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Auto industry U.S. Oct results by auto groups

 DETROIT, Nov 1, 2002 Reuter reported the US sales and market shares of cars and light trucks listed by auto groups and
their wholly owned subsidiaries for October versus the same year
earlier month and for the year to date. Percent changes are based
on the daily sales rate.
 Makers         Oct 2002 % Chng   Share  Yr Volume % Chng Share
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 GM-Group        387,991  -32.2   29.8  4,044,258   -2.4   28.5
  Traditional    386,147  -31.9   29.6  4,011,968   -2.4   28.3
  Saab             1,844  -63.2    0.1     32,290    0.2    0.2
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 Ford-Group      287,314  -33.8   22.1  3,051,704   -9.4   21.5
  Traditional    271,167  -34.9   20.8  2,874,443  -10.4   20.3
  Volvo            8,398  -22.6    0.6     91,446  -14.8    0.6
  Jaguar           4,278   -0.2    0.3     52,284   53.9    0.4
  Land Rover       3,471   47.6    0.3     33,531   63.3    0.2
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DaimlerChryslr   169,125  -28.5   13.0  2,046,676   -2.1   14.4
  Chrysler       150,254  -30.9   11.5  1,874,113   -2.5   13.2
  Mercedes        18,871   -1.5    1.4    172,563    2.4    1.2
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 VW-Group         31,783  -15.4    2.4    359,864   -2.4    2.5
  Traditional     25,135  -19.4    1.9    289,558   -3.1    2.0
  Audi             6,648    4.0    0.5     70,306    0.7    0.5
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 Hyundai-Grp      44,257  -27.2    3.4    527,609    9.0    3.7
  Hyundai         26,297  -25.6    2.0    323,633    9.9    2.3
  Kia             17,960  -29.5    1.4    203,976    7.7    1.4
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 Other Firms     382,132  -12.2   29.3  4,156,356    1.9   29.3
  Toyota         135,307  -20.6   10.4  1,478,377    1.3   10.4
  Honda          103,256   -5.8    7.9  1,049,023    2.6    7.4
  Nissan          57,539  -12.6    4.4    624,514    6.6    4.4
  Mitsubishi      23,414  -18.7    1.8    284,742   10.5    2.0
  Mazda           14,297  -41.8    1.1    225,404   -2.5    1.6
  BMW             19,634   17.3    1.5    206,791   17.1    1.5
  Subaru          16,978   -6.3    1.3    151,326   -1.7    1.1
  Suzuki           5,723  -11.8    0.4     54,937   -1.2    0.4
  Isuzu            4,538  -37.1    0.3     45,440  -37.8    0.3
  Porsche          1,446   -9.6    0.1     18,343   -6.0    0.1
  Daewoo                 -100.0    0.0     17,459  -59.6    0.1
  Total        1,302,602  -27.4  100.0 14,186,467   -2.4  100.0