Best And Worst Selling Cars Of 2005

[Alx]

In yet another vain attempt to convince the world that slide shows are the future of the internet, the good folks over at Forbes have taken it upon themselves to bestow us with another world-class presentation, this time outlining automaker's best and worst selling models of 2005.

I'll give you one guess which two Mercedes models made the list.

Now back to Forbes' ridiculous website. How difficult would it be to actually have the content of the story on a page, rather than a popup that devotes roughly 25% to the actual story and the remaining 75% to advertisements? And who set the timing of the slideshow? Each slide pauses for like 10 minutes before moving on to the next one...

Please, if any of you can actually sit and endure the entire Forbes' slideshow without constantly pressing the next buttons, I'm dying to hear from you.

You can check out all the fun for yourself by clicking here.

Oh, and if you didn't guess - the lucky winners were the C-Class and the SLR, with 60,658 and 200 units sold, respectively.

 

[LaArtist]

damn thath ford pickup sold over 900k units.. thats like almost MB worldwide sales for all modells in 05.. hhaha

 

[Alx]

Yep, its amazing how these cars sell. Trucks are very popular and sell really well. Numbers are great...

 

[LaArtist]

i wonder what will happen to these big american car brands that live off these big trucks.. if the americans change the trend and go towards smaller cars..

 

[Beemer B773ER]

i wonder what will happen to these big american car brands that live off these big trucks.. if the americans change the trend and go towards smaller cars..

That's just it... they won't change that trend. I live in Australia, but currently am visiting USA and I am simply staggered at the number of 4WD's, SUV's, pick-ups, etc. It's a big shock to me.



...and oh... whenever I see some teenage guy who still goes to high school driving around in a huge pick-up... i just laugh...!!

..god bless america.

 

[LaArtist]

lol i guess they wont change the habits.. but if they do..or are forced to by high gas prices.. i think ford and GM and such will go the rover way...

 

[SDNR]

The Golf is the worst selling VW????.......what about the Phaeton?

 

[Zafiro]

I dont find anything about BMW?

 

[Imhotep Evil]

I dont find anything about BMW?

Highest seller in '05: 3 Series convertible, coupe, sedan and wagon (106,950)
Base price: $30,900

Lowest seller in '05: 6 Series convertible and coupe (9,934)
Base price: $71,800

 

[warot]

That's just it... they won't change that trend. I live in Australia, but currently am visiting USA and I am simply staggered at the number of 4WD's, SUV's, pick-ups, etc. It's a big shock to me.



...and oh... whenever I see some teenage guy who still goes to high school driving around in a huge pick-up... i just laugh...!!

..god bless america.

I was also shocked at how many trucks there are around here when I first arrived because back in Europe, these things are almost non-existent. However, after what happened with Hurricane Katrina, people are realizing how much it sucks to have to pay almost 100 dollars to fill up (although it's still not as bad as Europe I guess).

The months after the fuel prices went up, sales of HUmmers went down by over 50%. That's why the big 3 US companies are in so much crap right now. They all rely on Americans buying trucks. So now they have to shift to economy cars.

 

[cawimmer430]

SLR = low volume production car (even if it is "mass produced" compared to its competitors ex. Carrera GT, Ford GT etc.)

C-Class = sales cannibalized by A / B-Classes in Europe. I suppose the car is considered outdated in America.

 

[yomomwhat]

haa yes forbes slide shows are badddddddd, i always click them on msn.com where they have like "worlds most expensive houses" or "worlds best ski resorts" and they either change too slow or too fast to read the stuff....and i think u can change the speed on some of them but still just dont know why they cant do it normally LOL