Ford C-MAX Monthly Sales Chart

[markd]

Last time I was at the dealership they told me that they not only didn't have any they couldn't get any.

[jmcgliss]

Our dealership has five new 2018's in stock, and one courtesy vehicle with ~2000 miles.

[obob]

New 2018 C-Maxes on cars.com

 

https://www.cars.com/for-sale/searchresults.action/?localVehicles=true&mdId=49085&mkId=20015&page=1&perPage=50&rd=99999&searchSource=SORT&showMore=true&sort=price-lowest&stkTypId=28880&zc=60202

 

(If you click on this link, then click on "continue to cars.com" )

 

818 new C-Maxes on cars.com

 

[added later, as of august 10, 757 for sale]

 

[added later, as of september 6, 519 for sale]

 

[added later, as of october 6, 319 for sale, 337 if energi's are included]

 

[added later as of november 9, 181 for sale, 197 if energi's are included]

 

That seems like a pretty low number.

Edited November 9, 2018 by obob

[kostby]

373 C-MAX Hybrids and 4 C-MAX Energi plug-in Hybrids sold during August 2018 for a total of 377.

 

As of September 6, 2018, CarGurus.com shows just a total of 663 new C-MAX Hybrids and 33 new C-MAX Energi plug-in Hybrids remaining nationwide. Not every dealership list their inventory with every online service, so this is only one estimate of the new C-MAX cars still available in dealer inventory.

 

https://media.ford.com/content/dam/fordmedia/North%20America/US/2018/09/04/18-aug-sales.pdf

https://insideevs.com/monthly-plug-in-sales-scorecard/

 

Total C-MAX Hybrid sales since introduction in 2012 are now just over 100,000.  

Total C-MAX Energi Hybrid sales since 2012 are now over 42,000.

 

With the spectacular ramp-up in Model 3 production and deliveries this year, it's estimated that Tesla has already delivered over 55,000 all-electric Model 3's this year.

 

 

Prior month table and charts are removed from older posts in this thread because current pdf's contain all prior data.

Edited October 4, 2018 by kostby

[kostby]

208 C-MAX Hybrids and 12 Energi Plug-in Hybrids for a total of 220 sold during September 2018.

 

https://media.ford.com/content/dam/fordmedia/North%20America/US/2018/10/02/18-sept-sales.pdf

https://insideevs.com/monthly-plug-in-sales-scorecard/

 

SEPT 2018 historical chart C-MAX Hybrid & Energi Sales.pdf

SEPT 2018 trendline chart C-MAX Hybrid & Energi Sales.pdf

SEPT 2018 table data C-MAX Hybrid & Energi Sales.pdf

 

Prior month table and charts are removed from older posts in this thread because current pdf's contain all prior data.

 

Has anyone seen any recent updates on a "C-MAX replacement" or "Model E" originally announced for assembly in Mexico after C-MAX production concluded? Not sure if the just-announced NAFTA-replacement-agreement with Mexico and Canada affected Ford's Mexico product plans. 

 

As part of the 100th anniversary of the River Rouge plant in Dearborn MI, Ford recently announced an F-150 Hybrid is to be assembled there beginning in 2020. 

https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2018/09/27/the-100th-anniversary-of-the-rouge.html

 

CarGurus.com shows just 422 new C-MAX Hybrids and 21 Energi Hybrids nationwide.

Edited October 4, 2018 by kostby

[kostby]

121 C-MAX Hybrids and zero C-MAX Energi Hybrids were reported sold in October 2018, the first month since Hybrid introduction in September 2012 that zero Energi Hybrids were sold.

 

Cargurus.com shows just 272 total new 2017 and 2018 C-MAX in the US as follows: 242 SE Hybrids, 12 SE Energi Hybrids, 2 Titanium Hybrids and 16 Titanium Energi Energi Hybrids. 

Not all dealerships participate in all websites listing vehicles for sale, so this is not a definitive number, but the number of unsold new C-MAXes remaining nationwide is quite likely in the low hundreds.

 

https://media.ford.com/content/dam/fordmedia/North%20America/US/2018/11/01/sales-18-october.pdf

https://insideevs.com/monthly-plug-in-sales-scorecard/

 

NOTES: I've gone back to posting screenshots for the chart and tables simply because it's faster, and frankly, I'm probably the only one looking at them here.

The table image now includes sales October 2013 to October 2018.

September 2012 to September 2013 no longer appears, but I still have the data in the table stored on my computer. Just too difficult to read a large table of data in print smaller than 9 points.

Both charts still show the full sales history for now.

Because the prior month pdfs still include the full sales history up through September 2018, those attached to the September 2018 sales report I posted will remain in this thread.

 

Edited November 8, 2018 by kostby

[kostby]

Ford sold 76 C-MAX Hybrids and 0 C-MAX Energi Hybrids during November 2018.

 

As C-MAX sales grind to a halt, I'll skip the monthly table and charts for now and do a quarterly update to table and charts in early January including November and December sales results.

