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January 2011 U.S. Light Vehicle Sales Scoreboard

Washington DC Feb 2, 2011 Wendy Song writing for Bloomberg compiled the following table reflecting U.S. Light Vehicle Sales in January 2011.

MARKET SHARE OF US SALES BY AUTOMAKER ORIGIN

		      January 1-31
			Share		  Share  Point
		  2011	    %	    2010      %   Chg.

U.S.	       373,560	 45.7	 313,046   44.9    0.8
ASIAN	       370,481	 45.3	 319,103   45.8   -0.5
EUROPEAN	73,057	  8.9	  64,396    9.2   -0.3

TOTAL:	       817,098		 696,545

MARKET SHARE OF US SALES BY AUTOMAKER

		      January 1-31
			Share		  Share  Point
		  2011	    %	    2010      %   Chg.

GM CORP        178,897	 21.9	 145,832   20.9    1.0

FORD CORP      124,760	 15.3	 110,732   15.9   -0.6

TOYOTA CORP    115,856	 14.2	  98,796   14.2    0.0
  TOYOTA	99,721	 12.2	  80,244   11.5    0.7
  SCION 	 3,275	  0.4	   3,035    0.4    0.0
  LEXUS 	12,860	  1.6	  15,517    2.2   -0.7

HONDA CORP	76,269	  9.3	  67,479    9.7   -0.4
  HONDA 	68,308	  8.4	  60,347    8.7   -0.3
  ACURA 	 7,961	  1.0	   7,132    1.0    0.0

NISSAN CORP	71,847	  8.8	  62,572    9.0   -0.2
  NISSAN	64,442	  7.9	  55,861    8.0   -0.1
 INFINITI	 7,405	  0.9	   6,711    1.0   -0.1

CHRYSLER	69,892	  8.6	  56,479    8.1    0.4

HYUNDAI 	37,214	  4.6	  30,503    4.4    0.2

KIA MOTORS	27,789	  3.4	  22,122    3.2    0.2

VOLKSWAGEN	26,213	  3.2	  24,529    3.5   -0.3
   VW		18,401	  2.3	  18,019    2.6   -0.3
   AUDI 	 7,812	  1.0	   6,510    0.9    0.0

SUBARU		18,858	  2.3	  15,611    2.2    0.1

BMW CORP	18,656	  2.3	  15,410    2.2    0.1
   BMW		15,905	  1.9	  13,163    1.9    0.1
   MINI 	 2,065	  0.3	   2,247    0.3   -0.1

DAIMLER AG	17,648	  2.2	  15,443    2.2   -0.1
   MERCEDES	17,273	  2.1	  15,158    2.2   -0.1
   SMART	   358	  0.0	     278    0.0    0.0
   FUSO 	    17	  0.0	       7    0.0    0.0

MAZDA		14,267	  1.7	  15,694    2.3   -0.5
MITSUBISHI	 5,714	  0.7	   4,170    0.6    0.1
VOLVO		 4,276	  0.5	   4,128    0.6   -0.1
SUZUKI		 2,562	  0.3	   2,040    0.3    0.0
PORSCHE 	 2,400	  0.3	   1,786    0.3    0.0
LANDROVER	 2,271	  0.3	   1,958    0.3    0.0
JAGUAR		   935	  0.1	     631    0.1    0.0
SAAB		   658	  0.1	     511    0.1    0.0
ISUZU		   105	  0.0	     116    0.0    0.0
INTERNATIONAL	    11	  0.0	       3    0.0    0.0

TOTALS:        817,098		 696,545


MARKET SHARE OF US SALES BY PRODUCTION ORIGIN

		      January 1-31
			Share		  Share  Point
		  2011	    %	    2010      %   Chg.

U.S.	       620,218	 75.9	 525,101   75.4    0.5
ASIAN	       139,782	 17.1	 122,580   17.6   -0.5
EUROPEAN	57,098	  7.0	  48,865    7.0    0.0

TOTAL:	       817,098		 696,546


MARKET SHARE OF US SALES BY VEHICLE TYPE

		       January 1-31
			Share		  Share  Point
		  2011	    %	    2010      %   Chg.

CARS	       380,556	 46.6	 356,192   51.1   -4.6
LT. TRUCKS     436,542	 53.4	 340,353   48.9    4.6

TOTALS:        817,098		 696,545