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Quote, originally posted by kostby »In a year that saw summer gas prices well above $3.00 a gallon in most areas of the United States, sales of Vibes, among THE MOST FUEL EFFICIENT 5-door vehicle made by GM, are the lowest since the introductory year??? for what it's worth, the Vibe gets dethroned in 2007. It used to be the most fuel efficient vehicle of all US car maker bands, but it's still at 36 mpg highway, while the 2007 Aveo and Focus wagon both are rated 37. (all manual tranny)

January 2007 - 2130 - worst month since March 2002

I see all these new Calibers running around and I can't help but think, how many Vibes would be on the road if GM spent the same amount of advertising dollars? They are similar vehicles.

Quote, originally posted by joatmon »January 2007 - 2130 - worst month since March 2002since theres only the base model out for 07 i'm not surprisedi agree K-NINE, advertisement would make a major difference in sales

Quote, originally posted by K-NINE »I see all these new Calibers running around and I can't help but think, how many Vibes would be on the road if GM spent the same amount of advertising dollars? They are similar vehicles.Absolutely. I found info and bought my 2007 Vibe after very thorough research, but never saw any ads of any kind. When I shared my info at work with colleagues I was not surprised that nobody knows what the hell this Vibe is. But everybody knows Toyota Matrix.

The February 2007 sales were 2195.

I have to agree with all of you. I was one of those Feb. sales. My wife and I bought our Second VIBE yesterday -for 1,000 under Invoice!!!- I don't think there is a better value. Reliable, Fun to dirve, Supremely practical and Great milage! Not bad to look at either IMHO! Jeff & Mia'04 UT Orange (Go Horns!)'07 Moonstone

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http://media.gm.com/servlet/Ga...35919April 2007 US Vibe sales = 2989 From those US sales numbers, in April, Chevrolet sold more Impalas than alll of the Pontiacs combined, but Pontiac sold more Vibes than all of the Saabs combined.GM Canada doesn't publish their sales figures by indvidual model, but in http://www.ccnmatthews.com/new...49066they say that in Canada, for April 07, "Pontiac Vibe sales were up 79.8% over April 2006."Hooray Canada!

May 2007 Vibe sales reported as 3221, down 26 percent from May 2006. Complete idiots must be in charge of marketing the Pontiac Vibe!!!Once again, gasoline prices top $3 per gallon most everywhere in the U.S., and yet NO ONE at Pontiac is even mentioning the great gas mileage and 'crossover' versatility of the Vibe in print, on radio, or TV! If it wasn't for GenVibe, there would be virtually no positive news about the Vibe at all!Here's the GM Media Online link to the full report in Excel (.xls) format spread across multiple worksheet pages --> http://media.corporate-ir.net/...s.xlsHere's the link Forbes article --> http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap....html

Rant all you want about GM - they are not as short sighted as Ford. Ford is even discontinuing the Focus SW for 2008. I think they would sell if promoted but are rare as hen's teeth on dealer lots. Meanwhile my 1500 shares of Ford stock are worth $8 and change pay no dividend and have little hope of recovery to anything near a former $25 level. Fortunately I have had it a long time and one of their spin offs turned into Citicorp which pays a good div and I think has a good appreciation potential in the future.

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I don't think the sales decline is ALL due to a lack of advertising. I think that a lot of it has to do with the real (or perceived) value. Translation, the Vibe is more expensive for what you get (or think you get) compared to alternatives in this category. For example, The numbers for the Dodge Caliber, Mazda 3, Mazda 5, Honda Fit, Scion 4dr hatchback, Nissan Versa, all look good in comparison. Last Saturday I saw a new $20,000 "2006" advertised for $18,000. A 10% discount that I assume included any rebate on a 2006 for God's sake!That said, I wonder where that approximately $300 advertising fee that is on the dealer invoice goes. I suspect it is an overall Pontiac cost, not a Vibe cost. But then 50,000 cars x $300 is only $15 mil and perhaps that ad budget doesn't go very far these days. Also probably is applied to brochures, cost of auto shows etc.

nice..out of that 4200 im one of them kinda sweet you all keep track of this, interesting to see how long the vibe will actually last

JoatmonI am waiting for you to add the 3200 for August (a decrease of 49%). At this rate, it will be 2200 for September!

just curious, how many vibes do they sell up here in canada..and overall in north america?

Not that I'm bitter or anything...But can anyone here tell me how the General thinks he can sell Vibes without serious incentives? My present transportation is two Cannondale bicycles and an '85 Conversion Van in great shape... this works "good" until the snow starts flying in another couple months, and I'd really like a small car as the family runner. And living in a GM town, I'd love to get another Vibe.I went to the dealership to see what they have... a couple great 2007 5speeds, power package, curtain air bags, ABS, and "monotone" (yech) -- pretty much what I'm looking for. $19,400 sticker. Which means, I can buy it for $17,500 + tax.Come again? The Toyota dealer is advertising Scion xA's, which have all this equipment standard and are of a similar size... and have the more advance version of the same motor.. for $15,500. WITH AUTOMATIC. xB's for $16,500.If anyone wonders why the sales figures are down, think V-A-L-U-E and you have it.I'll buy another one in a heartbeat, but the pricing has got to be comparable to what it was in '04. This is stupid.

