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Auto industry U.S. Sept results by auto groups

 DETROIT, Oct 1 Reuters compiled this report: Following are U.S. sales and market shares of
cars and light trucks listed by auto groups and their wholly owned subsidiaries
for September compared with the same year-earlier month and for the
year-to-date.
 Percent changes are based on the daily sales rate, and reflect 23 selling
days this month vs. 25 in the month last year, and 229 this year to date vs.
230 last year to date:
 Makers        Sept 2002 % Chng   Share  Yr Volume % Chng Share
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 GM-Group        309,600  -12.8   25.3  3,656,267    2.2   28.4
  Traditional    307,540  -12.7   25.1  3,625,821    2.1   28.2
  Saab             2,060  -27.2    0.2     30,446   11.5    0.2
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 Ford-Group      279,752    3.2   22.9  2,764,390   -5.9   21.5
  Traditional    263,629    1.6   21.5  2,603,276   -6.8   20.2
  Volvo            8,332   17.4    0.7     83,048  -13.9    0.6
  Jaguar           4,222   52.0    0.3     48,006   61.6    0.4
  Land Rover       3,569   89.9    0.3     30,060   65.2    0.2
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DaimlerChrysler  182,877   18.6   14.9  1,877,551    1.2   14.6
  Chrysler       165,397   18.1   13.5  1,723,859    1.1   13.4
  Mercedes        17,480   22.7    1.4    153,692    2.8    1.2
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 VW-Group         34,082   23.7    2.8    328,081   -0.9    2.5
  Traditional     27,494   19.4    2.2    264,423   -1.2    2.1
  Audi             6,588   45.4    0.5     63,658    0.4    0.5
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 Hyundai Group    48,436    3.7    4.0    483,355   14.1    3.8
  Hyundai         30,257    9.0    2.5    297,336   14.7    2.3
  Kia             18,179   -4.0    1.5    186,019   13.3    1.4
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 Other Firms     369,040    2.4   30.2  3,756,769    4.3   29.2
  Toyota         122,065    4.3   10.0  1,343,070    4.2   10.4
  Honda          101,249   15.9    8.3    945,767    3.6    7.4
  Nissan          55,665    9.7    4.5    566,975    9.0    4.4
  Mitsubishi      23,117    6.5    1.9    261,328   14.1    2.0
  Mazda           24,099   32.2    2.0    211,107    2.2    1.6
  BMW             18,412   32.3    1.5    187,157   17.1    1.5
  Subaru          14,064    7.3    1.1    134,352   -1.1    1.0
  Isuzu            4,431    4.2    0.4     40,902  -37.9    0.3
  Suzuki           4,725    5.7    0.4     49,214    0.1    0.4
  Porsche          1,213   38.9    0.1     16,897   -5.6    0.1
  TOTAL        1,223,787    3.1  100.0 12,866,413    1.2  100.0
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