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Detroit's Big Three Post Huge Drops in March U.S. Sales
March didn't bring any good news for the U.S. car market as most major brands recorded steep declines in vehicle sales. General Motors and Ford Motor company were the worst hit as their sales were down 44.7% and 42.1% respectively compared to March 2008. Chrysler LLC didn't manage any better with a 39.0% decrease while the same goes for Toyota (-33.6%), Lexus (-40.6%), Mitsubishi (-57.0%), VW (-19.7%), Mercedes-Benz (-25.0%), BMW & MINI (-22.9%), Audi (-19.4%), Honda (-34.2%) and Acura (-29.5%).
Subaru and Hyundai managed to keep their sales somewhat steady reporting a 3.0% and 5.0% decline respectively over March 2008 volumes. On the other hand, Kia saw its sales increase by 0.6% in March '08.
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Chrysler Group Sales Plunge 48 Percent In April
Whereas FoMoCo and General Motors managed to keep their loses under 35 percent, Chrysler LLC took another plunge in April reporting U.S. sales of just 76,682 units, representing a chilling 48 percent decrease versus 2008. Chrysler said that the April...
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Top 10 Worst-selling Vehicles In America - March 2013
Audi's Upcoming A3 SedanEven as the overall new vehicle market rose 3.4% in America in March 2013, dozens of different nameplates suffered from declining year-over-year volume. Compared with March 2013, no actively-marketed, un-cancelled...
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U.s. Auto Sales Brand Rankings - March 2013
Chrysler Set A Ram Pickup Truck Sales Record In MarchBased on big gains at Dodge and Ram, the Chrysler Group posted a 5% increase in U.S. new vehicle sales in March 2013. Hyundai, with its second-best month of all time, was down 2%. Figured that one out?...
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Canada Auto Sales By Brand - March 2012
Updates of these Canadian auto brand rankings with each manufacturer's March 2012 volume took place throughout the day today, April 3, 2012. One year ago we noted that the automobile market in Canada had grown nearly 6% to more than 153,000...
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New Vehicle Market Share By Brand In America - March 2011
With "just" 16.6% of the U.S. new car market in March, General Motors' huge year-over-year gains from March 2010 don't look so good up against the market share decline from February's 20.8%. Ford Motor Company's market share rose from...
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