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Wednesday April 1, 10:39 PM
U.S. light vehicle sales, market share for March

April 1 (Reuters) - The following chart represents U.S. light vehicle sales totals, individual automaker results and market share for the month of March. Percent changes are based on the daily sales rate. The seasonally adjusted annual

rate is calculated using seasonal factors supplied by the U.S. Commerce Department. INDUSTRY TOTALS MARCH 2009 MARCH 2008 % CHG Total Industry 853,436 1,351,955 -34.3% Domestic Car 292,856 454,297 -33.0% Domestic Truck 322,289 554,685 -39.6% Import Car 168,644 238,906 -26.6% Import Truck 69,647 104,067 -30.4% Dom (A078610.KQ - news) +Imp Car 461,500 693,203 -30.8% Dom+Imp Truck 391,936 658,752 -38.1% Dom Vehicles 615,145 1,008,982 -36.6% Imp Vehicles 238,291 342,973 -27.7% YR-TO-DATE PRV YEAR % CHG Total Industry 2,191,883 3,564,343 -37.7% Domestic Car 722,053 1,197,461 -38.9% Domestic Truck 855,255 1,511,659 -42.7% Import Car 417,717 573,876 -26.2% Import Truck 196,858 281,347 -29.1% Dom+Imp Car 1,139,770 1,771,337 -34.8% Dom+Imp Truck 1,052,113 1,793,006 -40.5% Dom Vehicles 1,577,308 2,709,120 -41.0% Imp Vehicles 614,575 855,223 -27.2% ------------------------------------------------------------- INDIVIDUAL COMPANIES AND MARKET SHARE Mar09 Market Yr-to-Date Market Maker Volume % Chng Share Volume % Chng Share ============================================================= GM (NYSE: GM - news) 155,334 -42.5 18.2 409,702 -48.1 18.7 Toyota 132,802 -36.6 15.6 359,672 -36.3 16.4 Ford 124,765 -38.9 14.6 310,619 -42.2 14.2 Chrysler 101,001 -36.9 11.8 247,208 -44.8 11.3 Honda 88,379 -33.7 10.4 230,985 -33.6 10.5 Nissan 66,634 -35.2 7.8 174,767 -34.3 8.0 Hyundai (011760.KS - news) 40,721 -1.0 4.8 95,854 +1.9 4.4 Kia 24,724 +3.4 2.9 68,893 +2.3 3.1 Mazda 21,974 -30.6 2.6 53,795 -29.8 2.5 BMW (Xetra: 519000 - news) 21,125 -19.8 2.5 51,244 -24.2 2.3 Volkswagen (Xetra: 766400 - news) 15,720 -16.5 1.8 42,124 -15.6 1.9 Subaru 16,249 +1.3 1.9 41,532 +2.9 1.9 Mercedes (Xetra: 710000 - news) 15,602 -22.0 1.8 40,234 -29.3 1.8 Audi (Xetra: 675700 - news) 6,433 -16.2 0.8 15,808 -22.1 0.7 Mitsubishi (Munich: 857124 - news) 4,620 -55.3 0.5 13,834 -48.2 0.6 Suzuki (Munich: 603090 - news) 7,981 -21.0 0.9 15,131 -42.0 0.7 Volvo (Stockholm: VOLVB.ST - news) 6,358 -28.6 0.7 12,624 -48.4 0.6 Porsche (Xetra: POR3.DE - news) 1,749 -26.3 0.2 4,925 -26.4 0.2 Saab (Stockholm: SAABB.ST - news) 1,265 -55.6 0.1 2,932 -54.1 0.1 Isuzu 0 NA 0.0 0 NA 0.0 Land Rover 0 NA 0.0 0 NA 0.0 Jaguar 0 NA 0.0 0 NA 0.0 Others 0 None 0.0 0 None None ============================================================= Total 853,436 -34.3 100.0 2,191,883 -37.7 100.0 ------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE (Stockholm: NOTE.ST - news) : Seasonally adjusted annual rate (Millions): March 2009 March 2008 Vehicles 9.81 Share 15.04 Share Dom Car 3.35 34.1% 4.99 33.2% Dom Truck 3.72 37.9% 6.21 41.3% Imp Car 1.92 19.6% 2.66 17.7% Imp Truck 0.81 8.3% 1.19 7.9% ((--Chicago Newsroom, 312-408-8720)) Keywords: AUTOS CHART/USA