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Auto industry U.S. January Results by Auto Groups

CHICAGO, Feb 1, 2008; Reuters compiled U.S. sales and market shares of cars and light trucks listed by auto groups and their wholly owned subsidiaries for January compared with a year ago.

Percent changes are based on the daily sales rate.

Makers         Jan 2008 % Chng   Share
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 GM-Group        250,926    2.6   24.1 
  Traditional    249,154    2.8   23.9 
  Saab             1,772  -25.0    0.2 
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 Ford-Group      159,355   -3.9   15.3 
  Traditional    147,796   -3.6   14.2 
  Volvo            8,036    2.9    0.8 
  Jaguar             664  -52.2    0.1 
  Land Rover       2,859  -16.7    0.3 
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  Chrysler       137,392  -12.1   13.2 
  Mercedes        18,275    7.1    1.8 
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 VW-Group         20,829   -9.5    2.0 
  Traditional     14,411  -13.2    1.4 
  Audi             6,418    0.3    0.6 
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 Hyundai-Grp      42,807  -14.8    4.1 
  Hyundai         21,452  -22.6    2.1 
  Kia             21,355   -5.2    2.1 
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 Other Firms     411,315   -4.7   39.5 
  Toyota         171,849   -2.3   16.5 
  Honda           98,511   -2.3    9.5 
  Nissan          76,605   -7.3    7.4 
  Mitsubishi       7,226  -23.0    0.7 
  Mazda           21,212   10.2    2.0 
  BMW (estimate)  14,475  -26.7    1.4 
  Subaru          11,289   -6.5    1.1 
  Isuzu              433  -13.4    0.0 
  Suzuki           7,120  -12.9    0.7 
  Porsche          2,595  -13.0    0.2 
  Total        1,040,899   -4.4  100.0 
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  *BMW figures are estimates provided by Autodata.