U.S. light vehicle sales, market share for September

Wed Oct 1, 2008 4:26pm EDT

 CHICAGO, Oct 1 (Reuters) - The following chart represents
U.S. light vehicle sales totals, individual automaker results
and market share for the month of September. 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
               SEPTEMBER 2008 SEPTEMBER 2007          % CHG
  Total Industry         960,742      1,311,678         -23.7%
  Domestic Car           340,563        433,570         -18.2%
  Domestic Truck         402,624        584,592         -28.3%
  Import Car             148,976        193,768         -19.9%
  Import Truck            68,579         99,748         -28.4%
  Dom+Imp Car            489,539        627,338         -18.7%
  Dom+Imp Truck          471,203        684,340         -28.3%
  Dom Vehicles           743,187      1,018,162         -24.0%
  Imp Vehicles           217,555        293,516         -22.8%
                   YR-TO-DATE       PRV YEAR          % CHG
  Total Industry      10,721,112     12,319,599         -13.0%
  Domestic Car         3,768,324      4,053,123          -7.0%
  Domestic Truck       4,263,680      5,419,697         -21.3%
  Import Car           1,905,669      1,889,221          +0.9%
  Import Truck           783,439        957,558         -18.2%
  Dom+Imp Car          5,673,993      5,942,344          -4.5%
  Dom+Imp Truck        5,047,119      6,377,255         -20.9%
  Dom Vehicles         8,032,004      9,472,820         -15.2%
  Imp Vehicles         2,689,108      2,846,779          -5.5%
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 INDIVIDUAL COMPANIES AND MARKET SHARE
          Sep08           Market  Yr-to-Date         Market
 Maker       Volume   % Chng  Share    Volume    % Chng  Share
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 GM          282,806   -12.1   29.4   2,412,666   -17.8   22.5
 Toyota      144,260   -29.5   15.0   1,793,303   -10.4   16.7
 Ford        116,356   -30.9   12.1   1,528,387   -17.1   14.3
 Honda        96,626   -20.9   10.1   1,180,583    -1.1   11.0
 Chrysler    107,349   -30.0   11.2   1,183,519   -25.0   11.0
 Nissan       59,565   -34.2    6.2     785,698    -3.4    7.3
 Hyundai      24,765   -22.3    2.6     337,664    -5.8    3.1
 BMW          18,506   -22.7    1.9     236,327    -4.8    2.2
 Kia          17,383   -24.8    1.8     228,088    -1.7    2.1
 Mazda        16,169   -32.9    1.7     215,408    -5.7    2.0
 Mercedes     18,779   -12.9    2.0     177,298    -1.6    1.7
 Volkswagen   17,109    -5.7    1.8     175,367    +0.2    1.6
 Subaru       14,491    -8.3    1.5     143,789    +3.7    1.3
 Mitsubishi    7,378   -36.5    0.8      80,105   -24.3    0.7
 Suzuki        4,081   -44.0    0.4      74,438    -7.6    0.7
 Audi          7,584    -1.5    0.8      65,817    -3.9    0.6
 Volvo         4,054   -49.8    0.4      60,028   -25.8    0.6
 Porsche       1,458   -42.5    0.2      21,076   -19.8    0.2
 Saab          1,765   -24.2    0.2      17,362   -32.4    0.2
 Isuzu           258   -52.4    0.0       4,189   -24.3    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       960,742   -23.7  100.0  10,721,112   -13.0  100.0
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  NOTE: Seasonally adjusted annual rate (Millions):
                        Sept 2008        Sept 2007
        Vehicles      12.44   Share    16.14   Share
         Dom Car       4.35   35.0%     5.25   32.5%
         Dom Truck     5.19   41.7%     7.20   44.6%
         Imp Car       1.97   15.8%     2.42   15.0%
         Imp Truck     0.93    7.5%     1.27    7.9%

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