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Ally will be sole sponsor of Time award
Dealers who are honored for community involvement through the annual Time Dealer of the Year program will now get some additional money to devote to their causes. Ally Financial Inc., the former GMAC, has been named exclusive sponsor of the Time Dealer of the Year program. The lender will contribute $60,000 for competing dealers to distribute to community nonprofit organizations of their choice. Of the approximately 50 nominees, the 2012 winner will get $10,000 to donate, while each of the others will get $1,000 to donate. The Time Dealer of the Year award is presented by Time magazine and the National Automobile Dealers Association. The 2012 award winner will be announced Feb. 4 at the NADA convention in Las Vegas. c

Inventory – U.S. car and light-truck, on June 1
Days Days supply supply Inventory June 1 May 1 units 2011 2011 Days Days supply supply Inventory June 1 May 1 units 2011 2011

Vehicles are domestic unless noted.
Days Days supply supply Inventory June 1 May 1 units 2011 2011

U.S. sales per franchise, May
Make Car Truck Total Total May May May Apr. 2011 2011 2011 2011

REVIEW
Automaker groups pursuing 3 goals
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years,” said Gloria Bergquist, a spokeswoman for the alliance, whose members include General Motors, Toyota and Ford. “Additional variables such as fuel costs, fueling infrastructure and consumer uptake of fuel-efficient technologies represent huge unknowns.” The alliance wants an intermediate review in 2019, allowing time to modify the standards two years later, she said. But the Association of Global Automakers supports the administration’s tentative plan. Members include Honda, Hyundai and Nissan. NHTSA and the EPA are working jointly to set mpg and emission standards, as they did for the 201216 model years. The Obama administration is consulting with automakers, California regulators and environmental groups as it prepares a September proposal for mpg and emissions standards. Final adoption of the rule is due in July 2012. Recent talks have touched on whether there should be an interim review and, if so, when, industry officials said. We’ve “received a positive reception,” Bergquist said, adding: “The ability to predict costs and technology advancements becomes much more uncertain beginning in model year 2021.” With the fuel economy standards peaking at 35.5 mpg in 2016, the administration has floated preliminary targets of 47 to 62 mpg for 2025. Automaker groups have been pursuing three goals: a single national standard, an interim review of that standard and no adoption of 62 mpg until further studies are completed. The Union of Concerned Scientists, which favors a 62-mpg standard, criticized the alliance’s position on a 2019 review. “We don’t want an incentive for manufacturers to delay the introduction of fuel-saving technology,” said James Kliesch, a UCS research director. “During the first half of the next round, only modest improvements will be needed over 2016 levels.” c

