Automotive News - January 7, 2008 - (Page 33) JANUARY 7, 2008 • 33 U.S. car and light-truck sales by make – December 2007 Make Car 2007 Car 2006 2007 share 2006 share Percent change Truck 2007 (Ranked by total sales) 2007 share 2006 share Percent change Total 2007 Total 2006 2007 share 2006 Percent share change Truck 2006 Chevrolet Toyota Division Ford division Honda Division Dodge Nissan Division Chrysler Division Hyundai division Jeep GMC Lexus Pontiac BMW division Mercedes-Benz Mazda Kia Cadillac Volkswagen division Subaru Saturn Acura Buick Infiniti Mercury Lincoln Volvo Scion Audi Suzuki Mitsubishi Hummer Land Rover Mini Porsche Saab Jaguar Isuzu Bentley Aston Martin‡* Rolls-Royce* Maybach* Other** TOTAL Made in North America Made in Japan Made in Europe Made in Korea Total Detroit 31 Total Japan2 Total Europe3 Total Korea4 General Motors Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Ford Motor Co.† Chrysler LLC†† American Honda Motor Co. Nissan North America Hyundai-Kia Automotive BMW Group Volkswagen of America Mercedes-Benz USA†† 66,854 92,797 46,736 63,773 30,436 43,597 29,142 32,772 – – 19,840 27,762 23,064 18,808 15,214 12,958 13,458 19,321 17,268 6,638 9,413 9,362 9,021 8,477 3,367 5,998 8,944 6,929 4,482 3,730 – – 3,562 1,637 2,156 1,522 – 312 146 35 13 768 660,312 456,606 102,546 71,806 29,354 242,232 288,079 84,271 45,730 126,230 121,581 66,100 59,578 73,186 52,618 45,730 26,661 26,562 18,821 66,243 92,391 48,813 56,059 23,254 42,850 36,632 23,615 – – 20,913 28,961 24,535 19,337 14,538 16,536 12,536 19,084 19,031 14,013 10,382 10,406 9,923 8,179 7,812 5,160 10,326 9,576 4,305 5,985 – – 2,472 1,912 2,899 1,553 – 653 130 34 18 571 671,637 452,269 107,895 74,291 37,182 256,849 286,703 87,934 40,151 135,058 123,630 71,647 59,886 66,441 52,773 40,151 27,041 29,313 19,355 10.1 14.1 7.1 9.7 4.6 6.6 4.4 5.0 – – 3.0 4.2 3.5 2.8 2.3 2.0 2.0 2.9 2.6 1.0 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 0.5 0.9 1.4 1.0 0.7 0.6 – – 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.2 – 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 100.0 69.2 15.5 10.9 4.4 36.7 43.6 12.8 6.9 19.1 18.4 10.0 9.0 11.1 8.0 6.9 4.0 4.0 2.9 9.9 13.8 7.3 8.3 3.5 6.4 5.5 3.5 – – 3.1 4.3 3.7 2.9 2.2 2.5 1.9 2.8 2.8 2.1 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.2 1.2 0.8 1.5 1.4 0.6 0.9 – – 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.2 – 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 100.0 67.3 16.1 11.1 5.5 38.2 42.7 13.1 6.0 20.1 18.4 10.7 8.9 9.9 7.9 6.0 4.0 4.4 2.9 0.9 0.4 –4.3 13.8 30.9 1.7 –20.4 38.8 – – –5.1 –4.1 –6.0 –2.7 4.6 –21.6 7.4 1.2 –9.3 –52.6 –9.3 –10.0 –9.1 3.6 –56.9 16.2 –13.4 –27.6 4.1 –37.7 – – 44.1 –14.4 –25.6 –2.0 – –52.2 12.3 2.9 –27.8 34.5 –1.7 1.0 –5.0 –3.3 –21.1 –5.7 0.5 –4.2 13.9 –6.5 –1.7 –7.7 –0.5 10.2 –0.3 13.9 –1.4 –9.4 –2.8 117,218 88,103 125,673 50,437 67,799 33,303 19,242 13,715 44,804 43,441 14,715 2,449 7,135 8,466 9,719 11,110 7,978 1,222 1,471 11,558 8,169 5,038 3,634 4,154 6,698 3,343 – 1,575 2,879 2,174 5,333 4,887 – 1,254 592 – 492 – – – – – 729,780 613,735 85,709 14,613 15,723 461,385 215,096 28,474 24,825 193,607 102,818 144,755 131,845 58,606 36,937 24,825 7,135 2,797 8,466 126,318 88,370 140,062 56,663 65,235 35,813 19,207 13,750 46,087 39,318 16,322 3,811 6,410 8,790 5,374 13,468 10,179 858 1,582 6,673 8,674 5,580 3,189 5,630 4,994 3,365 – 2,321 3,012 3,925 6,928 6,014 – 938 636 – 637 – – – – – 760,133 638,522 