April 2008 U.S. Light Vehicle Sales Scorecard
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CHICAGO, May 1, 2008; Reuters compiled this chart representing U.S. light vehicle sales totals, individual automaker results and market share for the month of April 2008.
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 2008 APRIL 2007 % CHG
Total Industry 1,245,342 1,340,229 -14.2%
Domestic Car 511,231 433,702 +8.8%
Domestic Truck 455,547 615,129 -31.6%
Import Car 194,896 187,659 -4.1%
Import Truck 83,668 103,739 -25.6%
Dom+Imp Car 706,127 621,361 +4.9%
Dom+Imp Truck 539,215 718,868 -30.8%
Dom Vehicles 966,778 1,048,831 -14.9%
Imp Vehicles 278,564 291,398 -11.8%
YR-TO-DATE PRV YEAR % CHG
Total Industry 4,823,745 5,234,249 -8.7%
Domestic Car 1,926,172 1,683,354 +13.3%
Domestic Truck 1,892,557 2,389,180 -21.6%
Import Car 667,893 709,189 -6.7%
Import Truck 337,123 452,526 -26.2%
Dom+Imp Car 2,594,065 2,392,543 +7.4%
Dom+Imp Truck 2,229,680 2,841,706 -22.3%
Dom Vehicles 3,818,729 4,072,534 -7.2%
Imp Vehicles 1,005,016 1,161,715 -14.3%
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INDIVIDUAL COMPANIES AND MARKET SHARE
Apr08 Market Yr-to-Date Market
Maker Volume % Chng Share Volume % Chng Share
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GM 257,638 -22.7 20.7 1,058,014 -13.1 21.9
Toyota 217,700 -4.5 17.5 789,448 -4.2 16.4
Ford 188,629 -18.6 15.1 733,621 -10.6 15.2
Chrysler 147,751 -29.4 11.9 601,622 -18.4 12.5
* Honda 134,000 -2.2 10.8 486,642 +0.3 10.1
Nissan 75,855 -1.6 6.1 345,600 -2.3 7.2
Hyundai 39,280 -7.4 3.2 134,618 -7.0 2.8
Mazda 23,760 +4.1 1.9 101,391 +0.3 2.1
BMW 31,448 +1.2 2.5 99,977 -4.9 2.1
Kia 30,066 +6.7 2.4 98,280 -2.3 2.0
Mercedes 20,271 -10.4 1.6 77,918 +0.4 1.6
Volkswagen 19,415 -6.1 1.6 69,970 -0.2 1.5
Subaru 16,771 +12.3 1.3 57,652 +0.6 1.2
Mitsubishi 8,878 -32.0 0.7 35,959 -18.5 0.7
Suzuki 9,669 -2.8 0.8 36,099 -3.3 0.7
Volvo 7,138 -18.9 0.6 31,942 -9.7 0.7
Audi 7,730 -12.0 0.6 28,286 -3.9 0.6
Land Rover 2,557 -43.9 0.2 11,289 -22.4 0.2
Porsche 2,863 -12.3 0.2 9,640 -15.1 0.2
Saab 1,580 -37.9 0.1 8,048 -18.4 0.2
Jaguar 1,785 +15.7 0.1 5,264 -8.1 0.1
Isuzu 558 -13.0 0.0 2,465 +2.0 0.1
Others 0 None 0.0 0 None None
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Total 1,245,342 -14.2 100.0 4,823,745 -8.7 100.0
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NOTE: Seasonally adjusted annual rate (Millions):
April 2008 April 2007
Vehicles 14.39 Share 16.30 Share
Dom Car 5.78 40.2% 5.10 31.3%
Dom Truck 5.38 37.4% 7.63 46.8%
Imp Car 2.21 15.4% 2.25 13.8%
Imp Truck 1.02 7.1% 1.33 8.2%
Note: Calculations based on estimated numbers from Honda.