October 2014 Auto Sales: Winners and Losers

Winner – Lincoln, Subaru +25 Percent

Lincoln and Subaru both had a spectacular October with sales growing by 25 percent at each brand. Ford’s luxury division had nearly 9,000 deliveries, making this their best 10^th-month performance since 2007. The all-new MKC crossover is proving to be popular with buyers; it accounted for a quarter of the brand’s sales.

Of course Subaru really moved the metal. Its deliveries squeaked past 43,000. October marks their 35^th consecutive month of year-over-year increases. To date dealers have sold nearly 419,000 vehicles.