May 2008: U.S. Light Vehicle Sales Market Share Scorecard
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CHICAGO, June 3, 2008; Reuters compiled the following chart represents U.S. light vehicle sales totals, individual automaker results and market share for the month of May.
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 MAY 2008 MAY 2007 % CHG Total Industry 1,393,008 1,562,808 -14.2% Domestic Car 536,813 543,175 -4.8% Domestic Truck 487,533 657,823 -28.6% Import Car 268,950 248,177 +4.4% Import Truck 99,712 113,633 -15.5% Dom+Imp Car 805,763 791,352 -2.0% Dom+Imp Truck 587,245 771,456 -26.7% Dom Vehicles 1,024,346 1,200,998 -17.9% Imp Vehicles 368,662 361,810 -1.9% Total Industry 6,208,346 6,791,263 -10.0% Domestic Car 1,959,963 2,217,270 -13.0% Domestic Truck 2,482,327 2,989,625 -18.3% Import Car 1,284,743 1,036,478 +22.0% Import Truck 481,313 547,890 -13.5% Dom+Imp Car 3,244,706 3,253,748 -1.8% Dom+Imp Truck 2,963,640 3,537,515 -17.5% Dom Vehicles 4,442,290 5,206,895 -16.0% Imp Vehicles 1,766,056 1,584,368 +9.7% -------------------------------------------------------- INDIVIDUAL COMPANIES AND MARKET SHARE May08 Market Yr-to-Date Market Maker Volume % Chng Share Volume % Chng Share ============================================================= GM 268,892 -30.2 19.3 1,326,906 -17.2 21.4 Toyota 257,404 -7.9 18.5 1,046,852 -5.0 16.9 Ford 205,379 -18.8 14.7 939,000 -12.4 15.1 Chrysler 148,747 -28.2 10.7 750,369 -20.5 12.1 Honda 167,997 +11.3 12.1 655,819 +3.1 10.6 Nissan 100,874 +4.4 7.2 446,474 -0.8 7.2 Hyundai 46,415 +1.8 3.3 181,033 -4.8 2.9 Mazda 27,921 +0.4 2.0 129,370 +0.3 2.1 BMW 31,781 -0.7 2.3 131,758 -3.9 2.1 Kia 31,047 +4.9 2.2 129,327 -0.6 2.1 Mercedes 21,785 -3.6 1.6 99,703 -0.5 1.6 Volkswagen 22,346 -3.6 1.6 92,316 -7.0 1.5 Subaru 18,436 +9.0 1.3 76,088 +2.5 1.2 Suzuki 10,364 -1.5 0.7 46,458 -1.8 0.7 Mitsubishi 10,430 -26.4 0.7 46,389 -20.4 0.7 Volvo 7,238 -24.2 0.5 39,180 -12.8 0.6 Audi 8,534 -6.5 0.6 36,820 -4.4 0.6 Land Rover 3,003 -32.3 0.2 14,292 -24.7 0.2 Porsche 0 NA 0.0 0 NA 0.0 Saab 2,148 -28.0 0.2 10,196 -20.6 0.2 Jaguar 1,757 +22.7 0.1 7,021 -2.0 0.1 Isuzu 510 -30.5 0.0 2,975 -5.6 0.0 Others 0 None 0.0 0 None None ============================================================= Total 1,393,008 -14.2 100.0 6,208,346 -10.0 100.0 ------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: Seasonally adjusted annual rate (Millions): May 2008 May 2007 Vehicles 14.25 Share 16.31 Share Dom Car 5.36 37.6% 5.57 34.2% Dom Truck 5.12 35.9% 6.92 42.4% Imp Car 2.73 19.2% 2.59 15.9% Imp Truck 1.05 7.4% 1.24 7.6%