Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - (Page 38) 38 • NOVEMBER 10, 2008 U.S. car and light-truck sales by make – October 2008 Make Car 2008 Car 2007 2008 share 2007 share Percent change Truck 2008 (Ranked by total sales) Truck 2007 2008 share 2007 share Percent change Total 2008 Total 2007 2008 share 2007 Percent share change Toyota Division Ford division Chevrolet Honda Division Dodge Nissan Division Jeep Hyundai division BMW division GMC Chrysler Division Mazda Lexus Volkswagen division Kia Mercedes-Benz Pontiac Subaru Acura Cadillac Saturn Buick Mitsubishi Audi Lincoln Infiniti Mercury Scion Mini Volvo Suzuki Smart Land Rover‡* Saab Porsche Hummer Jaguar‡* Isuzu Maserati* 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 Group of America Daimler AG†† Tata Motors†††* 78,160 31,914 49,056 44,944 17,573 34,222 – 14,878 16,195 – 10,585 10,702 9,332 12,845 7,427 9,566 12,105 12,336 6,456 6,271 4,242 5,398 5,663 6,459 4,527 4,830 4,413 6,743 5,272 2,816 2,497 2,236 – 1,659 737 – 650 – 190 146 140 37 12 451 443,685 292,228 81,750 50,444 18,181 146,084 215,885 59,411 22,305 78,731 94,235 43,670 28,158 51,400 39,052 22,305 21,504 19,450 11,814 650 84,279 43,759 60,717 59,921 23,429 40,736 – 19,214 19,084 – 21,600 13,574 15,017 16,621 12,123 16,574 23,037 13,511 6,094 13,899 10,405 9,698 5,939 5,887 3,418 7,075 8,635 10,962 3,370 5,483 3,636 – – 1,959 1,678 – 1,030 – 220 379 172 36 13 434 583,618 401,351 89,586 62,106 30,575 218,597 260,744 72,940 31,337 119,715 110,258 62,325 45,029 66,015 47,811 31,337 22,490 22,887 16,587 – 17.6 7.2 11.1 10.1 4.0 7.7 – 3.4 3.7 – 2.4 2.4 2.1 2.9 1.7 2.2 2.7 2.8 1.5 1.4 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.5 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.5 1.2 0.6 0.6 0.5 – 0.4 0.2 – 0.1 – 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 100.0 65.9 18.4 11.4 4.1 32.9 48.7 13.4 5.0 17.7 21.2 9.8 6.3 11.6 8.8 5.0 4.8 4.4 2.7 0.1 14.4 7.5 10.4 10.3 4.0 7.0 – 3.3 3.3 – 3.7 2.3 2.6 2.8 2.1 2.8 3.9 2.3 1.0 2.4 1.8 1.7 1.0 1.0 0.6 1.2 1.5 1.9 0.6 0.9 0.6 – – 0.3 0.3 – 0.2 – 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 100.0 68.8 15.4 10.6 5.2 37.5 44.7 12.5 5.4 20.5 18.9 10.7 7.7 11.3 8.2 5.4 3.9 3.9 2.8 – –7.3 –27.1 –19.2 –25.0 –25.0 –16.0 – –22.6 –15.1 – –51.0 –21.2 –37.9 –22.7 –38.7 –42.3 –47.5 –8.7 5.9 –54.9 –59.2 –44.3 –4.6 9.7 32.4 –31.7 –48.9 –38.5 56.4 –48.6 –31.3 – – –15.3 –56.1 – –36.9 – –13.6 –61.5 –18.6 2.8 –7.7 3.9 –24.0 –27.2 –8.7 –18.8 –40.5 –33.2 –17.2 –18.5 –28.8 –34.2 –14.5 –29.9 –37.5 –22.1 –18.3 –28.8 –4.4 –15.0 –28.8 – 50,914 82,465 57,425 30,812 35,694 15,611 21,360 5,942 4,008 20,075 9,318 5,740 6,951 3,044 8,056 5,443 949 581 3,652 3,270 4,341 2,244 1,823 984 2,872 2,282 2,340 – – 901 985 – 2,200 316 690 1,368 – 251 – – – – – – 394,907 325,819 50,501 8,383 10,204 243,721 119,602 17,586 13,998 89,988 57,865 88,578 66,372 34,464 17,893 13,998 4,008 4,028 5,443 2,200 77,232 114,757 117,898 41,992 49,591 34,256 31,856 11,018 4,367 43,066 18,840 8,627 10,102 639 13,062 6,255 2,145 1,468 6,792 7,368 8,503 4,533 3,341 1,533 6,811 2,879 4,209 – – 2,278 2,900 – 4,237 316 1,184 3,864 – 576 – – – – – – 648,495 542,920 75,715 11,604 18,256 413,441 190,165 20,809 24,080 187,693 87,334 132,292 100,287 48,784 37,135 24,080 4,367 2,172 6,255 – 12.9 20.9 14.5 7.8 9.0 4.0 5.4 1.5 1.0 5.1 2.4 1.5 1.8 0.8 2.0 1.4 0.2 0.1 0.9 0.8 1.1 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.7 0.6 0.6 – – 0.2 0.2 – 0.6 0.1 0.2 0.3 – 0.1 – – – – – – 100.0 82.5 12.8 2.1 2.6 61.7 30.3 4.5 3.5 22.8 14.7 22.4 16.8 8.7 4.5 3.5 1.0 1.0 1.4 0.6 11.9 17.7 18.2 6.5 7.6 5.3 4.9 1.7 0.7 6.6 2.9 1.3 1.6 0.1 2.0 