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April 2007 U.S. Light Vehicle Sales Scorecard


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CHICAGO, May 1, 2007; Reuters published the following chart which represents U.S. light vehicle sales totals, individual automaker results and market share for the month of April. 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


                  APRIL 2007      APRIL 2006    %CHG 
Total Industry     1,337,896        1,447,892    +0.1%
Domestic Car         428,582          504,262    -7.9% 
Domestic Truck       599,171          620,223    +4.7%
Import Car           205,841          213,358    +4.5% 
Import Truck         104,302          110,049    +2.7% 
Dom+Imp Car          634,423          717,620    -4.2% 
Dom+Imp Truck        703,473          730,272    +4.4% 
Dom Vehicles       1,027,753        1,124,485    -1.0% 
Imp Vehicles         310,143          323,407    +3.9%


                  YR-TO-DATE    PRV YEAR       %CHG 
Total Industry    5,227,867     5,381,985      - 2.9%
Domestic Car      1,659,817     1,846,020      -10.1% 
Domestic Truck    2,339,627     2,429,009      - 3.7% 
Import Car          788,736       706,523      +11.6% 
Import Truck        439,687       400,433       +9.8%
Dom+Imp Car       2,448,553     2,552,543       -4.1% 
Dom+Imp Truck     2,779,314     2,829,442       -1.8% 
Dom Vehicles      3,999,444     4,275,029       -6.4% 
Imp Vehicles      1,228,423     1,106,956       +11.0% 

INDIVIDUAL COMPANIES AND MARKET SHARE

           Apr07     %Chng    Share   Yr-to-Date   %Chng   Share   

GM*       305,204     -1.8     22.8    1,196,227    -6.5   22.9 
Toyota    210,457     +3.7     15.7      816,312    +6.7   15.6 
Ford*     213,862     -5.8     16.0      815,586    -13.1  15.6 
Chrysler* 193,104    +10.0     14.4      730,353     -2.9  14.0 
Honda     126,419     -1.6      9.4      480,627     +1.6   9.2 
Nissan     71,124    -11.1      5.3      350,105     +0.0   6.7 
Hyundai    39,137     +3.3      2.9      143,342     -2.5   2.7
Mazda      21,060     +1.9      1.6      100,134     +11.7  1.9 
BMW        28,692     +8.8      2.1      104,125      +2.9  2.0 
Kia        26,007     +1.3      1.9       99,610      +7.5  1.9 
Mercedes   20,895     +6.4      1.6       76,880      +6.0  1.5 
Volkswagen 19,086     +0.7      1.4       69,418      -6.0  1.3 
Subaru     13,786     -7.1      1.0       56,764      -7.2  1.1 
Mitsubishi 12,047    +20.4      0.9       43,692      +19.6 0.8 
Suzuki      9,179     -6.8      0.7       36,973      -0.9  0.7 
Volvo       8,139     -9.6      0.6       35,092      -8.1  0.7 
Audi        8,106    +18.5      0.6       29,134      +15.2 0.6 
Land Rover  4,211    +22.1      0.3       14,413      -4.1  0.3
Porsche     3,015     -2.2      0.2       11,244      -9.7  0.2 
Saab        2,350    -19.0      0.2        9,770     -14.0  0.2
Jaguar      1,424    -22.5      0.1        5,672     -20.3  0.1 
Isuzu         592    -27.5      0.0        2,394     -28.2  0.0
Others          0     None      0.0            0      None None
Total    1,337,896    +0.1     100.0      5,227,867   -2.9  100.0

NOTE: Seasonally adjusted annual rate (Millions):

          April 2007  Share       April 2006   Share

Vehicles   16,250,000    100%       16,680,000     100%
Dom Car     5,030,000    31.0%       5,620,000    33.7%
Dom Truck   7,480,000    46.0%       7,350,000    44.1%
Imp Car     2,410,000    14.8%       2,380,000    14.3%
Imp Truck   1,330,000     8.2%       1,330,000     8.0%