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U.S. light vehicle sales, market share for September
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% -------------------------------------------------------- INDIVIDUAL COMPANIES AND MARKET SHARE
Sep08 Market Yr-to-Date Market Maker Volume % Chng Share Volume % Chng Share ============================================================= 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 ============================================================== Total 960,742 -23.7 100.0 10,721,112 -13.0 100.0 ------------------------------------------------------------- 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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