U.S. New Car Sales April 2009
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May 1, 2009; Reuters compiled the following U.S. sales and market shares of cars and light trucks listed by auto groups and their wholly owned subsidiaries for April versus the same year-earlier month and for the year-to-date. Percent changes are based on the daily sales rate.
Makers April 2009 % Chng Share Yr Volume % Chng Share ------ -------- ------ ----- --------- ------ ----- GM-Group 173,042 -33.2 21.2 585,676 -44.5 19.5 Traditional 172,150 -33.2 21.1 581,852 -44.5 19.3 Saab 892 -43.5 0.1 3,824 -52.0 0.1 ---------- Ford-Group 134,024 -31.5 16.4 457,267 -39.7 15.2 Traditional 129,521 -31.3 15.9 440,140 -39.4 14.6 Volvo 4,503 -36.9 0.6 17,127 -45.9 0.6 ---------- Chrysler LLC 76,682 -48.1 9.4 323,890 -45.6 10.8 ---------- VW-Group 23,299 -14.2 2.9 81,231 -16.5 2.7 Traditional 16,289 -16.1 2.0 58,413 -15.7 1.9 Audi 7,010 -9.3 0.9 22,818 -18.5 0.8 ---------- Hyundai-Grp 59,558 -14.1 7.3 224,305 -2.7 7.5 Hyundai 33,952 -13.6 4.2 129,806 -2.6 4.3 Kia 25,606 -14.8 3.1 94,499 -2.9 3.1 ---------- Mercedes 14,565 -28.1 1.8 54,799 -29.0 1.8 ---------- Other Firms 334,223 -36.0 41.0 1,280,103 -34.8 42.6 Toyota 126,540 -41.9 15.5 486,212 -37.8 16.2 Honda 101,029 -25.3 12.4 332,014 -31.3 11.0 Nissan 47,190 -37.8 5.8 221,957 -35.1 7.4 Mitsubishi 3,919 -55.9 0.5 17,753 -50.1 0.6 Mazda 16,139 -32.1 2.0 69,934 -30.4 2.3 BMW 19,362 -38.4 2.4 70,606 -28.7 2.3 Subaru 15,649 -6.7 1.9 57,181 0.2 1.9 Suzuki 2,542 -73.7 0.3 17,668 -50.5 0.6 Porsche 1,853 -35.3 0.2 6,778 -29.0 0.2 Total 815,393 -34.3 100.0 3,007,271 -36.8 100.0