 

http://www.campaign.ford.com/campaignlibs/content/dam/fordmedia/North%20America/US/2018/12/03/november-18-sales.pdf

https://insideevs.com/monthly-plug-in-sales-scorecard/

 

Again, not a definitive number, because not all dealerships advertise cars on every site, but CarGurus.com shows just 189 new 2017 and 2018 C-MAX Hybrids and Energi Hybrids remain.

 

Edited December 6, 2018 by kostby

[kostby]

Ford sold 16 C-MAX Hybrids and zero C-MAX Energi Hybrids during December 2018.

 

A total of 163 are currently listed on CarGurus.com.

 

That's 26 less than the 189 listed on December 6, 2018, not 16...

 

https://insideevs.com/december-2018-u-s-plug-in-ev-sales-report-card/

http://www.campaign.ford.com/campaignlibs/content/dam/fordmedia/North%20America/US/2019/01/03/sales-dec-18.pdf

 

01-19-2019 Final 2018 table & charts are now posted in a combined update.

 

 

Edited January 19, 2019 by kostby

[kostby]

For 2019 Ford (and GM) changed to quarterly reporting of vehicle sales, instead of monthly, so first quarter 2019 results will be reported in early April 2019.

[kostby]

A total of 17 C-MAX Hybrid sales were reported by Ford during the first three months of 2019.

No new C-MAX Energi Hybrid vehicles were reported sold.

 

http://www.campaign.ford.com/campaignlibs/content/dam/fordmedia/North%20America/US/2019/04/04/1q-19-sales.pdf

https://insideevs.com/monthly-plug-in-sales-scorecard/

 

A quick nationwide search of CarGurus.com reveals 80 remaining C-MAX Hybrid SE's and 3 remaining C-MAX Energi Hybrid SE's listed.

To go from the total of 163 new C-MAX's I listed on January 4th to just 83 new vehicles listed now, yet reporting sales of just 17 vehicles, someone is doing some pretty funny math!

 

 

These 83 CarGuru vehicles are listed as 'NEW' (which I take to mean, never titled) and many have between 2000 and 5000 miles, and apparently have been used as dealer courtesy cars. Discounts approaching $10,000 off MSRP are advertised.

 

 

Escape Hybrids and Escape plug-in Hybrids are still months away from showrooms. So are loyal "Ford hybrid customers" (if indeed there IS such a thing!) willing to wait for the new Escape, or are they buying something else from another manufacturer?

Edited April 4, 2019 by kostby

[kostby]

Ford reported 22 C-MAX Hybrids sold during the second quarter of 2019, and a total of 38 for the first half of the year.

No C-MAX Energi plug-in Hybrids were reported sold.

 

New math: 22 (2Q2019)+17 (Ford reported 1Q2019) = 39, not 38.

I guess one got repo'ed or returned?

 

https://insideevs.com/news/357565/ev-sales-scorecard-june-2019/

http://www.campaign.ford.com/campaignlibs/content/dam/fordmedia/North%20America/US/2019/07/03/2019-sales-2q.pdf

 

C-MAX no longer appears among the new cars listed on CarGurus.com, so I can no longer easily check there for unsold 2017 and 2018 inventory nationwide.

 

I don't anticipate making further updates to the table and charts at this point.

[SnowStorm]

Thank you kostby for providing these numbers and charts.  Its been interesting to follow the numbers over the years - sad to see them going to zero.  I hope we soon hear more about what Ford will have in the future.  They (and others) have a way to go to catch Tesla at this point who are selling over half of all "electrified" cars in the US.  And Tesla is BEV only while most of the others are hybrid or plug-in hybrid.  For me, there's still not a BEV I really want - starting to think I just need to hold out for the VW I.D. Buzz in 2022!

[ptjones]

Sorry to see an end of NEW CMAX's , I'm thinking a New Escape Plugin early next year, suppose to have +30 mile range and it is a little bigger than CMAX. I will miss getting 60+ mpg's though and I'm sure I will be looking to improve gas mileage on it too. :)

 

Paul

[homestead]

Sorry to see an end of NEW CMAX's , I'm thinking a New Escape Plugin early next year, suppose to have +30 mile range and it is a little bigger than CMAX. I will miss getting 60+ mpg's though and I'm sure I will be looking to improve gas mileage on it too. :)

 

Paul

Maybe the New Escape Plugin or a 2018 C-max coming off lease.  It would hard to give the MPG's.

[C-MaxSea]

Thank you kostby for providing these numbers and charts.  Its been interesting to follow the numbers over the years - sad to see them going to zero.  I hope we soon hear more about what Ford will have in the future.  They (and others) have a way to go to catch Tesla at this point who are selling over half of all "electrified" cars in the US.  And Tesla is BEV only while most of the others are hybrid or plug-in hybrid.  For me, there's still not a BEV I really want - starting to think I just need to hold out for the VW I.D. Buzz in 2022!

Ditto here (Thanks Kostby!), especially, "still not a BEV I really want" out there. Hoping for ten more years with our low miles C-Max!!!  :shift: