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March 2010 U.S. Auto Industry Results by Auto Groups Scorecard


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CHICAGO - April 2, 2010: Reuters compilied the following U.S. sales and market shares of cars and light trucks listed by auto groups and their wholly owned subsidiaries for March versus the same year-earlier month and for the year-to-date. Percent changes are based on the daily sales rate.

 Makers       March 2010 % Chng  Share  Yr Volume % Chng Share
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 GM-Group    188,546       15.9   17.8	  475,594   17.4   18.8
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 Ford-Group   181,640      33.2   17.1	  441,680   38.5   17.4
  Traditional    176,403   36.0   16.6	  427,674   39.5   16.9
  Volvo               5,237     -20.8    0.5	   14,006   12.4    0.6
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 Chrysler LLC  92,623  -11.8    8.7	  234,215   -4.0    9.2
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 VW-Group     30,737   33.4    2.9	   79,598   39.3    3.1
  Traditional       22,148   35.5    2.1	   58,283   40.2    2.3
  Audi	             8,589   28.4    0.8	   21,315   36.7    0.8
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 Hyundai-Grp  77,524   13.9    7.3	  188,205   15.8    7.4
  Hyundai	  47,002   11.0    4.4	  111,509   17.9    4.4
  Kia        30,522   18.7    2.9	   76,696   12.8    3.0
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 Mercedes	  20,023   23.4    1.9	   50,566   27.4    2.0
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 Other Firms	 468,429   29.6   44.2	1,062,506   12.3   42.0
  Toyota	 186,863   35.3   17.6	  385,686    8.7   15.2
  Honda 	 108,262   17.8   10.2	  256,412   12.5   10.1
  Nissan	  95,468   37.8    9.0	  228,229   32.4    9.0
  Mitsubishi	   5,434   13.1    0.5	   13,623   -0.2    0.5
  Mazda 	  23,193    1.5    2.2	   55,941    5.4    2.2
  BMW		  21,670   -1.4    2.0	   55,051    8.9    2.2
  Subaru	  23,785   40.7    2.2	   57,494   40.3    2.3
  Suzuki	   1,849  -77.7    0.2	    4,848  -67.5    0.2
  Porsche	   1,905    4.7    0.2	    5,222    7.5    0.2
  Total        1,059,522   19.4  100.0	2,532,364   17.2  100.0