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U.S. Auto Sales October 2009 Scorecard


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Nov 3, 2009; Reuters compiled and published the following chart which represents U.S. light vehicle sales totals, individual automaker results and market share for the month of October. 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        OCTOBER 2009   OCTOBER 2008      % CHG
  Total Industry         834,517        834,271          -3.5%
  Domestic Car           292,510        289,672          -2.6%
  Domestic Truck         339,690        329,703          -0.7%
  Import Car             152,656        148,421          -0.8%
  Import Truck            49,661         66,475         -28.0%
  Dom+Imp Car            445,166        438,093          -2.0%
  Dom+Imp Truck          389,351        396,178          -5.2%
  Dom Vehicles           632,200        619,375          -1.6%
  Imp Vehicles           202,317        214,896          -9.2%                   
  Domestic Car         3,065,336      4,028,401         -23.9%
  Domestic Truck       3,265,359      4,589,019         -28.8%
  Import Car           1,649,776      2,083,683         -20.8%
  Import Truck           627,600        849,526         -26.1%
  Dom+Imp Car          4,715,112      6,112,084         -22.9%
  Dom+Imp Truck        3,892,959      5,438,545         -28.4%
  Dom Vehicles         6,330,695      8,617,420         -26.5%
  Imp Vehicles         2,277,376      2,933,209         -22.4%
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 INDIVIDUAL COMPANIES AND MARKET SHARE Oct09 Market  Yr-to-Date 
 Maker       Volume   % Chng  Share    Volume    % Chng  Share
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 GM          176,632    +1.0   21.2   1,713,535   -33.6   19.9
 Toyota      152,165    -3.5   18.2   1,448,589   -25.5   16.8
 Ford        132,157    -0.9   15.8   1,319,730   -20.4   15.3
 Honda        85,502    -4.0   10.2     969,698   -23.4   11.3
 Chrysler     65,803   -32.9    7.9     781,319   -38.9    9.1
 Nissan       60,115    +1.8    7.2     640,411   -24.0    7.4
 Hyundai      31,005   +43.6    3.7     373,222    +4.1    4.3
 Kia          22,490   +40.1    2.7     261,060    +7.2    3.0
 BMW          20,619   -22.0    2.5     199,838   -23.7    2.3
 Mazda        15,068   -11.6    1.8     175,257   -24.2    2.0
 Volkswagen   17,037    +3.4    2.0     176,817    -7.5    2.1
 Subaru       18,169   +35.6    2.2     176,590   +12.7    2.1
 Mercedes     18,193   +17.0    2.2     153,606   -20.1    1.8
 Audi          7,358    -4.7    0.9      66,876    -8.7    0.8
 Volvo         4,437   +15.1    0.5      51,166   -19.7    0.6
 Mitsubishi    3,867   -50.2    0.5      46,706   -46.7    0.5
 Suzuki        1,745   -51.7    0.2      35,258   -54.7    0.4
 Porsche       1,642   +11.0    0.2      15,952   -29.1    0.2
 Saab            513   -75.0    0.1       2,441   -87.4    0.0
 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
 Others            0    None    0.0           0    None   None
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 Total       834,517    -3.5  100.0   8,608,071   -25.5  100.0
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  NOTE: Seasonally adjusted annual rate (Millions):

Oct 2009         Oct 2008        Vehicles      
10.43   Share    10.79   Share         Dom Car      
 3.71   35.6%     3.84   35.6%         Dom Truck     
4.17   40.0%     4.13   38.3%         Imp Car       
1.97   18.9%     2.00   18.5%         Imp Truck     
0.59    5.7%     0.81    7.5%