Interesting, because the Solara was called the "Camry Solara" when it first debuted. Part of the Solara's appeal is that it has all the advantages of a Camry (including the price) with a sporty exterior. However, I wonder how well it would sell if the cost were raised over $30K (USD).

 

I think it still would've sold. The Solara looked more like the coupe version of the previous Lexus ES330 than a coupe version of the Camry.

 

You can see the determination of Honda to really make Acura higher up in the luxury market. The RSX/Integra has been so popular yet Honda decided to stop production. It seems to me that Honda is quite serious about making Acura a real luxury brand and it would do it at all cost.

May be when Acura is up to par with Lexus/BMW/MB, then it will launch some new coupes? I don't know but I hope they do. While it's a good thing to go more up market, it must still preserve its sporty image as that's what Acura is about.

 

January 2007 Sales figures for the RL:

433!! Wow! That base model must to be doing too much, huh?

http://www.automotive.com/features/9...166/index.html

 

That's why we love our RL's, right? The less it is out there, the more unique our car becomes

Now for the resale value....

 

Keep telling yourself that!

 

Hopefully it is just a dip but the trend has been downward for the past couple of months at least. But annualized, that is around than 5200 cars per year. Can the RL survive with those kind of sales figures?

 

The base model really isn't helping! I wonder how the RL's competitors fared.

 

All I have is Lexus:

GS350 1368 -22% from Jan 06
Gs430/450h 183 -37% from Jan 06 (talk about exclusive)

 

Thanks for the info. If this is what is happening with the vaunted Lexus, then I would guess that the $40K - $55K mid-sized sedan market is going down hill for everyone except BMW and Mercedes. I wonder if my guess is accurate?

 

Sales figures should be out today or tomorrow for those as well. it would be interesting to see what they say. As a side note, the MDX sales were down about 33% from last month (~6000 to ~4000).

 

Sales of the NEW MDX are decreasing? Now, that's scary!

 

Keep in mind that last month included all the 06s they were trying to get off the lot.

 

I hope they have a signifigant refreshing (exterior) planned for the 08 RL model to keep it from becoming too irrelavent until the next version comes along.....

Btw, MDX sales were 4,153, up 3.8%.

 

Good, at least MDX sales are improving. However, it looks like Acura's non-SUV are down across the board.

 

here's the figures if anyone's interested for jan. 07

http://vtec.net/news/news-item?news_item_id=657342

 

I recommend continuing the discussion in this new thread...

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3400