U.S. Auto Industry October 2008 Sales By Auto Groups
Nov 3, 2008; Reuters reported that the following are U.S. sales and market shares of cars and
light trucks listed by auto groups and their wholly owned subsidiaries for
October versus the same year-earlier month and for the year-to-date. Percent
changes are based on the daily sales rate.
Makers Oct 2008 % Chng Share Yr Volume % Chng Share
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GM-Group 170,694 -46.9 20.5 2,600,722 -20.8 22.5
Traditional 168,719 -47.1 20.2 2,581,385 -20.7 22.3
Saab 1,975 -16.4 0.2 19,337 -31.1 0.2
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Ford-Group 132,278 -32.8 15.9 1,720,693 -18.9 14.9
Traditional 128,561 -31.9 15.4 1,656,948 -18.5 14.3
Volvo 3,717 -53.9 0.4 63,745 -28.4 0.6
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Chrysler LLC 94,530 -37.4 11.3 1,278,049 -26.2 11.1
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VW-Group 23,332 -9.0 2.8 264,516 -1.8 2.3
Traditional 15,889 -11.4 1.9 191,256 -0.9 1.7
Audi 7,443 -3.4 0.9 73,260 -3.9 0.6
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Hyundai-Grp 36,303 -36.9 4.4 602,055 -7.1 5.2
Hyundai 20,820 -33.7 2.5 358,484 -8.1 3.1
Kia 15,483 -40.8 1.9 243,571 -5.7 2.1
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Mercedes 14,996 -36.7 1.8 192,294 -5.7 1.7
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Other Firms 362,389 -24.6 43.4 4,897,297 -8.0 42.4
Toyota 152,101 -25.9 18.2 1,945,404 -11.9 16.8
Honda 85,864 -28.0 10.3 1,266,447 -3.6 11.0
Nissan 56,945 -35.4 6.8 842,644 -6.5 7.3
Mazda 16,442 -28.7 2.0 231,850 -7.8 2.0
BMW 25,475 -8.5 3.1 261,802 -5.2 2.3
Subaru 12,917 -17.0 1.5 156,706 1.6 1.4
Mitsubishi 7,486 -22.3 0.9 87,591 -24.2 0.8
Suzuki 3,481 -48.2 0.4 77,910 -10.0 0.7
Porsche 1,427 -52.0 0.2 22,503 -23.1 0.2
Isuzu 251 -58.0 0.0 4,440 -27.6 0.0
Total 834,522 -34.6 100.0 11,555,626 -15.0 100.0
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