Originally Posted by Troopa-R
Maybe. But with sales of the Corolla/Matrix up almost 14% YTD and soundly beating the brand new Civic Sedan/Coupe by about 10K units a month, they do have a valid point. Why not save a couple million, let it go an extra year, and give them time to produce a product that won't just maintain the status quo but maybe increase sales even more? The new Civic is a great car but sales versus the old model have been pretty flat (other than the incredible first two months after launch).
More incentives, lower out the door price, and fleet sales has a lot to do with why the Corolla sales by quantities are higher than the new Civic. As far as the percentage increase, its pretty much across the board that small cars sales are booming.