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U.S. light vehicle sales, market share for October

 DETROIT, Nov 1 (Reuters) - The following chart represents
U.S. light vehicle sales totals, individual automaker results
and market share for the month of October. Percent changes are
based on the daily sales rate.
 The seasonally adjusted annual rate is calculated using
seasonal factors supplied by the U.S. Commerce Department.
INDUSTRY TOTALS
                 OCTOBER 2002   OCTOBER 2001          % CHG
  Total Industry       1,302,602      1,726,608         -27.4%
  Domestic Car           441,029        625,892         -32.1%
  Domestic Truck         617,213        818,316         -27.4%
  Import Car             162,283        187,468         -16.6%
  Import Truck            82,077         94,932         -16.7%
  Dom+Imp Car            603,312        813,360         -28.6%
  Dom+Imp Truck          699,290        913,248         -26.3%
  Dom Vehicles         1,058,242      1,444,208         -29.4%
  Imp Vehicles           244,360        282,400         -16.7%
                   YR-TO-DATE       PRV YEAR          % CHG
  Total Industry      14,186,467     14,533,209          -2.4%
  Domestic Car         5,027,179      5,492,766          -8.5%
  Domestic Truck       6,421,374      6,483,283          -1.0%
  Import Car           1,862,732      1,752,466          +6.3%
  Import Truck           875,182        804,694          +8.8%
  Dom+Imp Car          6,889,911      7,245,232          -4.9%
  Dom+Imp Truck        7,296,556      7,287,977          +0.1%
  Dom Vehicles        11,448,553     11,976,049          -4.4%
  Imp Vehicles         2,737,914      2,557,160          +7.1%
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 INDIVIDUAL COMPANIES AND MARKET SHARE
          Oct02           Market  Yr-to-Date         Market
 Maker       Volume   % Chng  Share    Volume    % Chng  Share
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 GM*         386,147   -31.9   29.6   4,011,968    -2.4   28.3
 Ford*       271,167   -34.9   20.8   2,874,443   -10.4   20.3
 Chrysler*   150,254   -30.9   11.5   1,874,113    -2.5   13.2
 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
 Hyundai      26,297   -25.6    2.0     323,633    +9.9    2.3
 Volkswagen   25,135   -19.4    1.9     289,558    -3.1    2.0
 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
 Kia          17,960   -29.5    1.4     203,976    +7.7    1.4
 Mercedes     18,871    -1.5    1.4     172,563    +2.4    1.2
 Subaru       16,978    -6.3    1.3     151,326    -1.7    1.1
 Volvo         8,398   -22.6    0.6      91,446   -14.8    0.6
 Audi          6,648    +4.0    0.5      70,306    +0.7    0.5
 Suzuki        5,723   -11.8    0.4      54,937    -1.2    0.4
 Jaguar        4,278    -0.2    0.3      52,284   +53.9    0.4
 Isuzu         4,538   -37.1    0.3      45,440   -37.8    0.3
 Land Rover    3,471   +47.6    0.3      33,531   +63.3    0.2
 Saab          1,844   -63.2    0.1      32,290    +0.2    0.2
 Porsche       1,446    -9.6    0.1      18,343    -6.0    0.1
 Daewoo            0  -100.0    0.0      17,459   -59.6    0.1
 Others            0    None    0.0           0    None   None
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 Total     1,302,602   -27.4  100.0  14,186,467    -2.4  100.0
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  NOTE: Seasonally adjusted annual rate (Millions):
                         Oct 2002         Oct 2001
        Vehicles      15.44   Share    21.26   Share
         Dom Car       5.32   34.5%     7.79   36.6%
         Dom Truck     7.19   46.6%     9.90   46.6%
         Imp Car       1.97   12.8%     2.39   11.2%
         Imp Truck     0.97    6.3%     1.18    5.6%