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U.S Auto Sales, U.S. Light Truck Sales Dec 2006

DETROIT, Jan 3, 2007; Reuters compiled the following chart of U.S. light vehicle sales totals, individual automaker results and market share for December 2006. 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

                 DECEMBER 2006   DECEMBER 2005   %CHG  
Total Industry     1,430,670     1,483,570      +0.1% 
Domestic Car         435,776       440,006      +2.8% 
Domestic Truck       640,765       746,633     -10.9% 
Import Car           222,052       187,853     +22.8% 
Import Truck         132,077       109,078     +25.7% 
Dom+Imp Car          657,828       627,859      +8.8% 
Dom+Imp Truck        772,842       855,711      -6.2% 
Dom Vehicles       1,076,541     1,186,639      -5.8% 
Imp Vehicles         354,129       296,931     +23.9%

INDIVIDUAL COMPANIES AND MARKET SHARE 

                   Dec 2006 
                    
Maker       Volume   %Chng  Share     
GM*        330,966   -10.0   23.1     
Ford*      215,808   -9.6    15.1     
Toyota     228,322   +16.6   16.0     
Chrysler*  190,415   +4.4    13.3     
Honda      131,778   +3.0     9.2     
Nissan      91,775   +4.4     6.4    
Hyundai     37,365   -9.8     2.6     
BMW         33,417   +20.1    2.3     
Kia         30,004   +66.0    2.1       
Mazda       19,912   +7.9     1.4      
Mercedes    28,115   -6.4     2.0      
Volkswagen  19,942   -20.2    1.4     
Subaru      20,613   +7.5     1.4     
Mitsubishi   9,910   +6.4     0.7      
Volvo        8,525   -2.5     0.6      
Suzuki       7,317   +14.1    0.5      
Audi        11,897   +39.7    0.8      
Land Rover   6,014   -9.7     0.4      
Saab         3,535   +32.7    0.2      
Porsche      2,850   +3.4     0.2      
Jaguar       1,553   -34.0    0.1      
Isuzu          637   -21.2    0.0      
  
Total     1,430,670  +0.1  100.0  

Total US Auto Sales 
                      2006                   2005
                    (Millions)            (Millions)
Total Light Vehicles    s  16.7   Share    17.1  Share
Domestic Cars               5.6    33.4%    5.6  32.7%
Domestic Trucks             7.0    42.1%    8.1  47.5%
Imported Cars               2.6    15.7%    2.2  12.8%
Imported Trucks             1.5     8.8%    1.2   6.9%