Monday, January 5, 2009

12/2008 car sales down near 30%

The nation's six largest automakers all reported December sales declines of more than 30% Monday, capping the industry's worst year since 1992.

Chrysler -53% (from a year ago)
GM -31%
Toyota -37%
Ford -32%
Honda -35%
Nissan -31%
Mazda -27%

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Update: 2/13/2009

Last week, Toyota lowered its sales forecast for the current fiscal year to 7.08 million vehicles from an earlier projection of 8.87 million. It also said it expects to suffer a net loss this year for the first time since 1950.

In January, Toyota's U.S. sales fell 32%, compared with a 49% sales plunge for General Motors (GM, Fortune 500) and Ford's (F, Fortune 500) 40% decline. To top of page

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