BMW div. car (I) ...... 22,600 BMW div. trk. (D/I) .... 2,800 Total BMW division (D/I) 25,400 Total Mini (I) ............ 5,600 BMW†* .................... 31,000 200 ............................ 20,800 300 ............................ 11,500 Total Chrysler Div. car 32,300 Town & Country ........ 18,500 Total Chrysler Div. trk. .. 18,500 Total Chrysler Division 50,700 Avenger...................... 9,500 Caliber........................ 4,900 Challenger.................. 7,600 Charger ...................... 9,700 Viper .......................... 100 Total Dodge car........ 31,900 Caravan...................... 14,300 Durango .................... 15,500 Journey...................... 11,800 Nitro .......................... 4,300 Total Dodge trk. ...... 45,900 Total Dodge .............. 77,800 Dakota........................ 2,700 Ram .......................... 77,300 Total Ram trk. .......... 80,000 Total Dodge/Ram ......157,800 500 ............................ 6,500 Total Fiat car ............ 6,500 Compass.................... 11,600 Grand Cherokee ........ 28,200 Liberty........................ 10,500 Patriot ........................ 11,100 Wrangler .................... 35,100 Total Jeep trk. .......... 96,400 Chrysler Group car...... 70,600 Chrysler Group trk. ....240,800 CHRYSLER GROUP ......311,500 Mercedes-Benz car (I) 26,200 Mercedes-Benz trk. (D/I) 22,500 DAIMLER AG† ............ 48,700 Crown Victoria .......... 8,800 Fiesta ........................ 8,300 Focus ........................ 18,500 Fusion ........................ 29,900 Mustang .................... 13,200 Taurus........................ 10,500 Total Ford div. car .... 89,200 E-series/Club Wagon 2,500 E-series van .............. 18,900 Edge .......................... 22,800 Escape ...................... 42,400 Expedition .................. 10,800 Explorer .................... 13,800 F series ......................139,000 Flex ............................ 8,100 Ranger ...................... 17,800 Transit Connect (I) .... 5,700 Ford div. trk. (D) ......276,100 Ford div. trk. (I)........ 5,700 Total Ford div. trk. ....281,800 Ford div. (D)............365,300 Ford div. (I) ............ 5,700 Total Ford division......371,000 MKS .......................... 4,500 Town Car .................. 2,200 MKZ .......................... 6,900 Total Lincoln car ...... 13,600 MKT .......................... 1,500 MKX .......................... 6,100 Navigator .................. 2,500 Total Lincoln trk. ...... 10,100 Total Lincoln ............ 23,700 Ford Motor Co. car......102,800 Ford Motor Co. trk. (D)..286,200 Ford Motor Co. trk. (I) 5,700 Ford Motor Co. trk. ....291,900 FORD MOTOR CO.........394,700 LaCrosse.................... 17,200 Lucerne...................... 7,600 Regal (I) .................... 17,400 Buick car (D) .......... 24,800 Buick car (I) ............ 17,400 Total Buick car ........ 42,200 Enclave ...................... 15,900 Total Buick trk. ........ 15,900 Total Buick (D) .......... 40,700 Total Buick (I) .......... 17,400 Total Buick .............. 58,100 CTS ............................ 19,900 DTS............................ 3,800 STS ............................ 800 Total Cadillac car...... 24,500

36 12 29 23 28 70 108 80 67 67 74 41 29 54 30 161 37 36 85 77 54 57 46 49 92 89 61 89 89 61 71 41 48 84 65 52 70 65 53 64 58 57 28 20 29 48 40 30 25 54 58 44 78 25 79 71 75 53 60 53 60 48 53 48 119 43 66 70 90 84 98 88 77 33 60 53 60 49 86 82 98 85 98 90 88 88 86 98 90 111 61 135 99

46 11 36 31 35 52 69 57 50 50 54 32 34 54 36 321 37 45 73 68 54 58 47 46 123 117 68 148 148 78 74 65 66 109 82 46 81 70 56 67 60 30 31 34 40 43 48 37 27 59 65 56 84 29 78 113 81 75 66 75 66 55 75 55 150 57 80 88 95 74 98 82 86 40 66 75 66 56 84 65 100 77 100 85 76 76 77 100 82 120 59 30 92

Escalade .................... 4,200 Escalade ESV ............ 2,800 Escalade EXT ............ 700 SRX............................ 11,600 Total Cadillac trk. .... 19,300 Total Cadillac............ 43,800 Aveo (I)...................... 3,700 Camaro ...................... 20,100 Caprice (I).................. 200 Cobalt ........................ 100 Corvette .................... 5,200 Cruze.......................... 35,300 HHR .......................... 1,300 Impala........................ 12,700 Malibu........................ 38,400 Volt ............................ 700 Chevrolet car (D) ......113,800 Chevrolet car (I) ...... 3,900 Total Chevrolet car ....117,700 Avalanche .................. 7,500 Colorado .................... 6,300 Equinox...................... 26,100 Express/G van............ 16,700 Silverado....................144,500 Suburban .................. 10,500 Tahoe ........................ 18,600 Traverse .................... 26,700 Total Chevrolet trk.....256,900 Total Chevrolet (D) ....370,700 Total Chevrolet (I) ...... 3,900 Total Chevrolet ..........374,600 Acadia ........................ 17,100 Canyon ...................... 1,900 Savana/G van ............ 4,600 Sierra ........................ 51,900 Terrain ...................... 13,900 Yukon ........................ 10,900 Yukon XL .................. 6,700 Total GMC trk. ..........107,000 GM car (D)..............163,100 GM car (I) .............. 21,300 GM car ....................184,400 GM trk.....................399,100 GENERAL MOTORS†*....583,500 RL (I)†† .................... 200 TL .............................. 6,000 TSX (I)†† .................. 3,800 Acura car (D) .......... 6,000 Acura car (I) ............ 4,000 Total Acura car ........ 10,000 MDX .......................... 6,000 RDX .......................... 3,000 ZDX............................ 500 Total Acura trk. ........ 9,500 Total Acura .............. 19,500 Accord ...................... 33,000 Civic (D) .................. 19,000 Civic (I) .................... 2,000 Total Civic .................. 21,000 CR-Z (I)...................... 3,000 Fit (I).......................... 8,000 Insight (I) .................. 2,000 Honda Div. car (D) .... 52,000 Honda Div. car (I) .... 15,000 Total Honda Div. car .. 67,000 CR-V (D) .................. 17,000 CR-V (I) .................. 2,000 Total CR-V ................ 19,000 Element...................... 5,000 Odyssey .................... 6,000 Pilot .......................... 20,000 Ridgeline.................... 1,000 Honda Div. trk. (D) .... 49,000 Honda Div. trk. (I) .... 2,000 Total Honda Div. trk... 51,000 Total Honda Div. ........118,000 Am. Honda car (D) .... 58,000 Am. Honda car (I) .... 19,000 Am. Honda car .......... 77,000 Am. Honda trk. (D) .... 58,500 Am. Honda trk. (I) .... 2,000 Am. Honda trk. .......... 60,500 AMERICAN HONDA ......137,500 Hyundai div. car (D/I) 35,400 Hyundai div. trk. (D/I) 24,000 Total Hyundai div. (D/I)†.. 59,500 Kia car (I) .............. 18,300 Kia trk. (D/I) ............ 14,200 Total Kia (D/I)* .......... 32,500 Hyundai-Kia car (D/I) .. 53,700 Hyundai-Kia trk. (D/I) .. 38,300 HYUNDAI-KIA.............. 92,000

98 110 112 71 81 90 20 51 209 83 96 37 4 18 36 35 33 21 32 144 51 36 65 122 64 76 89 84 57 21 56 59 81 39 116 46 98 104 79 39 112 42 83 63 83 66 52 66 53 60 38 69 94 46 52 44 28 21 27 46 32 33 36 32 35 28 25 28 88 15 56 36 34 25 34 35 38 35 37 36 25 35 36 18 49 24 15 18 16 17 30 21

120 125 140 70 85 89 32 52 – 146 100 39 13 17 48 33 37 33 37 139 61 42 75 123 77 94 64 87 60 33 59 68 70 62 128 52 144 143 92 42 130 46 88 67 60 56 40 56 41 48 48 60 153 55 51 36 24 98 25 74 43 20 30 45 33 31 23 30 112 27 63 57 41 23 40 36 31 44 34 43 23 41 37 22 63 29 18 20 19 21 35 25

Jaguar car (I)* .......... 3,500 Land Rover truck (I)* .. 4,200 JAGUAR LAND ROVER N.A.†* 7,700 Mazda2 (I) ................ 2,900 Mazda3 (I) ................ 22,700 Mazda6 ...................... 9,200 MX-5 Miata (I) .......... 2,600 RX-8 (I)...................... 400 Mazda car (D) .......... 9,200 Mazda car (I) .......... 28,600 Total Mazda car ........ 37,800 CX-7 (I)...................... 7,500 CX-9 (I)...................... 6,700 Mazda5 (I) ................ 2,700 Tribute ...................... 1,700 Mazda trk. (D).......... 1,700 Mazda trk. (I) .......... 16,900 Total Mazda trk. ........ 18,600 MAZDA†.................... 56,400 Eclipse ...................... 1,200 Eclipse Spyder .......... 700 Galant ........................ 1,100 Lancer (I) .................. 5,400 Mitsubishi car (D) .... 3,000 Mitsubishi car (I) ...... 5,400 Total Mitsubishi car .... 8,400 Endeavor.................... 800 Outlander (I) .............. 4,000 Outlander Sport (I) .... 3,900 Mitsubishi trk. (D) .... 800 Mitsubishi trk. (I)...... 7,900 Total Mitsubishi trk. .... 8,700 MITSUBISHI .............. 17,100 Infiniti car (I) .......... 12,400 Infiniti trk. (D/I) ........ 4,400 Total Infiniti (D/I) ...... 16,800 Nissan Div. car (D/I) .. 72,800 Nissan Div. trk. (D/I).. 68,700 Total Nissan Div.........141,500 Nissan N.A. car (D/I) .. 85,100 Nissan N.A. trk. (D/I) .. 73,200 NISSAN N.A.† ............158,300 Porsche car (I) .......... 3,800 Porsche trk. (I) .......... 500 PORSCHE† ................ 4,300 Saab car (I) .............. 4,000 SAAB CARS N.A.† ........ 4,000 Subaru car (D)** ...... 12,900 Subaru car (I) .......... 9,400 Subaru car (D/I) ........ 22,300 Subaru truck (D)**...... 300 SUBARU† .................. 22,600 Suzuki car (I) ............ 5,400 Suzuki trk. (D/I) ........ 2,300 SUZUKI† .................. 7,600 Lexus car (I)............ 6,500 Lexus trk. (D/I) ........ 7,000 Total Lexus (D/I) ........ 13,400 Toyota/Scion car (D/I) 86,900 Toyota trk. (D/I)........ 98,500 Total Toyota/Scion (D/I)185,400 TOYOTA MOTOR SALES†198,900 Audi car (I) ............ 7,800 Audi trk. (I) ............ 1,200 Total Audi (I) ............ 8,900 VW div. car (D/I) ...... 64,600 VW div. trk. (I) ........ 23,400 Total VW division (D/I) 88,000 VW GROUP OF AMERICA 96,900 30 series (I) .............. 800 40 series (I) .............. 700 50 series (I) .............. 100 60 series (I) .............. 3,400 70 series (I) .............. 2,100 80 series (I) .............. 1,300 Total Volvo car (I) .... 8,300 XC60 (I) .................... 1,800 XC90 (I) .................... 1,800 Total Volvo trk. (I) .... 3,600 VOLVO CARS N.A.† ...... 11,900 Total car .............. 887,300 Total truck ............ 1,297,200 TOTAL ................ 2,184,400

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79 43 53 76 81 96 117 146 96 83 86 67 78 55 188 188 69 72 81 147 17 54 88 46 88 67 13 139 84 13 105 65 66 91 73 85 54 82 64 58 81 66 67 12 40 157 157 34 38 36 45 36 94 107 97 32 32 32 38 56 46 44 36 16 31 80 103 83 69 70 39 36 50 53 85 54 38 58 46 52 43 67 54

Honda Toyota/Scion Hyundai Kia Nissan BMW Mini Fiat Mercedes-Benz Ford Lexus VW Chevrolet Audi Infiniti Acura Subaru Dodge/Ram Mazda Volvo Mitsubishi GMC Jeep Land Rover Porsche Cadillac Chrysler Jaguar Buick Suzuki Bentley Lincoln Smart Ferrari Maserati Aston Martin Saab Lamborghini Rolls-Royce

44 44 60 41 43 45 42 59 34 22 25 43 27 27 25 15 32 10 19 16 13 – – – 8 5 5 8 5 5 6 4 6 4 4 2 2 1 1

35 34 15 27 23 17 18 – 24 35 29 9 22 11 10 18 – 19 9 7 6 18 17 17 6 5 3 – 2 2 – 2 – – – – – – –

79 109 77 114 75 77 68 67 66 61 62 55 60 67 59 29 58 55 57 56 54 76 52 48 49 52 38 36 35 36 33 43 32 40 29 30 28 32 23 21 19 20 18 17 17 15 17 18 14 16 10 11 8 9 8 7 7 8 7 7 6 3 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 1 1 1 1

Source: Automotive News Data Center

Inventory plunges at Honda, Toyota
Joseph Lichterman
jlichterman@crain.com

†Dealer stock and in-transits *Estimate ††Total car stock figure is actual, but the RL and TSX breakout is estimated. **Total domestic stock figure is actual, but domestic car and truck stock figures are estimated. Source: Automotive News Data Center and company sources

Note: Numbers may not add due to rounding; (D) = produced in North America; (I) = imported to U.S. Days supply: Number of days needed to sell all vehicles in inventory, Inventory: Unit count of vehicles on hand at dealerships, factory lots, ports of entry and in transit on a specific date based on the previous month’s daily selling rate

Stock by brand
Days supply on June 1, 2011

Stock by maker
Days supply on June 1, 2011

Perspective
Total industry days supply on June 1 2007 56 2008 61 2009 67 2010 48 2011 49
Source: Automotive News Data Center

Smallest
1. Kia* 2. Audi 3. Mini†* 4. Hyundai† 5. Lexus† 16 20 23 24 26 246 90 90 89 89 80

Smallest
1. Hyundai-Kia 2. Subaru† 3. BMW†* 4. American Honda 5. Porsche† 21 27 28 36 37 246 80 76 65 63

Largest
1. Saab† 2. Cadillac†* 2. Buick†* 3. Ram 3. Fiat 5. Suzuki†

Largest
1. Saab† 2. Suzuki† 3. Mazda† 4. Chrysler Group 5. GM†*

Domestics vs. imports
Days supply on June 1, 2011
On June 1 On May 1

†Dealer stock and in-transits *Estimate Source: Automotive News Data Center

†Dealer stock and in-transits *Estimate Source: Automotive News Data Center

Detroit 3 European Japanese Korean Total industry

59 47 44 21 49

64 55 48 25 54

Source: Automotive News Data Center

Toyota and Honda reported lower inventory for the third straight month in June as they continue to recover from parts shortages caused by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A.’s inventory has plummeted by nearly 50 percent since March 1, falling to 198,900 vehicles on June 1, from 384,200 on March 1. American Honda’s inventory of 137,500 vehicles on June 1 was down from 258,000 before the quake, a 47 percent drop. Although stocks fell, a slower sales pace kept days-supply figures constant. As of June 1, Toyota had a 44day supply of vehicles, unchanged from May 1, and Honda’s supply was at 36 days, down from 37. Toyota has said its production in Japan would return to 90 percent of prequake levels and North American production would hit 70 percent of normal output by July 1. Honda said this month that production at its two Japanese plants, and North American production of all models except the Civic, would return to normal this summer. Nissan North America had 158,300 vehicles on hand, a 50-day supply. That was down from 66 days on May 1. Other Japanese manufacturers had more inventory. Suzuki, with an 80-day supply on June 1, had the second-highest days supply in the industry, followed by Mazda at 76 days. Only ailing Saab, at 246 days, had a larger backlog. Combined, the Detroit 3 had 1.3 million units of inventory on June 1, a 59-day supply. That was virtually the same as the prequake figure of 62 days as of March 1. The industry standard for inventory is widely considered to be 60 days. c
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