Automotive: Toyota passes the second U.S.
Posted by admin | Under international, news, opinions, technology, top news Friday Apr 2, 2010The hierarchy of best-selling cars on American soil was again upset. After one year in 2009 when Ford pulled its game and the beginning of 2010 when Toyota has suffered in the wake of massive recalls, the month of March saw GM regain its position as leader of U.S. auto sales. Toyota and Ford ranked second in the third.
Toyota saw its U.S. sales rebound by 40.7% to 186,863 vehicles, while they were down more than 15% and almost 9% respectively in January and February. Jiom Lentz, head of the U.S. subsidiary, expected on Tuesday in an increase of about 35%. In Japan, sales rose 50.7% year on year in March to 204,514 vehicles.
General Motors rose by 20.6% in March on a year in the United States to 188,546 vehicles, having already increased by 11.5% in February.Excluding those marks with a group is to separate (Saab, Hummer) or is being closed (Pontiac, Saturn), the increase in GM sales reached 43.3%.
Ford returns to No. 3
Ford's side saw its sales jump 40% year on year to 183,783 vehicles in March, the United States. Excluding the Swedish brand Volvo, which has just been sold to Chinese Geely, the rising sales of Ford reached 43% in March. The group had already seen its sales increase by 43% in February over a year.
Sales for the former No. 3 U.S., Chrysler, are in turn divided down in March, with a decline of 8% year on year to 92,623 units, after registering a slight increase (0.47 %) in February.
Finally, Nissan reported Wednesday a rise of 43.3% over a year in sales volumes in the U.S. in March. In total, they amounted to 95,468 vehicles.
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