84,738 17,320 19,553 480,022 223,561 29,332 27,218 199,443 104,692 160,065 130,529 65,337 39,002 27,218 6,410 3,179 8,790 16.1 12.1 17.2 6.9 9.3 4.6 2.6 1.9 6.1 6.0 2.0 0.3 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.5 1.1 0.2 0.2 1.6 1.1 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.9 0.5 – 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.7 0.7 – 0.2 0.1 – 0.1 – – – – – 100.0 84.1 11.7 2.0 2.2 63.2 29.5 3.9 3.4 26.5 14.1 19.8 18.1 8.0 5.1 3.4 1.0 0.4 1.2 16.6 11.6 18.4 7.5 8.6 4.7 2.5 1.8 6.1 5.2 2.1 0.5 0.8 1.2 0.7 1.8 1.3 0.1 0.2 0.9 1.1 0.7 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.4 – 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.9 0.8 – 0.1 0.1 – 0.1 – – – – – 100.0 84.0 11.1 2.3 2.6 63.1 29.4 3.9 3.6 26.2 13.8 21.1 17.2 8.6 5.1 3.6 0.8 0.4 1.2 –7.2 –0.3 –10.3 –11.0 3.9 –7.0 0.2 –0.3 –2.8 10.5 –9.8 –35.7 11.3 –3.7 80.9 –17.5 –21.6 42.4 –7.0 73.2 –5.8 –9.7 14.0 –26.2 34.1 –0.7 – –32.1 –4.4 –44.6 –23.0 –18.7 – 33.7 –6.9 – –22.8 – – – – – –4.0 –3.9 1.1 –15.6 –19.6 –3.9 –3.8 –2.9 –8.8 –2.9 –1.8 –9.6 1.0 –10.3 –5.3 –8.8 11.3 –12.0 –3.7 184,072 180,900 172,409 114,210 98,235 76,900 48,384 46,487 44,804 43,441 34,555 30,211 30,199 27,274 24,933 24,068 21,436 20,543 18,739 18,196 17,582 14,400 12,655 12,631 10,065 9,341 8,944 8,504 7,361 5,904 5,333 4,887 3,562 2,891 2,748 1,522 492 312 146 35 13 768 1,390,092 1,070,341 188,255 86,419 45,077 703,617 503,175 112,745 70,555 319,837 224,399 210,855 191,423 131,792 89,555 70,555 33,796 29,359 27,287 192,561 180,761 188,875 112,722 88,489 78,663 55,839 37,365 46,087 39,318 37,235 32,772 30,945 28,127 19,912 30,004 22,715 19,942 20,613 20,686 19,056 15,986 13,112 13,809 12,806 8,525 10,326 11,897 7,317 9,910 6,928 6,014 2,472 2,850 3,535 1,553 637 653 130 34 18 571 1,431,770 1,090,791 192,633 91,611 56,735 736,871 510,264 117,266 67,369 334,501 228,322 231,712 190,415 131,778 91,775 67,369 33,451 32,492 28,145 13.2 13.0 12.4 8.2 7.1 5.5 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.1 2.5 2.2 2.2 2.0 1.8 1.7 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 100.0 77.0 13.5 6.2 3.2 50.6 36.2 8.1 5.1 23.0 16.1 15.2 13.8 9.5 6.4 5.1 2.4 2.1 2.0 13.4 12.6 13.2 7.9 6.2 5.5 3.9 2.6 3.2 2.7 2.6 2.3 2.2 2.0 1.4 2.1 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.1 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 76.2 13.5 6.4 4.0 51.5 35.6 8.2 4.7 23.4 15.9 16.2 13.3 9.2 6.4 4.7 2.3 2.3 2.0 –4.4 0.1 –8.7 1.3 11.0 –2.2 –13.4 24.4 –2.8 10.5 –7.2 –7.8 –2.4 –3.0 25.2 –19.8 –5.6 3.0 –9.1 –12.0 –7.7 –9.9 –3.5 –8.5 –21.4 9.6 –13.4 –28.5 0.6 –40.4 –23.0 –18.7 44.1 1.4 –22.3 –2.0 –22.8 –52.2 12.3 2.9 –27.8 34.5 –2.9 –1.9 –2.3 –5.7 –20.5 –4.5 –1.4 –3.9 4.7 –4.4 –1.7 –9.0 0.5 0.0 –2.4 4.7 1.0 –9.6 –3.0 The Rogue crossover, with highway mileage of 27 mpg, added more than 17,800 new units to Nissan’s sales. The Versa, at 33 mpg highway, sold more than 79,400 units last year, compared with 22,000 in 2006. Gas prices boost Nissan car sales as trucks tank Lindsay Chappell lchappell@crain.com U.S. car and light-truck sales by make – 12 months 2007 Make Car 2007 Car 2006 2007 share 2006 share Percent change Truck 2007 (Ranked by total sales) 2007 share 2006 share Percent change Total 2007 Total 2006 2007 share 2006 Percent share change Truck 2006 Chevrolet Toyota Division Ford division Honda Division Dodge Nissan Division Chrysler Division GMC Jeep Hyundai division Pontiac Lexus Kia Mazda BMW division Mercedes-Benz Saturn Volkswagen division Cadillac Subaru Buick Acura Mercury Lincoln Scion Mitsubishi Infiniti Volvo Suzuki Audi Hummer Land Rover Mini Porsche Saab Jaguar Isuzu Bentley Aston Martin‡* Rolls-Royce* Maybach* Oldsmobile Other** TOTAL Made in North America Made in Japan Made in Europe Made in Korea Total Detroit 31 Total Japan2 Total Europe3 Total Korea4 General Motors Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Ford Motor Co.† Chrysler LLC†† American Honda Motor Co. Nissan North America Hyundai-Kia Automotive BMW Group Volkswagen of America Mercedes-Benz USA†† 861,806 1,183,470 586,701 784,073 336,341 542,258 322,125 – – 303,368 323,968 200,334 153,267 198,708 230,535 178,819 119,102 221,760 131,192 170,418 130,822 98,142 109,029 61,102 130,181 85,159 93,717 74,877 59,168 72,811 – – 42,045 22,146 27,454 15,683 – 3,990 1,752 410 156 – 7,712 7,884,601 5,450,774 1,242,764 768,855 422,208 2,982,188 3,545,628 900,150 456,635 1,594,344 1,513,985 848,122 658,466 882,215 635,975 456,635 272,990 298,561 178,975 895,716 1,102,085 810,423 706,012 316,607 466,821 359,870 – – 327,316 353,220 183,037 148,947 186,881 216,343 178,771 130,479 224,977 142,765 182,089 170,064 137,938 112,873 81,206 173,034 83,843 86,794 82,607 63,103 80,113 – – 39,171 23,658 30,560 20,683 – 3,856 1,463 388 146 67 7,019 8,130,945 5,717,778 1,206,068 767,266 439,833 3,373,290 3,371,637 909,755 476,263 1,722,871 1,458,156 1,109,255 676,477 843,950 553,615 476,263 255,902 308,946 178,917 10.9 15.0 7.4 9.9 4.3 6.9 4.1 – – 3.8 4.1 2.5 1.9 2.5 2.9 2.3 1.5 2.8 1.7 2.2 1.7 1.2 1.4 0.8 1.7 1.1 1.2 0.9 0.8 0.9 – – 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.2 – 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 – 0.1 100.0 69.1 15.8 9.8 5.4 37.8 45.0 11.4 5.8 20.2 19.2 10.8 8.4 11.2 8.1 5.8 3.5 3.8 2.3 11.0 13.6 10.0 8.7 3.9 5.7 4.4 – – 4.0 4.3 2.3 1.8 2.3 2.7 2.2 1.6 2.8 1.8 2.2 2.1 1.7 1.4 1.0 2.1 1.0 1.1 1.0 0.8 1.0 – – 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.3 – 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 100.0 70.3 14.8 9.4 5.4 41.5 41.5 11.2 5.9 21.2 17.9 13.6 8.3 10.4 6.8 5.9 3.1 3.8 2.2 –3.8 7.4 –27.6 11.1 6.2 16.2 –10.5 – – –7.3 –8.3 9.5 2.9 6.3 6.6 0.0 –8.7 –1.4 –8.1 –6.4 –23.1 –28.9 –3.4 –24.8 –24.8 1.6 8.0 –9.4 –6.2 –9.1 – – 7.3 –6.4 –10.2 –24.2 – 3.5 19.8 5.7 6.8 – 9.9 –3.0 –4.7 3.0 0.2 –4.0 –11.6 5.2 –1.1 –4.1 –7.5 3.8 –23.5 –2.7 4.5 14.9 –4.1 6.7 –3.4 0.0 1,388,546 977,997 1,500,347 587,365 722,061 398,942 220,886 484,932 475,237 163,641 34,054 128,843 152,206 97,402 63,260 74,458 120,989 8,812 83,534 16,790 54,969 81,962 59,393 70,385 – 43,834 33,321 31,336 42,716 20,695 55,986 49,550 – 12,547 5,257 – 7,098 – – – – – – 8,269,351 6,940,948 934,194 152,150 242,059 5,271,319 2,416,270 265,915 315,847 2,228,267 1,106,840 1,711,011 1,418,184 669,327 432,263 315,847 63,260 29,507 74,458 1,500,816 944,971 1,604,636 602,123 760,972 431,282 245,004 456,565 460,052 128,204 57,009 139,397 145,355 81,905 58,089 69,163 95,896 10,163 84,249 18,614 70,593 63,285 67,975 39,270 – 34,715 34,352 33,200 37,887 10,003 71,524 47,774 – 10,569 5,789 – 8,614 – – – – 29 – 8,430,044 7,152,286 884,251 143,587 249,920 5,514,590 2,397,145 244,750 273,559 2,342,470 1,084,368 1,792,855 1,466,028 665,408 465,634 273,559 58,089 20,166 69,163 16.8 11.8 18.1 7.1 8.7 4.8 2.7 5.9 5.7 2.0 0.4 1.6 1.8 1.2 0.8 0.9 1.5 0.1 1.0 0.2 0.7 1.0 0.7 0.9 – 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.7 0.6 – 0.2 0.1 – 0.1 – – – – 0.0 – 100.0 83.9 11.3 1.8 2.9 63.7 29.2 3.2 3.8 26.9 13.4 20.7 17.1 8.1 5.2 3.8 0.8 0.4 0.9 17.8 11.2 19.0 7.1 9.0 5.1 2.9 5.4 5.5 1.5 0.7 1.7 1.7 1.0 0.7 0.8 1.1 0.1 1.0 0.2 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.5 – 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.8 0.6 – 0.1 0.1 – 0.1 – – – – 0.0 – 100.0 84.8 10.5 1.7 3.0 65.4 28.4 2.9 3.2 27.8 12.9 21.3 17.4 7.9 5.5 3.2
Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of Automotive News - January 7, 2008 Caddy V-8 is endangered species An industry turns green -- let's talk JAPAN TRIUMPHANT Ford, Microsoft to offer 911 service in Sync GPS will track fuel price Brose buys Siemens motor unit as step toward N.A. growth Expanding Meridian sees bright future Federal-Mogul CEO to stay Harbour Consulting sold Soft market threatens Tundra sales goal Ford dumps volume targets for dealer bonuses How HCCI engines work Visteon: 'We're leaner and smaller' Ford doubles regional promo money Gasoline-diesel combo moves closer to reality Rethinking retail: A hot topic at World Congress Denso expands hybrid plant CAFE fines may yield meager grants Some pay raise: To $8.3 million from $1 New Chrysler purchasing chief looks to Asia BMW adds jobs to boost S.C. output Continental layoffs follow production cuts at Chrysler Study: Indirect loan delinquencies soar No more peekaboo for Camaro Saturn's Lajdziak: GM is 'where I wanted to be' LETTER TO THE EDITOR Why buy Japanese? Here's an answer CAFE will put new entrees on auto show menu What an exciting way to start 2008 LETTER TO THE EDITOR 84-month financing is nothing new LETTER TO THE EDITOR GM ad policy shift is good for dealers JAMES B. TREECE Detroit show gets back on a global track LETTER TO THE EDITOR Too many dealers: Blame greed LETTER TO THE EDITOR Why not learn from Toyota? LETTER TO THE EDITOR A hot news item? Nah; it's 9 years old Suppliers to the 2008 Saturn Vue Supplier personnel Haldex farms out brake work The theme: Green and mean Dodge Ram gets interior upgrade BMW's 1-series coupe gets a soft-top counterpart Chrysler eye candy includes green jelly bean Chinese automakers increase their presence Concept offers a peek at Explorer's likely successor Ford goes global in styling its B-cars Forum concept is a clubhouse on wheels Dealers Simple safety: Green, amber, red Lexus SUV luxury will grow on you Personnel Gas prices boost Nissan car sales as trucks tank This year's U.S. sales forecast: Gloomy Ford: Tata is lead bidder for 2 brands Ex-Toyota manager goes to Audi Hyundai has new N.A. chief TRW buys Delphi brake assets Who's No. 1? Time for an official review Waning interest Solstice outguns Miata - again Once more into the legal fray? Lifan is the latest Chinese wannabe Things are looking up (and down) for MG Who has 1st Mustang - and what's it worth? Automotive News - January 7, 2008 Automotive News - January 7, 2008 - (Page Bellyband1) Automotive News - January 7, 2008 - (Page Bellyband2) Automotive News - January 7, 2008 - JAPAN TRIUMPHANT (Page 1) Automotive News - January 7, 2008 - JAPAN TRIUMPHANT (Page 2) Automotive News - January 7, 2008 - Soft market threatens Tundra sales goal (Page 3) Automotive News - January 7, 2008 - Gasoline-diesel combo moves closer to reality (Page 4) Automotive News - January 7, 2008 - Gasoline-diesel combo moves closer to reality (Page 5) Automotive News - January 7, 2008 - New Chrysler purchasing chief looks to Asia (Page 6) Automotive News - January 7, 2008 - New Chrysler purchasing chief looks to Asia (Page 7) Automotive News - January 7, 2008 - No more peekaboo for Camaro (Page 8) Automotive News - January 7, 2008 - No more peekaboo for Camaro (Page 9) Automotive News - January 7, 2008 - Saturn's Lajdziak: GM is 'where I wanted to be' (Page 10) Automotive News - January 7, 2008 - Saturn's Lajdziak: GM is 'where I wanted to be' (Page 11) Automotive News - January 7, 2008 - LETTER TO THE EDITOR GM ad policy shift is good for dealers (Page 12) Automotive News - January 7, 2008 - LETTER TO THE EDITOR GM ad policy shift is good for dealers (Page 13) Automotive News - January 7, 2008 - LETTER TO THE EDITOR A hot news item? Nah; it's 9 years old (Page 14) Automotive News - January 7, 2008 - LETTER TO THE EDITOR A hot news item? Nah; it's 9 years old (Page 14a) Automotive News - January 7, 2008 - Haldex farms out brake work (Page 14b) Automotive News - January 7, 2008 - Haldex farms out brake work (Page Insert1) Automotive News - January 7, 2008 - Haldex farms out brake work (Page Insert2) Automotive News - January 7, 2008 - Dodge Ram gets interior upgrade (Page 15) Automotive News - January 7, 2008 - Dodge Ram gets interior upgrade (Page 16) Automotive News - January 7, 2008 - Dodge Ram gets interior upgrade (Page 17) Automotive News - January 7, 2008 - BMW's 1-series coupe gets a soft-top counterpart (Page 18) Automotive News - January 7, 2008 - BMW's 1-series coupe gets a soft-top counterpart (Page 19) Automotive News - January 7, 2008 - BMW's 1-series coupe gets a soft-top counterpart (Page 20) Automotive News - January 7, 2008 - BMW's 1-series coupe gets a soft-top counterpart (Page 21) Automotive News - January 7, 2008 - Chrysler eye candy includes green jelly bean (Page 22) Automotive News - January 7, 2008 - Chrysler eye candy includes green jelly bean (Page 23) Automotive News - January 7, 2008 - Ford goes global in styling its B-cars (Page 24) Automotive News - January 7, 2008 - Ford goes global in styling its B-cars (Page 25) Automotive News - January 7, 2008 - Dealers (Page 26) Automotive News - January 7, 2008 - Dealers (Page 26a) Automotive News - January 7, 2008 - Dealers (Page 26b) Automotive News - January 7, 2008 - Simple safety: Green, amber, red (Page 27) Automotive News - January 7, 2008 - Simple safety: Green, amber, red (Page 28) Automotive News - January 7, 2008 - Simple safety: Green, amber, red (Page 29) Automotive News - January 7, 2008 - Simple safety: Green, amber, red (Page 30) Automotive News - January 7, 2008 - Simple safety: Green, amber, red (Page 31) Automotive News - January 7, 2008 - Personnel (Page 32) Automotive News - January 7, 2008 - Gas prices boost Nissan car sales as trucks tank (Page 33) Automotive News - January 7, 2008 - Gas prices boost Nissan car sales as trucks tank (Page 34) Automotive News - January 7, 2008 - This year's U.S. sales forecast: Gloomy (Page 35) Automotive News - January 7, 2008 - TRW buys Delphi brake assets (Page 36) Automotive News - January 7, 2008 - TRW buys Delphi brake assets (Page 37) Automotive News - January 7, 2008 - Who has 1st Mustang - and what's it worth? (Page 38) Automotive News - January 7, 2008 - Who has 1st Mustang - and what's it worth? (Page 39) Automotive News - January 7, 2008 - Who has 1st Mustang - and what's it worth? (Page 40)
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