2003 December and Year End Auto Sales Scorecard
DETROIT, Jan 6, 2004; Reuters reported the U.S. sales and market shares of cars and light trucks listed by auto groups and their wholly owned subsidiaries for December versus the same year-earlier month and for the year-to-date. Percent changes are based on the daily sales rate. Makers Dec 2003 % Chng Share Yr Volume % Chng Share ------ -------- ------ ----- --------- ------ ----- GM-Group 444,038 -9.6 31.0 4,756,925 -2.1 28.5 Traditional 440,532 -9.8 30.7 4,709,011 -2.3 28.2 Saab 3,506 22.9 0.2 47,914 26.7 0.3 ---------- Ford-Group 291,233 -7.8 20.3 3,475,947 -3.9 20.8 Traditional 271,371 -8.1 18.9 3,247,671 -4.6 19.4 Volvo 11,747 -1.4 0.8 134,586 21.6 0.8 Jaguar 4,438 -9.1 0.3 54,655 -10.7 0.3 Land Rover 3,677 -3.2 0.3 39,035 -4.8 0.2 ---------- DaimlerChryslr 204,452 1.4 14.3 2,346,168 -3.0 14.0 Chrysler 182,831 1.9 12.8 2,127,451 -3.5 12.7 Mercedes 21,621 -2.3 1.5 218,717 2.6 1.3 ---------- VW-Group 27,114 -23.7 1.9 389,107 -8.2 2.3 Traditional 18,030 -33.0 1.3 302,686 -10.5 1.8 Audi 9,084 5.5 0.6 86,421 0.8 0.5 ---------- Hyundai-Grp 53,291 27.9 3.7 637,692 4.1 3.8 Hyundai 34,716 31.2 2.4 400,221 6.7 2.4 Kia 18,575 22.1 1.3 237,471 0.1 1.4 ---------- Other Firms 413,080 2.6 28.8 5,107,186 3.3 30.6 Toyota 153,417 4.3 10.7 1,866,314 6.3 11.2 Honda 101,647 -3.0 7.1 1,349,847 8.2 8.1 Nissan 66,970 12.0 4.7 794,481 7.4 4.8 Mitsubishi 18,418 -43.9 1.3 256,809 -25.6 1.5 Mazda 23,056 30.6 1.6 258,865 0.3 1.5 BMW 24,915 -8.7 1.7 276,869 7.9 1.7 Subaru 15,275 -1.6 1.1 186,819 3.8 1.1 Isuzu 2,096 -52.5 0.1 30,328 -42.8 0.2 Suzuki 4,489 -43.3 0.3 58,438 -13.9 0.3 Porsche 2,797 100.9 0.2 28,416 33.3 0.2 Total 1,433,208 -4.7 100.0 16,713,025 -0.9 100.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------