John Sousanis

Director of Information Content, WardsAuto

John Sousanis oversees WardsAuto data operations as Director of Information Content, and is Ward’sAuto sales analyst. Follow John on Twitter @CountingCars.

 

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in Counting Cars May. 1, 2013

April Sales Thread: SAAR Falls to Six-Month Low

(FINAL) April's 4.1% rise in daily sales was the smallest year-over-year gain since August 2011....More
in Counting Cars Apr. 2, 2013

March Sales Thread: U.S. LV Sales Continue at 15-Million-plus Pace

Nissan has best sales month ever, Detroit 3 mark collective 5-year high, with projected March SAAR on par with January and February pace....More
in Counting Cars Mar. 1, 2013

February Sales Thread: U.S. LV SAAR Rises to 15.3 Million

February SAAR for U.S. light vehicles rises to 15.3 million units, from January's 15.22 million....More
in Counting Cars Feb. 1, 2013

January Sales Thread: U.S. LV SAAR Tops 15 Million for 3rd Month

FINAL UPDATE: U.S. Light Vehicle daily sales were up 9.7% in January, lifting the seasonally adjusted annual sales rate above 15 million for the....More
in Counting Cars Jan. 3, 2013

December Sales Thread: 2012 U.S. LV Sales Up 13.4%, SAAR Tops 15 MLN for 2nd Month

Audi, BMW Group, Daimler, Hyundai, Kia, Nissan, Subaru, and Volkswagen recorded record U.S> light vehicle deliveries in 2012, as the auto industry....More
in Counting Cars Dec. 3, 2012

November Sales Thread: (FINAL) Post-Superstorm Bounce Catapults SAAR to 15.46 Million

Post-Sandy bump bolsters year-end sales momentum, pushes November SAAR to a 58-month high....More
in Counting Cars Nov. 1, 2012

October Sales Thread: Sandy Subdues Forecast SAAR Growth

October U.S. Light Vehicle SAAR, and sales growth rate, blown off course by East Coast disaster....More
in Counting Cars Oct. 2, 2012

September Sales Thread: SAAR Best Since Spring 2008

September SAAR nears 14.9 million, best since March 2008, despite modest showing by GM, Ford....More
in Counting Cars Sep. 4, 2012

August SAAR Soars to Post-Clunker High

It had to happen eventually. If consensus 2012 LV sales forecasts of 14.3 million to 14.5 million were to have any chance of being right, the U.S....More
in Counting Cars Aug. 1, 2012

July Light Vehicle SAAR Continues to Top 14 million

GM grabbed its third-lowest market share ever, in July, while Japanese companies, led by Honda's 57.4% hike in daily sales, registered huge increases....More
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