Automotive News - March 9, 2009 - (Page 41) MARCH 9, 2009 • 41 U.S. car and light-truck sales by make – February 2009 Make Car 2009 Car 2008 2009 share 2008 share Percent change Truck 2009 (Ranked by total sales) Truck 2008 2009 share 2008 share Percent change Total 2009 Total 2008 2009 share 2008 Percent share change news 92,775 84,072 75,025 63,916 47,890 46,590 30,621 22,073 21,941 16,401 15,608 15,519 14,206 14,200 13,660 13,108 13,089 12,979 7,659 7,038 6,359 6,338 6,196 5,989 5,633 4,653 4,484 3,699 3,495 3,356 2,826 2,000 1,518 1,415 1,053 750 712 350 69 65 36 8 420 689,794 494,182 101,599 46,181 45,047 305,202 273,225 58,673 52,694 126,170 109,582 99,050 84,050 71,575 54,249 52,694 18,382 15,841 15,629 2,750 152,009 164,294 165,264 102,313 76,151 76,141 31,090 21,988 32,243 23,548 32,453 41,709 18,517 23,935 16,556 21,277 12,907 20,775 13,084 14,420 10,068 14,801 12,768 10,806 9,573 6,152 9,106 8,883 8,800 7,505 3,415 2,819 1,715 1,101 3,362 1,063 1,734 890 231 227 37 10 579 1,176,319 908,414 161,095 63,757 43,053 601,769 439,036 82,436 53,078 268,737 182,169 196,060 150,093 115,397 86,219 53,078 22,939 24,227 19,628 – 13.4 12.2 10.9 9.3 6.9 6.8 4.4 3.2 3.2 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 100.0 71.6 14.7 6.7 6.5 44.2 39.6 8.5 7.6 18.3 15.9 14.4 12.2 10.4 7.9 7.6 2.7 2.3 2.3 0.4 12.9 14.0 14.0 8.7 6.5 6.5 2.6 1.9 2.7 2.0 2.8 3.5 1.6 2.0 1.4 1.8 1.1 1.8 1.1 1.2 0.9 1.3 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.5 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 77.2 13.7 5.4 3.7 51.2 37.3 7.0 4.5 22.8 15.5 16.7 12.8 9.8 7.3 4.5 2.0 2.1 1.7 – –39.0 –48.8 –54.6 –37.5 –37.1 –38.8 –1.5 0.4 –32.0 –30.4 –51.9 –62.8 –23.3 –40.7 –17.5 –38.4 1.4 –37.5 –41.5 –51.2 –36.8 –57.2 –51.5 –44.6 –41.2 –24.4 –50.8 –58.4 –60.3 –55.3 –17.2 –29.1 –11.5 28.5 –68.7 –29.4 –58.9 –60.7 –70.1 –71.4 –2.7 –20.0 –27.5 –41.4 –45.6 –36.9 –27.6 4.6 –49.3 –37.8 –28.8 –0.7 –53.1 –39.8 –49.5 –44.0 –38.0 –37.1 –0.7 –19.9 –34.6 –20.4 – ANALYSIS Toyota Division Ford division Chevrolet Honda Division Nissan Division Dodge Hyundai division Kia Jeep Mazda GMC Chrysler Division Mercedes-Benz Pontiac Volkswagen division Lexus Subaru BMW division Acura Cadillac Infiniti Saturn Buick Mercury Lincoln Audi Mitsubishi Scion Suzuki Volvo Mini Land Rover‡* Porsche Smart Hummer Jaguar‡* Saab Isuzu* Bentley Maserati 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 Volkswagen Group of America BMW Group Daimler AG Jaguar Land Rover N.A.‡* 55,163 27,059 32,791 35,991 31,228 14,507 20,269 7,671 – 10,504 – 5,496 9,651 13,213 11,776 6,093 12,648 10,776 4,969 4,666 4,152 2,393 2,825 4,044 3,575 3,588 3,189 3,699 2,247 2,456 2,826 – 1,074 1,415 – 750 482 – 69 65 36 8 420 353,784 226,622 60,694 38,167 25,516 110,569 169,883 45,392 27,940 56,370 64,955 37,134 20,003 40,960 35,380 27,940 15,433 13,638 11,074 750 80,840 47,717 67,450 56,010 42,012 30,945 20,903 10,998 – 14,663 – 25,948 12,516 21,716 15,797 12,203 11,869 15,869 6,830 9,760 7,323 5,896 8,820 6,031 4,837 5,022 7,356 8,883 3,630 5,618 3,415 – 960 1,101 – 1,063 1,295 – 231 227 37 10 579 576,380 404,367 89,128 55,006 27,879 229,120 251,619 63,740 31,901 114,937 101,926 65,266 56,893 62,840 49,335 31,901 21,050 19,321 13,627 – 15.6 7.6 9.3 10.2 8.8 4.1 5.7 2.2 – 3.0 – 1.6 2.7 3.7 3.3 1.7 3.6 3.0 1.4 1.3 1.2 0.7 0.8 