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U.S. New Car Sales April 2009


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May 1, 2009; Reuters compiled the following U.S. sales and market shares of cars and light trucks listed by auto groups and their wholly owned subsidiaries for April versus the same year-earlier month and for the year-to-date. Percent changes are based on the daily sales rate.

 Makers       April 2009 % Chng   Share  Yr Volume % Chng Share
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 GM-Group        173,042  -33.2   21.2    585,676  -44.5   19.5
  Traditional    172,150  -33.2   21.1    581,852  -44.5   19.3
  Saab               892  -43.5    0.1      3,824  -52.0    0.1
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 Ford-Group      134,024  -31.5   16.4    457,267  -39.7   15.2
  Traditional    129,521  -31.3   15.9    440,140  -39.4   14.6
  Volvo            4,503  -36.9    0.6     17,127  -45.9    0.6
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 Chrysler LLC     76,682  -48.1    9.4    323,890  -45.6   10.8
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 VW-Group         23,299  -14.2    2.9     81,231  -16.5    2.7
  Traditional     16,289  -16.1    2.0     58,413  -15.7    1.9
  Audi             7,010   -9.3    0.9     22,818  -18.5    0.8
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 Hyundai-Grp      59,558  -14.1    7.3    224,305   -2.7    7.5
  Hyundai         33,952  -13.6    4.2    129,806   -2.6    4.3
  Kia             25,606  -14.8    3.1     94,499   -2.9    3.1
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 Mercedes         14,565  -28.1    1.8     54,799  -29.0    1.8
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 Other Firms     334,223  -36.0   41.0  1,280,103  -34.8   42.6
  Toyota         126,540  -41.9   15.5    486,212  -37.8   16.2
  Honda          101,029  -25.3   12.4    332,014  -31.3   11.0
  Nissan          47,190  -37.8    5.8    221,957  -35.1    7.4
  Mitsubishi       3,919  -55.9    0.5     17,753  -50.1    0.6
  Mazda           16,139  -32.1    2.0     69,934  -30.4    2.3
  BMW             19,362  -38.4    2.4     70,606  -28.7    2.3
  Subaru          15,649   -6.7    1.9     57,181    0.2    1.9
  Suzuki           2,542  -73.7    0.3     17,668  -50.5    0.6
  Porsche          1,853  -35.3    0.2      6,778  -29.0    0.2
  Total          815,393  -34.3  100.0  3,007,271  -36.8  100.0