1.0 0.3 0.2 1.0 1.1 1.3 0.7 0.5 0.2 1.1 0.4 0.6 – – 0.4 0.4 – 0.7 0.0 0.2 0.6 – 0.1 – – – – – – 100.0 83.7 11.7 1.8 2.8 63.8 29.3 3.2 3.7 28.9 13.5 20.4 15.5 7.5 5.7 3.7 0.7 0.3 1.0 – –34.1 –28.1 –51.3 –26.6 –28.0 –54.4 –32.9 –46.1 –8.2 –53.4 –50.5 –33.5 –31.2 376.4 –38.3 –13.0 –55.8 –60.4 –46.2 –55.6 –48.9 –50.5 –45.4 –35.8 –57.8 –20.7 –44.4 – – –60.4 –66.0 – –48.1 0.0 –41.7 –64.6 – –56.4 – – – – – – –39.1 –40.0 –33.3 –27.8 –44.1 –41.1 –37.1 –15.5 –41.9 –52.1 –33.7 –33.0 –33.8 –29.4 –51.8 –41.9 –8.2 85.5 –13.0 – 129,074 114,379 106,481 75,756 53,267 49,833 21,360 20,820 20,203 20,075 19,903 16,442 16,283 15,889 15,483 15,009 13,054 12,917 10,108 9,541 8,583 7,642 7,486 7,443 7,399 7,112 6,753 6,743 5,272 3,717 3,482 2,236 2,200 1,975 1,427 1,368 650 251 190 146 140 37 12 451 838,592 618,047 132,251 58,827 28,385 389,805 335,487 76,997 36,303 168,719 152,100 132,248 94,530 85,864 56,945 36,303 25,512 23,478 17,257 2,850 161,511 158,516 178,615 101,913 73,020 74,992 31,856 30,232 23,451 43,066 40,440 22,201 25,119 17,260 25,185 22,829 25,182 14,979 12,886 21,267 18,908 14,231 9,280 7,420 10,229 9,954 12,844 10,962 3,370 7,761 6,536 – 4,237 2,275 2,862 3,864 1,030 576 220 379 172 36 13 434 1,232,113 944,271 165,301 73,710 48,831 632,038 450,909 93,749 55,417 307,408 197,592 194,617 145,316 114,799 84,946 55,417 26,857 25,059 22,842 – 15.4 13.6 12.7 9.0 6.4 5.9 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 100.0 73.7 15.8 7.0 3.4 46.5 40.0 9.2 4.3 20.1 18.1 15.8 11.3 10.2 6.8 4.3 3.0 2.8 2.1 0.3 13.1 12.9 14.5 8.3 5.9 6.1 2.6 2.5 1.9 3.5 3.3 1.8 2.0 1.4 2.0 1.9 2.0 1.2 1.0 1.7 1.5 1.2 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.9 0.3 0.6 0.5 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 76.6 13.4 6.0 4.0 51.3 36.6 7.6 4.5 24.9 16.0 15.8 11.8 9.3 6.9 4.5 2.2 2.0 1.9 – –20.1 –27.8 –40.4 –25.7 –27.1 –33.5 –32.9 –31.1 –13.9 –53.4 –50.8 –25.9 –35.2 –7.9 –38.5 –34.3 –48.2 –13.8 –21.6 –55.1 –54.6 –46.3 –19.3 0.3 –27.7 –28.6 –47.4 –38.5 56.4 –52.1 –46.7 – –48.1 –13.2 –50.1 –64.6 –36.9 –56.4 –13.6 –61.5 –18.6 2.8 –7.7 3.9 –31.9 –34.5 –20.0 –20.2 –41.9 –38.3 –25.6 –17.9 –34.5 –45.1 –23.0 –32.0 –34.9 –25.2 –33.0 –34.5 –5.0 –6.3 –24.5 – Another Chinese automaker plans Mexico factory Yang Jian yangjian@autonewschina.com U.S. car and light-truck sales by make – 10 months 2008 Make Car 2008 Car 2007 2008 share 2007 share Percent change Truck 2008 (Ranked by total sales) 2008 share 2007 share Percent change Total 2008 Total 2007 2008 share 2007 Percent share change Truck 2007 Toyota Division Chevrolet Ford division Honda Division Nissan Division Dodge Hyundai division GMC Chrysler Division Jeep Kia Pontiac Mazda Lexus BMW division Mercedes-Benz Volkswagen division Saturn Subaru Cadillac Acura Buick Scion Mercury Infiniti Lincoln Mitsubishi Suzuki Audi Volvo Mini Land Rover‡* Hummer Porsche Smart Saab Jaguar‡* Isuzu Bentley Maserati* 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 Volkswagen Group of America BMW Group Daimler AG†† Tata Motors†††* 966,772 713,017 476,679 709,540 457,722 241,782 266,879 – 167,731 – 140,255 220,895 156,051 131,084 169,183 136,518 177,683 72,659 147,058 93,200 72,020 80,981 104,502 66,949 67,980 47,978 68,364 46,969 62,169 47,552 45,966 – – 12,847 20,392 16,187 12,575 – 2,333 2,119 1,400 370 120 4,402 6,228,883 4,161,373 1,072,589 611,215 371,316 2,181,871 2,928,062 711,816 407,134 1,196,939 1,202,358 646,179 409,513 781,560 525,702 407,134 242,185 215,519 157,030 5,554 1,001,543 735,989 498,057 661,405 459,497 276,587 250,885 – 265,801 – 128,677 272,164 170,474 165,602 188,844 143,742 185,702 105,483 139,699 106,372 82,389 112,246 