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.6 0.7 0.8 – 0.3 0.4 – 0.2 0.1 – 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 100.0 64.1 17.2 10.8 7.2 31.3 48.0 12.8 7.9 15.9 18.4 10.5 5.7 11.6 10.0 7.9 4.4 3.9 3.1 0.2 14.0 8.3 11.7 9.7 7.3 5.4 3.6 1.9 – 2.5 – 4.5 2.2 3.8 2.7 2.1 2.1 2.8 1.2 1.7 1.3 1.0 1.5 1.0 0.8 0.9 1.3 1.5 0.6 1.0 0.6 – 0.2 0.2 – 0.2 0.2 – 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 100.0 70.2 15.5 9.5 4.8 39.8 43.7 11.1 5.5 19.9 17.7 11.3 9.9 10.9 8.6 5.5 3.7 3.4 2.4 – –31.8 –43.3 –51.4 –35.7 –25.7 –53.1 –3.0 –30.3 – –28.4 – –78.8 –22.9 –39.2 –25.5 –50.1 6.6 –32.1 –27.2 –52.2 –43.3 –59.4 –68.0 –32.9 –26.1 –28.6 –56.6 –58.4 –38.1 –56.3 –17.2 – 11.9 28.5 – –29.4 –62.8 – –70.1 –71.4 –2.7 –20.0 –27.5 –38.6 –44.0 –31.9 –30.6 –8.5 –51.7 –32.5 –28.8 –12.4 –51.0 –36.3 –43.1 –64.8 –34.8 –28.3 –12.4 –26.7 –29.4 –18.7 – 37,612 57,013 42,234 27,925 16,662 32,083 10,352 14,402 21,941 5,897 15,608 10,023 4,555 987 1,884 7,015 441 2,203 2,690 2,372 2,207 3,945 3,371 1,945 2,058 1,065 1,295 – 1,248 900 – 2,000 444 – 1,053 – 230 350 – – – – – 336,010 267,560 40,905 8,014 19,531 194,633 103,342 13,281 24,754 69,800 44,627 61,916 64,047 30,615 18,869 24,754 2,949 2,203 4,555 2,000 71,169 116,577 97,814 46,303 34,139 45,196 10,187 10,990 32,243 8,885 32,453 15,761 6,001 2,219 759 9,074 1,038 4,906 6,254 4,660 2,745 8,905 3,948 4,775 4,736 1,130 1,750 – 5,170 1,887 – 2,819 755 – 3,362 – 439 890 – – – – – 599,939 504,047 71,967 8,751 15,174 372,649 187,417 18,696 21,177 153,800 80,243 130,794 93,200 52,557 36,884 21,177 1,889 4,906 6,001 – 11.2 17.0 12.6 8.3 5.0 9.5 3.1 4.3 6.5 1.8 4.6 3.0 1.4 0.3 0.6 2.1 0.1 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 1.2 1.0 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.4 – 0.4 0.3 – 0.6 0.1 – 0.3 – 0.1 0.1 – – – – – 100.0 79.6 12.2 2.4 5.8 57.9 30.8 4.0 7.4 20.8 13.3 18.4 19.1 9.1 5.6 7.4 0.9 0.7 1.4 0.6 11.9 19.4 16.3 7.7 5.7 7.5 1.7 1.8 5.4 1.5 5.4 2.6 1.0 0.4 0.1 1.5 0.2 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.5 1.5 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.2 0.3 – 0.9 0.3 – 0.5 0.1 – 0.6 – 0.1 0.1 – – – – – 100.0 84.0 12.0 1.5 2.5 62.1 31.2 3.1 3.5 25.6 13.4 21.8 15.5 8.8 6.1 3.5 0.3 0.8 1.0 – –47.2 –51.1 –56.8 –39.7 –51.2 –29.0 1.6 31.0 –32.0 –33.6 –51.9 –36.4 –24.1 –55.5 148.2 –22.7 –57.5 –55.1 –57.0 –49.1 –19.6 –55.7 –14.6 –59.3 –56.5 –5.8 –26.0 – –75.9 –52.3 – –29.1 –41.2 – –68.7 – –47.6 –60.7 – – – – – –44.0 –46.9 –43.2 –8.4 28.7 –47.8 –44.9 –29.0 16.9 –54.6 –44.4 –52.7 –31.3 –41.7 –48.8 16.9 56.1 –55.1 –24.1 – The good news: February’s sales beat January’s John K. Teahen Jr. jteahen@crain.com Looking for some good news in the dark and dismal new-vehicle sales picture? I had to scrape to find it, but try this: Bad as they were, February’s U.S. sales were higher than January’s. But that has happened every year for at least the past 25. And aside from that kernel, February was terrible. Sales plunged to 689,794 units last month, down 41.4 percent from a lackluster February 2008. Car sales were off 38.6 percent; light-truck deliveries declined 44.0 percent. In all, it was the worst February going back to the appearance of monthly sales data collection in 1976. For two months, U.S. retail sales of 1,346,727 units were down 39.4 percent from 2008. Last month, the seasonally