August 2002 U.S. Car and Light truck Sales Scorecard
DETROIT, Sept 4, Reuters published this analysis of U.S. sales and market shares of cars and light trucks listed by auto groups and their wholly owned subsidiaries for August versus the same year-earlier month and for the year-to-date. Percent changes are based on the daily sales rate and reflect 28 selling days this month from 27 in the month last year and 206 this year to date versus 205 last year to date. Makers Aug 2002 % Chng Share Yr Volume % Chng Share ------ -------- ------ ----- --------- ------ ----- GM-Group 489,471 18.0 28.7 3,346,667 3.9 28.7 Traditional 485,399 18.2 28.5 3,318,281 3.8 28.5 Saab 4,072 -7.0 0.2 28,386 16.1 0.2 ---------- Ford-Group 364,776 8.2 21.4 2,484,638 -6.9 21.3 Traditional 344,340 8.2 20.2 2,339,647 -7.8 20.1 Volvo 10,653 -15.3 0.6 74,716 -16.6 0.6 Jaguar 6,011 56.2 0.4 43,784 62.4 0.4 Land Rover 3,772 58.8 0.2 26,491 62.4 0.2 ---------- DaimlerChryslr 229,203 20.9 13.4 1,694,674 -0.5 14.5 Chrysler 210,855 23.6 12.4 1,558,462 -0.6 13.4 Mercedes 18,348 -3.0 1.1 136,212 0.7 1.2 ---------- VW-Group 42,517 -11.2 2.5 293,999 -3.3 2.5 Traditional 34,810 -13.3 2.0 236,929 -3.3 2.0 Audi 7,707 -0.4 0.5 57,070 -3.3 0.5 ---------- Hyundai-Grp 63,830 6.6 3.7 434,919 15.5 3.7 Hyundai 40,266 12.6 2.4 267,079 15.4 2.3 Kia 23,564 -2.4 1.4 167,840 15.7 1.4 ---------- Other Firms 514,942 17.0 30.2 3,404,388 3.8 29.2 Toyota 186,599 13.2 10.9 1,221,005 4.1 10.5 Honda 137,273 12.9 8.1 844,518 2.2 7.2 Nissan 73,403 19.8 4.3 511,310 8.9 4.4 Mitsubishi 31,228 6.3 1.8 238,211 14.9 2.0 Mazda 32,067 36.1 1.9 187,008 -0.8 1.6 BMW 22,315 12.9 1.3 168,745 15.5 1.4 Subaru 18,537 4.2 1.1 120,288 -2.1 1.0 Isuzu 5,390 -22.3 0.3 36,471 -41.0 0.3 Daewoo -100.0 0.0 17,459 -54.3 0.1 Suzuki 6,166 6.0 0.4 43,689 -2.3 0.4 Porsche 1,964 3.5 0.1 15,684 -8.3 0.1 Total 1,704,739 13.2 100.0 11,659,285 0.8 100.0
