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Old 04-30-2004, 05:00 AM
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TL fastest growing car in "near-luxury" segment

June Motor Trend (p. 44) lists the top sellers in the segment for the October thru February period.

Sales for the TL went from 19,529 (Oct '02-Feb '03) to 28,802 (Oct '03-Feb '04), representing 47% growth. The TL is a close #3 behind the Lexus ES330 (#2 @ 29,109) and BMW 3 Series (#1 @ 40,955).

Motor Trend specifies that the latest period (Oct '03-Feb '04) lists sales for the 2004 model, so these figures shouldn't include the sale of any '03 3.2TLs.

What's interesting is that the TSX (#17) sold only 3,829 units during this period.

Please don't ask me to scan this article in as I don't have one!
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The TSX was not meant to be a volume seller, 36K per year would be excellent for that model.
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Originally Posted by Sparky
The TL is a close #3 behind the Lexus ES330 (#2 @ 29,109) and BMW 3 Series (#1 @ 40,955).
This is no surprise. After all the TL sucks, and those other two cars are soooo much nicer.
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Originally Posted by vtechbrain
The TSX was not meant to be a volume seller, 36K per year would be excellent for that model.
My dealer said they're only trying to sell 18k TSXs/year.
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Originally Posted by Pug
My dealer said they're only trying to sell 18k TSXs/year.
thats because thats all Acura makes a year!
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Originally Posted by vtechbrain
The TSX was not meant to be a volume seller, 36K per year would be excellent for that model.
3,829 for a five month period doesn't equal a 36k annual rate.
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Originally Posted by vtechbrain
The TSX was not meant to be a volume seller, 36K per year would be excellent for that model.
Reread my post. 3,829 sales for a five month period (doesn't equal a 36k annual run rate).
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