adjusted annual selling rate collapsed to 9.1 million units, down from 9.8 million in January. Last year’s actual sales were 13.2 million units; that total is almost certainly unattainable this year. Don’t blame the Detroit 3 for the entire disaster. True, combined February sales for General Motors, Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler LLC were down 49.3 percent from last year. But import brands tumbled 33.1 percent. Losses, losses, losses Six automakers account for 78.4 percent of the light vehicles sold in the United States. Here’s how they fared in February compared with a year ago: GM domestic brands, down 53.0 percent. Ford domestic brands, off 48.2 percent. Chrysler LLC, down 44.0 percent. Toyota Motor Sales, down 39.8 percent. America Honda Motor Co., down 38.0 percent. Nissan North America, down 37.1 percent. Only three of the 42 brands on the Automotive News sales chart posted year-to-year sales increases in February. Subaru gained 1.4 percent. Kia was up 0.4 percent. Smart jumped 28.5 percent from February 2008, its initial month on the market. Every one of the 13 domestic makes slipped at least 32 percent in February. Hummer was tops on the road to ruin with a decline of 68.7 percent. Losses for the three other brands that GM plans to sell, phase out or shrink: 58.9 percent for Saab, 57.2 percent for Saturn and 40.7 percent for Pontiac. The largest February losses for other Detroit 3 brands were 62.8 percent for Chrysler and 48.8 percent for Ford. U.S. car and light-truck sales by make – 2 months 2009 Make Car 2009 Car 2008 2009 share 2008 share Percent change Truck 2009 (Ranked by total sales) Truck 2008 2009 share 2008 share Percent change Total 2009 Total 2008 2009 share 2008 Percent share change Toyota Division Ford division Chevrolet Honda Division Nissan Division Dodge Hyundai division Kia Jeep GMC Mazda Lexus Volkswagen division Chrysler Division Subaru BMW division Mercedes-Benz Pontiac Cadillac Acura Infiniti Buick Saturn Lincoln Mercury Audi Mitsubishi Scion Suzuki Volvo Mini Land Rover‡* Smart Porsche Hummer Saab Jaguar‡* Isuzu* Maserati Bentley 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 Volkswagen Group of America BMW Group Daimler AG Jaguar Land Rover N.A.†* 111,257 49,275 58,491 71,592 59,716 26,017 37,384 17,518 – – 21,257 13,339 22,781 10,679 24,427 19,473 16,186 20,677 9,917 9,900 8,837 7,073 4,749 7,181 6,929 7,611 6,627 7,622 4,263 4,793 4,908 – 3,191 1,785 – 1,106 1,200 – 167 162 72 16 840 679,018 432,382 124,412 71,562 46,546 200,988 338,837 84,291 54,902 102,013 132,218 68,178 36,696 81,492 68,553 54,902 30,554 24,453 19,393 1,200 156,377 83,656 132,460 105,652 81,094 59,402 35,792 22,750 – – 28,495 23,380 29,653 47,762 22,248 26,922 24,637 42,229 19,853 12,533 13,667 18,036 12,080 7,755 11,433 10,231 13,098 16,755 6,837 11,736 5,875 – 1,742 2,547 – 2,661 1,727 – 355 598 74 20 1,158 1,093,280 766,471 166,834 103,487 56,488 434,666 480,136 119,936 58,542 227,319 196,512 116,307 107,164 118,185 94,761 58,542 40,482 32,871 26,399 – 16.4 7.3 8.6 10.5 8.8 3.8 5.5 2.6 – – 3.1 2.0 3.4 1.6 3.6 2.9 2.4 3.0 1.5 1
For optimal viewing of this digital publication, please enable JavaScript and then refresh the page. If you would like to try to load the digital publication without using Flash Player detection, please click here.