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November 2003 US Vehicle Sales Scorecard

U.S. light vehicle sales, market share for November
Tuesday December 2, 5:34 pm ET

 DETROIT, Dec 2, 2003 Reuters published the following chart represents U.S. light
vehicle sales totals, individual automaker results and market share for the
month of November. 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
                NOVEMBER 2003  NOVEMBER 2002          % CHG
  Total Industry       1,261,095      1,206,979          +8.7%
  Domestic Car           399,778        407,954          +1.9%
  Domestic Truck         613,526        551,089         +15.8%
  Import Car             156,820        161,821          +0.8%
  Import Truck            90,971         86,115          +9.9%
  Dom+Imp Car            556,598        569,775          +1.6%
  Dom+Imp Truck          704,497        637,204         +15.0%
  Dom Vehicles         1,013,304        959,043          +9.9%
  Imp Vehicles           247,791        247,936          +3.9%
                   YR-TO-DATE       PRV YEAR          % CHG
  Total Industry      15,279,651     15,425,499          -0.6%
  Domestic Car         5,160,879      5,527,761          -6.3%
  Domestic Truck       7,136,025      7,015,907          +2.1%
  Import Car           1,886,749      1,932,654          -2.0%
  Import Truck         1,095,998        949,177         +15.9%
  Dom+Imp Car          7,047,628      7,460,415          -5.2%
  Dom+Imp Truck        8,232,023      7,965,084          +3.7%
  Dom Vehicles        12,296,904     12,543,668          -1.6%
  Imp Vehicles         2,982,747      2,881,831          +3.9%
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 INDIVIDUAL COMPANIES AND MARKET SHARE
          Nov03           Market  Yr-to-Date         Market
 Maker       Volume   % Chng  Share    Volume    % Chng  Share
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 GM*         356,374   +21.1   28.3   4,268,479    -1.5   27.9
 Ford*       237,099    +0.5   18.8   2,976,300    -4.3   19.5
 Chrysler*   157,212    +2.9   12.5   1,944,620    -4.0   12.7
 Toyota      147,731   +12.8   11.7   1,712,897    +6.5   11.2
 Honda        96,559    +2.4    7.7   1,248,200    +9.2    8.2
 Nissan       63,930   +15.6    5.1     727,511    +7.0    4.8
 Hyundai      27,643   +10.4    2.2     365,505    +4.9    2.4
 Volkswagen   28,957   +32.7    2.3     284,656    -8.5    1.9
 Mitsubishi   16,910   -38.9    1.3     238,391   -23.7    1.6
 BMW          25,086   +10.6    2.0     251,954    +9.8    1.6
 Mazda        19,306   +26.8    1.5     235,809    -1.9    1.5
 Kia          16,173   -10.3    1.3     218,896    -1.4    1.4
 Mercedes     18,210    -2.2    1.4     196,930    +3.0    1.3
 Subaru       13,088    -1.1    1.0     171,544    +4.3    1.1
 Volvo        10,615   +42.1    0.8     122,839   +24.3    0.8
 Audi          7,107    +3.5    0.6      77,337    +0.2    0.5
 Suzuki        4,091   -19.8    0.3      53,949   -10.1    0.4
 Jaguar        4,037    -0.6    0.3      50,217   -10.8    0.3
 Saab          3,600   +35.1    0.3      44,408   +27.1    0.3
 Land Rover    3,025   -17.3    0.2      35,358    -5.0    0.2
 Isuzu         1,801   -43.4    0.1      28,232   -41.9    0.2
 Porsche       2,541   +60.9    0.2      25,619   +28.7    0.2
 Daewoo            0     NA     0.0           0  -100.0    0.0
 Others            0    None    0.0           0    None   None
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 Total     1,261,095    +8.7  100.0  15,279,651    -0.6  100.0
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  NOTE: Seasonally adjusted annual rate (Millions):
                         Nov 2003         Nov 2002
        Vehicles      16.83   Share    16.07   Share
         Dom Car       5.61   33.3%     5.71   35.5%
         Dom Truck     7.93   47.1%     7.13   44.4%
         Imp Car       2.14   12.7%     2.17   13.5%
         Imp Truck     1.15    6.8%     1.05    6.5%