73,716) You could say the economy affected sales but that wouldn't be accurate when one brand sees an increase and the other a decrease.