Preliminary Industry LV SAAR Forecast: 2009

Preliminary Industry LV SAAR Forecast 14.0; previous month at 11.2. This assumes an industry volume of ~1,257k. Retail SAAR of 12.6 ~1,126k unit sales.
 


TMS sales of 225,088 were up 10.5% (dsr % change) vs. last Aug sales of 211,533. TMS car sales of 155,139 were up 24.3% and truck/SUV sales of 69,949 were down -11.3%.
Preliminary share of 17.9%
 


GM Corp. sales of 246,479 were down -16.3% (dsr % change) vs. last Aug sales of 305,782. GM car sales of 118,744 were down -6.5% and truck/SUV sales of 127,735 were down -23.7%.
Preliminary share of 19.5%
 


Ford (F/L/M) sales of 176,323 were up 21.7% (dsr % change) vs. last Aug sales of 150,448. Ford car sales of 65,654 were up 29.4% and truck/SUV sales of 110,669 were up 17.5%.
Preliminary share of 14.0% 




Chrysler sales of 93,222 were down -12.2% (dsr % change) vs. last Aug sales of 110,235. Chrysler LLC car sales of 22,638 were down -21.1% and truck/SUV sales of 70,584 were down -8.9%.
Preliminary share of 7.4%
 


Honda (H/A) sales of 161,439 were up 14.2% (dsr % change) vs. last Aug sales of 146,855. Honda car sales of 106,972 were up 27.9% and truck/SUV sales of 54,467 were down -5.8%.
Preliminary share of 12.8%
 

Nissan (N/I) sales of 105,312 were up 0.8% (dsr % change) vs. last Aug sales of 108,493. Nissan car sales of 78,166 were up 43.7% and truck/SUV sales of 27,146 were down -45.8%; Best Ever Nissan Div.
Preliminary share of 8.4%


Mazda sales of 26,542 were up 16.4% (dsr % change) vs. last Aug sales of 23,680. Mazda car sales of 20,772 were up 40.2% and truck/SUV sales of 5,770 were down -27.7%.
Preliminary share of 2.1%
 


Kia sales of 40,198 were up 66.5% (dsr % change) vs. last Aug sales of 25,065. Kia car sales of 23,430 were up 76.6% and truck/SUV sales of 16,768 were up 54.3%.
Preliminary share of 3.2%