I just took a look at the automotive sales numbers for September. It was a good month for Lexus and a horrible month for BMW. Lexus sold 16,888 cars (compared to 13,674 in September of 1999).
BMW only sold 4,760 cars this September (compared to 8,610 car in September 1999). The 3-series and Z3 both got spanked really bad.
Lexus sold 2,445 IS300s compared to only 1,641 3-series BMWs.
One thing that really caught my attention was the fact that the new Nissan Sentra's sales are almost triple those of the previous body style.
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