December 2003 Subaru US Car Sales Down

 DETROIT, Jan 6, 2004;  Reuters reported the Subaru U.S. sales 
of cars and light trucks in December 2003 versus the same year-earlier 
month and for the year to date.
 Percent changes are based on the daily sales rate, and
reflect 26 selling days this month vs. 25 in the month last
year, and 307 this year to date vs. 307 last year to date.
                        Dec 2003       Dec 2002    % Change
 All Vehicles                15,275         14,931       -1.6%
 Domestic Car                 6,288          7,026      -13.9%
 Domestic Truck                 694            566       17.9%
 Import Car                   2,997          2,688        7.2%
 Import Truck                 5,296          4,651        9.5%
 Dom+Imp Cars                 9,285          9,714       -8.1%
 Dom+Imp Trucks               5,990          5,217       10.4%
 Domestic Vehicles            6,982          7,592      -11.6%
 Imported Vehicles            8,293          7,339        8.7%
                      Yr-to-Date      Prev Year    % Change
 All Vehicles               186,819        180,020        3.8%
 Domestic Car                79,839         85,359       -6.5%
 Domestic Truck              10,694          2,513      325.5%
 Import Car                  36,525         38,226       -4.4%
 Import Truck                59,761         53,922       10.8%
 Dom+Imp Cars               116,364        123,585       -5.8%
 Dom+Imp Trucks              70,455         56,435       24.8%
 Domestic Vehicles           90,533         87,872        3.0%
 Imported Vehicles           96,286         92,148        4.5%
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