111,618 91,221 76,975 54,535 76,135 51,061 58,316 62,896 35,306 – – 19,079 – 23,605 13,047 – 3,338 1,898 1,714 353 130 4,445 6,636,830 4,589,609 1,048,852 633,812 364,557 2,518,455 2,996,398 742,415 379,562 1,355,859 1,278,763 720,612 542,388 743,794 536,472 379,562 247,356 224,503 143,872 – 15.5 11.4 7.7 11.4 7.3 3.9 4.3 – 2.7 – 2.3 3.5 2.5 2.1 2.7 2.2 2.9 1.2 2.4 1.5 1.2 1.3 1.7 1.1 1.1 0.8 1.1 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.7 – – 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 – 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 100.0 66.8 17.2 9.8 6.0 35.0 47.0 11.4 6.5 19.2 19.3 10.4 6.6 12.5 8.4 6.5 3.9 3.5 2.5 0.1 15.1 11.1 7.5 10.0 6.9 4.2 3.8 – 4.0 – 1.9 4.1 2.6 2.5 2.8 2.2 2.8 1.6 2.1 1.6 1.2 1.7 1.7 1.4 1.2 0.8 1.1 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.5 – – 0.3 – 0.4 0.2 – 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 100.0 69.2 15.8 9.5 5.5 37.9 45.1 11.2 5.7 20.4 19.3 10.9 8.2 11.2 8.1 5.7 3.7 3.4 2.2 – –3.5 –3.1 –4.3 7.3 –0.4 –12.6 6.4 – –36.9 – 9.0 –18.8 –8.5 –20.8 –10.4 –5.0 –4.3 –31.1 5.3 –12.4 –12.6 –27.9 –6.4 –26.6 –11.7 –12.0 –10.2 –8.0 6.6 –24.4 30.2 – – –32.7 – –31.4 –3.6 – –30.1 11.6 –18.3 4.8 –7.7 –1.0 –6.1 –9.3 2.3 –3.6 1.9 –13.4 –2.3 –4.1 7.3 –11.7 –6.0 –10.3 –24.5 5.1 –2.0 7.3 –2.1 –4.0 9.1 – 653,626 845,674 985,640 430,971 287,836 450,121 91,605 313,549 127,907 290,508 103,316 17,867 75,799 89,418 46,653 55,856 13,573 94,645 9,648 45,909 53,916 39,791 – 36,682 29,106 42,245 19,227 31,030 11,091 16,193 – 25,377 23,861 9,656 – 3,150 – 4,440 – – – – – – 5,375,886 4,506,916 643,121 91,351 134,498 3,314,399 1,685,017 181,549 194,921 1,384,446 743,044 1,095,052 868,536 484,887 316,942 194,921 24,664 46,653 55,856 11,085 816,302 1,179,927 1,270,127 497,302 334,724 602,910 137,754 408,045 183,316 395,525 128,551 29,607 80,127 104,172 50,944 59,433 6,637 101,307 13,902 69,877 67,223 45,900 – 51,366 26,804 58,143 38,971 37,475 17,582 25,749 – 40,311 46,624 10,061 – 4,355 – 6,110 – – – – – – 6,947,163 5,854,251 773,916 125,134 193,862 4,442,674 2,023,112 215,072 266,305 1,885,642 920,474 1,445,696 1,181,751 564,525 361,528 266,305 24,219 50,944 59,433 – 12.2 15.7 18.3 8.0 5.4 8.4 1.7 5.8 2.4 5.4 1.9 0.3 1.4 1.7 0.9 1.0 0.3 1.8 0.2 0.9 1.0 0.7 – 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.4 0.6 0.2 0.3 – 0.5 0.4 0.2 – 0.1 – 0.1 – – – – – – 100.0 83.8 12.0 1.7 2.5 61.7 31.3 3.4 3.6 25.8 13.8 20.4 16.2 9.0 5.9 3.6 0.5 0.9 1.0 0.2 11.8 17.0 18.3 7.2 4.8 8.7 2.0 5.9 2.6 5.7 1.9 0.4 1.2 1.5 0.7 0.9 0.1 1.5 0.2 1.0 1.0 0.7 – 0.7 0.4 0.8 0.6
Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of Automotive News - November 10, 2008 Life at 11 million: Slash, rethink The options: Bailout or disaster Can Toyota reheat the frozen Tundra? Chrysler dealers cheer halt to merger talk VW will unveil roadster at Detroit auto show BMW boosts dealers' year-end ad money Mercedes' $220 million flagship Mercedes hit hard in Northeast, once a sales stronghold Mercedes will kill CLK, add larger coupe, convertible Mitsubishi reclaims its finance business Toyota's Esmond to speak at congress Loss is more: Europe snatches bigger share of U.S. market Cash burn rates threaten GM, Ford GMAC: We're nobody's captive As losses mount, suppliers risk cash-flow crunch Tata: Yes to Jaguar XF derivative, no to SUV U.S. aid is needed now, but not to help Cerberus They are too big to fail Why should we help GM and Chrysler? First and foremost, you must be flexible U.S. trade policy gives it all away To the Editor: A rough ride is nothing new for autos Dealer's politics were pertinent Chrysler's 1st electric: Probably a cargo van Auto meltdown forces Mercedes to scrap prediction of sales record Boosting mpg will bump up stickers, too Adding up the tab for fuel economy Camaro Black: Eye-catching, affordable and available Honda sees green in Civic HFP's street performance Honda offers peek at future Fit Ford F-150 Raptor flies off-road Souped-up, tricked-out â and headed for the showroom Report: Toyota plans $5,000 car Amid gloom, Mazda chief sees revival in 2009-10 Report: Past-due subprime loans jump Toyota aims to win loyalty with credit card Study: Car buyers turn green for different reasons Thanks, buddy Hyundai helps Dealers Metaldyne offers pennies to bondholders Obituaries Personnel As expected, Oct. sales sank Another Chinese automaker plans Mexico factory Honda backs off U.S. clean diesels Industry pal, foe vie for key post in Congress Industry expects more activism from D.C. N.A. output falls 19.9% Toyota moves in striking distance of GM's U.S. sales crown Going, going . . . An ex-GM exec's view: It's going to get nasty Sex, Nazis, chicken and BMW: A scandal that puts fiction writers to shame Recession rips up roadster market Toyota takes heat for 'the herpes of the advertising world' Want to boost mpg? Turn up the heat on AC Cutting energy loss: A nibble here, a nibble there ... Carbon slashes weight, but it's still too pricey Carmakers shift to gears in search of mpg gains Natural gas draws interest as alternative fuel Friction? Ay, there's the rub Electric for a week Automotive News - November 10, 2008 Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - (Page Intro) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - (Page Bellyband1) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - (Page Bellyband2) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - The options: Bailout or disaster (Page 1) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - The options: Bailout or disaster (Page 2) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - VW will unveil roadster at Detroit auto show (Page 3) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Mercedes hit hard in Northeast, once a sales stronghold (Page 4) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Mercedes hit hard in Northeast, once a sales stronghold (Page 5) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Loss is more: Europe snatches bigger share of U.S. market (Page 6) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Loss is more: Europe snatches bigger share of U.S. market (Page 7) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - As losses mount, suppliers risk cash-flow crunch (Page 8) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - As losses mount, suppliers risk cash-flow crunch (Page 9) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Tata: Yes to Jaguar XF derivative, no to SUV (Page 10) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Tata: Yes to Jaguar XF derivative, no to SUV (Page 11) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - First and foremost, you must be flexible (Page 12) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - First and foremost, you must be flexible (Page 13) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Dealer's politics were pertinent (Page 14) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Dealer's politics were pertinent (Page 15) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Auto meltdown forces Mercedes to scrap prediction of sales record (Page 16) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Boosting mpg will bump up stickers, too (Page 17) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Boosting mpg will