Free money talks. BS walks.
October US auto sales = all-time record !!
Up 24.4% ***mainly due to huge incentives like zero percent financing. Truly impressive. Viva la consumer!
-B
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DETROIT, Nov 1 (Reuters) - The following chart represents U.S. light vehicle sales totals, individual automaker results and market share for the month of October. The seasonally adjusted annual rate is calculated using seasonal factors supplied by the U.S. Commerce Department.
INDUSTRY TOTALS
OCTOBER 2001 OCTOBER 2000 % CHG
Total Industry 1,726,608 1,336,759 +24.4%
Domestic Car 625,886 512,383 +17.6%
Domestic Truck 818,316 605,251 +30.2%
Import Car 190,553 153,098 +19.9%
Import Truck 91,853 66,027 +34.0%
Dom+Imp Car 816,439 665,481 +18.1%
Dom+Imp Truck 910,169 671,278 +30.6%
Dom Vehicles 1,444,202 1,117,634 +24.4%
Imp Vehicles 282,406 219,125 +24.1%
YR-TO-DATE PRV YEAR
% CHG
Total Industry 14,533,570 14,920,969 -2.6%
Domestic Car 5,516,154 5,926,728 -6.9%
Domestic Truck 6,484,283 6,587,069 -1.6%
Import Car 1,742,713 1,710,783 +1.9%
Import Truck 790,420 696,389 +13.5%
Dom+Imp Car 7,258,867 7,637,511 -5.0%
Dom+Imp Truck 7,274,703 7,283,458 -0.1%
Dom Vehicles 12,000,437 12,513,797 -4.1%
Imp Vehicles 2,533,133 2,407,172 +5.2%
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INDIVIDUAL COMPANIES AND MARKET SHARE
Oct01 Market Yr-to-Date Market
Maker Volume % Chng Share Volume % Chng Share
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GM* 546,093 +31.0 31.6 4,111,260 -2.8 28.3
Ford* 400,893 +36.3 23.2 3,206,762 -7.5 22.1
Chrysler* 209,478 +5.1 12.1 1,921,846 -11.5 13.2
Toyota 164,084 +27.5 9.5 1,458,869 +7.3 10.0
Honda 105,572 +18.8 6.1 1,022,604 +3.3 7.0
Nissan 63,423 +8.2 3.7 585,913 -9.0 4.0
Hyundai 34,051 +87.7 2.0 294,523 +40.9 2.0
Volkswagen 30,032 +6.6 1.7 298,820 -1.1 2.1
Mitsubishi 27,726 +13.3 1.6 257,698 -2.3 1.8
Kia 24,523 +72.0 1.4 189,424 +41.9 1.3
Mazda 23,660 +6.0 1.4 231,163 +6.6 1.6
Mercedes 18,443 -3.4 1.1 168,548 -0.3 1.2
Subaru 17,442 +12.4 1.0 153,896 +7.4 1.1
BMW 16,122 -2.3 0.9 176,606 +16.8 1.2
Volvo 10,455 -3.2 0.6 107,324 +2.8 0.7
Isuzu 6,950 +37.6 0.4 73,108 -9.4 0.5
Suzuki 6,245 +36.5 0.4 55,605 +5.2 0.4
Audi 6,154 -2.9 0.4 69,812 +5.2 0.5
Saab 4,820 +26.1 0.3 32,595 +1.1 0.2
Jaguar 4,126 +31.3 0.2 33,970 -5.3 0.2
Daewoo 2,511 -51.8 0.1 43,169 -27.7 0.3
Land Rover 2,264 -3.5 0.1 20,536 -7.5 0.1
Porsche 1,541 -13.8 0.1 19,519 +2.3 0.1
Others 0 None 0.0 0 None None
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Total 1,726,608 +24.4 100.0 14,533,570 -2.6 100.0
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NOTE: Seasonally adjusted annual rate (Millions):
Oct 2001 Oct 2000
Vehicles 21.33 Share 16.99 Share
Dom Car 7.80 36.6% 6.56 38.6%
Dom Truck 9.95 46.6% 7.57 44.6%
Imp Car 2.44 11.4% 2.02 11.9%
Imp Truck 1.13 5.3% 0.84 4.9%
Thursday, 1 November 2001 22:26:52
