[lith8872]

Originally Posted by -What-

I don't know why you're shocked that I'm right. This should be a second nature feeling to you.


Do you have sales figures for 2001, 2002, and 2003? I'd like to see how those compare as well.

i just look at it as one of your rationalizations turned out to be right this time

i'll just do January/July sales, then total year end sales to save time and effort and show a comparison between winter and summer buying

2002: 25,947/41,152 - 398,980
2003: 27,449/38,552 - 397,750
2004: 25,402/37,315 - 386,770
2005: 20,074/36,129 - 369,293
2006: 22,046/38,043 - 354,441
2007: 25,714/37,142 - 392,331
2008: 23,957

so, the sales of accords had been doin a fairly steady decline in sales for 5 years straight until 2007 when they went up to nearly 2002 sales levels. although it does appear to have been a decline in sales to you from the 2008+ model to the previous model (2003-2007 model), it shows that sales had actually been declining for some time

perhaps a more accurate way to approach this would be to compare the months of previous years. let's compare the months that the new accord has been on sale with the same month of the previous year:

September 2006: 27,759
September 2007: 35,031
Sales Difference = +7272 cars over previous year

October 2006: 23,645
October 2007: 30,936
Sales Difference = +7291 cars over previous year

November 2006: 22,488
November 2007: 28,161
Sales Difference = +5673 cars over previous year

December 2006: 29,886
December 2007: 31,255
Sales Difference = +1369 cars over previous year

January 2007: 25,714
January 2008: 23,957
Sales Difference = -1757 cars over previous year

so for the five months that the new accord has been on sale, it has only been outsold one of those months by the previous generation the year before. however, one thing to consider is the changing economic times. with the subprime mortgage crisis, as well as the impending recession, people will be more wary on spending money on big ticket items such as a car


just something to consider, although i expect u probably won't