April showers bring May flowers, at least for some automakers this month. Mercedes-Benz, Mazda, and Subaru bloomed with double digit sales increases. However, Suzuki planted a bad seed since all it is seeing are losses, posting a double digit decrease for May. Other automakers only posted small gains and losses for the month. Here’s a look and some observations of the tier-2, German, and irrelevant auto makers.

Volkswagen

Jetta SportWagon had its best month with 2,511 finding a new home. 86% (about 2,159) of the wagons had a TDI Engine.

The Golf is climbing up as well, posting a 134% increase from the past year.

Mazda

Mazda3 still holds the best seller title for the brand with a 53.8% increase in sales from May of last year.

The MX-5 is in a slump with a 24.6% decrease in sales from the past year.

Subaru

The Outback posted the biggest gain for Subaru with a 124% sales increase from last year.

Mercedes-Benz

E-Class is still the big seller for the three pointed star. 5,476 coupes and sedans found an owner.

The G-Class was sold to 99 new owners, an increase of 43.5% from last May.

BMW

The Z4 posted the biggest gains for BMW this month with a 29% sales increase.

Porsche

The hunchback of Stuttgart, a.k.a. the Panamara continues to be Porsche’s best seller with 605 leaving dealer lots.

Surprise for May; The Boxster selling 349 units. A jump of 52% from last year.

Audi

The big winner for Audi this month; the new A5/S5. A 145% increase from the previous May.

Diesels are continuing their strong growth in Audi’s lineup.  For the month the may 33% of Q7 and 48% of A3 sales were optioned with a diesel.

Mitsubishi

Lancer Sportback had its second best month of sales with 256 units which begs one to wonder what its best sales month looked like.

Suzuki

Kizashi sold 474 units, Kashi sold the same amount of boxes of cereal within 10 – 20 minutes.

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