bump up stickers, too (Page 18) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Boosting mpg will bump up stickers, too (Page 19) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Adding up the tab for fuel economy (Page 20) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Adding up the tab for fuel economy (Page 21) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Adding up the tab for fuel economy (Page 22) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Adding up the tab for fuel economy (Page 22a) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Adding up the tab for fuel economy (Page 22b) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Adding up the tab for fuel economy (Page 22c) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Adding up the tab for fuel economy (Page 22d) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Adding up the tab for fuel economy (Page 22e) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Adding up the tab for fuel economy (Page 22f) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Adding up the tab for fuel economy (Page 22g) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Adding up the tab for fuel economy (Page 22h) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Adding up the tab for fuel economy (Page 22i) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Adding up the tab for fuel economy (Page 22j) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Adding up the tab for fuel economy (Page 22k) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Adding up the tab for fuel economy (Page 22l) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Adding up the tab for fuel economy (Page 23) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Souped-up, tricked-out â and headed for the showroom (Page 24) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Amid gloom, Mazda chief sees revival in 2009-10 (Page 25) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Toyota aims to win loyalty with credit card (Page 26) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Hyundai helps (Page 27) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Dealers (Page 28) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Personnel (Page 29) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Personnel (Page 30) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Personnel (Page 31) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Personnel (Page 32) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Personnel (Page 33) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Personnel (Page 34) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Personnel (Page 35) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Personnel (Page 36) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - As expected, Oct. sales sank (Page 37) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Honda backs off U.S. clean diesels (Page 38) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Industry expects more activism from D.C. (Page 39) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Industry expects more activism from D.C. (Page 40) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - N.A. output falls 19.9% (Page 41) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Toyota takes heat for 'the herpes of the advertising world' (Page 42) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Toyota takes heat for 'the herpes of the advertising world' (Page 43) Automotive News - November 10, 2008 - Toyota takes heat for 'the herpes of the advertising world' (Page 44)
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