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U.S. Light Vehicle Sales, Market Share for April 2009


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May 1, 2009; Reuters reported the following chart represents U.S. light vehicle sales totals, individual automaker results and market share for the month of April. 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 2009     APRIL 2008          % CHG
  Total Industry         815,393      1,241,609         -34.3%
  Domestic Car           288,115        429,976         -33.0%
  Domestic Truck         315,748        480,572         -34.3%
  Import Car             155,346        237,845         -34.7%
  Import Truck            56,184         93,216         -39.7%
  Dom+Imp Car            443,461        667,821         -33.6%
  Dom+Imp Truck          371,932        573,788         -35.2%
  Dom Vehicles           603,863        910,548         -33.7%
  Imp Vehicles           211,530        331,061         -36.1%                   YR-TO-DATE       PRV YEAR          % CHG
  Total Industry       3,007,271      4,805,902         -36.8%
  Domestic Car         1,010,168      1,627,437         -37.3%
  Domestic Truck       1,171,003      1,992,231         -40.6%
  Import Car             573,058        811,671         -28.7%
  Import Truck           253,042        374,563         -31.8%
  Dom+Imp Car          1,583,226      2,439,108         -34.4%
  Dom+Imp Truck        1,424,045      2,366,794         -39.2%
  Dom Vehicles         2,181,171      3,619,668         -39.1%
  Imp Vehicles           826,100      1,186,234         -29.7%
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 INDIVIDUAL COMPANIES AND MARKET SHARE          Apr09           Market  Yr-to-Date         Market
 Maker       Volume   % Chng  Share    Volume    % Chng  Share
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 GM          172,150   -33.2   21.1     581,852   -44.5   19.3
 Toyota      126,540   -41.9   15.5     486,212   -37.8   16.2
 Ford        129,521   -31.3   15.9     440,140   -39.4   14.6
 Chrysler     76,682   -48.1    9.4     323,890   -45.6   10.8
 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
 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
 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
 Volkswagen   16,289   -16.1    2.0      58,413   -15.7    1.9
 Subaru       15,649    -6.7    1.9      57,181    +0.2    1.9
 Mercedes     14,565   -28.1    1.8      54,799   -29.0    1.8
 Audi          7,010    -9.3    0.9      22,818   -18.5    0.8
 Suzuki        2,542   -73.7    0.3      17,668   -50.5    0.6
 Mitsubishi    3,919   -55.9    0.5      17,753   -50.1    0.6
 Volvo         4,503   -36.9    0.6      17,127   -45.9    0.6
 Porsche       1,853   -35.3    0.2       6,778   -29.0    0.2
 Saab            892   -43.5    0.1       3,824   -52.0    0.1
 Isuzu             0     NA     0.0           0     NA     0.0
 Land Rover        0     NA     0.0           0     NA     0.0
 Jaguar            0     NA     0.0           0     NA     0.0
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 Total       815,393   -34.3  100.0   3,007,271   -36.8  100.0
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  NOTE: Seasonally adjusted annual rate (Millions):                       April 2009       April 2008         Vehicles      9.26   Share    14.43   Share         Dom Car       3.23   34.9%     4.92   34.1%         Dom Truck     3.66   39.5%     5.73   39.7%         Imp Car       1.70   18.4%     2.64   18.3%         Imp Truck     0.68    7.3%     1.14    7.9%