Quote, originally posted by michaelgt »JoatmonI am waiting for you to add the 3200 for August (a decrease of 49%). At this rate, it will be 2200 for September!well, you had to wait shorter than if you were waiting for an update to the "news" pageQuote, originally posted by WaveAction »just curious, how many vibes do they sell up here in canada..and overall in north america?Hard to know. GM Canada only releases total cars and trucks they sold, but doesn't provide numbers per model. Defintely a smaler market though, the GM canada press release says 38,707 cars and trucks sold in August, 285,837 so far in 2007. By comparison, GM US sales of cars and trucks were 388,188 in August, 2,631,862 in 2007 so far.

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unless there is a big upswing in sales, 2007 will be the worst

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wow, thats horrid. we're less than 8000 away from 300,000. including Oct if we sell 2567 per month (3 months) we'll hit 300kthe 09 needs to come quick and GM needs to market the heck out of it

Quote, originally posted by coldmm803 »GM needs to market the heck out of itThey should have done this a long time ago.... but Yeah, they better. I think that the Vibe shouldn't suffer b/c of some yahoo's at the GM marketing doesn't think they should. I don't know if this is really the case, but I'm just venting cause you never see any good adds for the Vibe.

if they can manage to sell 1785 Vibes in December, they'll break 300,000 new US Vibe salesChevy sold more Silverado pickups in November than Pontiac has sold Vibes all yearand in http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=798947, it says Quote »General Motors of Canada November Sales(November 2007 and November 2006 both had 26 selling days)OSHAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Dec. 3, 2007) - For November 2007, General Motors of Canada dealers delivered a total of 28,071 vehicles, down 10.2% from the same month last year."November was a soft month overall for industry retail sales," said Marc Comeau, GM of Canada's vice-president of sales, service, and marketing. "At GM we continue to see strength from our recently launched products like the Saturn Outlook, GMC Acadia and Buick Enclave crossover utilities and the Cadillac CTS. The new Chevrolet Malibu and Malibu Hybrid are creating a lot of buzz with impressive product reviews and strong customer acceptance."Comeau added, "We have seen some early success from our year-end Wish & Win promotion, showing customers that the best value on the industry's best vehicles can be found at their local GM Canada dealership."Sales Highlights- Mid Utilities were up a combined 67.4% driven by the continued strength of the all-new family of crossovers including the Saturn Outlook, GMC Acadia and Buick Enclave.- GMs smaller, fuel efficient cars continue to perform well with the Chevrolet Aveo and Pontiac Wave up a combined 16.8% and the Pontiac Vibe posting gains of 31.3%.- Chevrolet Silverado and Sierra Extended Cab pick ups were up a combined 4.9%.- Cadillac sales were up 2.9% overall, led by a 38.1% increase for the award winning Cadillac CTS.Interesting the GM Canada calls thej Vibe a smaller fuel efficient car, in an article about the new CAFE fuel efficiency standards, MotorTrend says GM classifies it as a crossover sport utilityhttp://blogs.motortrend.com/62....htmlQuote »...GM will continue to use small, four-cylinder/hybrid crossover SUVs to offset the big truck mpg. This is why the Dodge Caliber and Pontiac Vibe, for example, are marketed as crossover sport/utilities. Design a hatchback with a flat load floor, EPA-classify it as a truck, and it offsets Dodge Rams, Chrysler Aspens, Cadillac Escalades and Ford F-150s.

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Is the Vibe really classified as a truck for CAFE? I knew the PT Cruiser was, but I thought it had to have removable rear seats to be classified as a truck. I guess not!

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Not surprising. All car manufacturers are having bad years. Ford is closing some retail locations so they don't have to build so many cars. The economy is in the tank.

Do you happen to have Pontiac's total sales by model?

Quote, originally posted by eilros »Do you happen to have Pontiac's total sales by model?GM publishes their Sales reports on the Investor Relations section of GM.com. You can find the current and historical spreadsheets.http://www.gm.com/corporate/in..._prod/

A quote from today's GM sales press release:"The just-released 2009 Pontiac Vibe and G8 are selling as fast as they are delivered to dealers." The complete report...http://media.gm.com/servlet/Ga...44734

That's pretty funny. My local Pontiac dealer never even got in any '08s. No sign of an '09 yet either. They still have one '07 Sleath base on the lot, and can't seem to move it.

May sales for the Vibe were 5527.

Quote, originally posted by michaelgt »May sales for the Vibe were 5527.Pushing out the '08's with big rebates etc. I suspect. But this may be the start of something real - $4 gas has seemed to cause a shift in consumer behavior. It's about time.

"Pontiac Vibe total sales were up 39 percent with retail up 4 percent,"So maybe this was just dealer load in that achieved these numbers.

June Vibe sales were 4,885.YearMonthTotal Deliveries20081 233820082 135220083 389320084 441520085 552720086 4885CYTD Sum 22410

July sales were 4501.

August Sales were 6243.

We're on pace for over 49,700, putting it middle of the pack in terms of sales years. Question that I wonder is how many are '08s and how many are '09s?

Update on 2008 Sales:YearMonthModelDeliveries20081Vibe233820082Vibe135220083Vibe389320084Vibe441520085Vibe552720086Vibe488520087Vibe450120088Vibe624320089Vibe5703200810Vibe2945200811Vibe2683200812Vibe2066 Total46551

I have a feeling once gas starts to keep back which it will very soon the sales will start to increase again.

YearMonthDeliveries2009Jan25122009Feb12872009Mar25742009Apr20712009May29512009CYTD11395

August sales for the Vibe were 8640. This was the second highest month.