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Chrysler Continues Climb, Japan begins rebound
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There’s some good news and some not-so-good news when dissecting sales figures for August of 2011. For one, Chrysler posted notable gains for all of its brands, especially Jeep, which managed to score an impressive 58-percent sales rise over the same period a year ago.
[General Motors](http://autoblog.com/tag/gm) also impressed with its figures, with Cadillac's four-percent gain the only one of its brands not to post a double-digit rise.
Of the Japanese brands, only [Nissan](http://autoblog.com/nissan), with a 19-percent overall gain in sales, was able to adequately recover from the earthquake and tsunami in Japan that have been plaguing all automakers for the past several months. That said, both [Toyota](http://autoblog.com/toyota) and [Honda](http://autoblog.com/honda) managed to post smaller losses than what were recorded a month ago.
Further, the [Toyota Camry](http://autoblog.com/toyota/camry) (30,185 total sales) was again the best-selling automobile (behind the Ford F-Series and Chevrolet Silverado pickup trucks, naturally) in August, as it was in July, after briefly [giving up that mantle](http://www.autoblog.com/2011/07/05/cruze-knocks-camry-out-of-best-selling-car-spot-for-june/) to the [Chevy Cruze](http://autoblog.com/chevrolet/cruze) in June. Have a gander at the complete set of August sales results in our handy-dandy chart below.
[TABLE]
**Brand**
**Vol. %**
**Aug-11**
**Aug-10**
**DSR %***
**Aug-11**
**Aug-10**
**Mitsubishi**
62.12
6,960
4,293
55.89
268
172
**Jeep**
57.99
40,613
25,706
51.91
1,562
1,028
**GMC**
40.35
36,471
25,986
34.95
1,403
1,039
**Suzuki**
31.64
2,409
1,830
26.58
93
73
**Kia**
26.87
41,188
32,465
21.99
1,584
1,299
**Chrysler**
25.42
22,497
17,937
20.60
865
717
**Saab**
25.17
363
290
20.36
14
12
**Lincoln**
24.55
8,006
6,428
19.76
308
257
**Nissan**
22.43
82,517
67,399
17.72
3,174
2,696
**Dodge**
18.25
41,817
35,364
13.70
1,608
1,415
**Volvo**
17.43
5,215
4,441
12.91
201
178
**Ford**
16.09
167,214
144,035
11.63
6,431
5,761
**Chevrolet**
15.78
152,779
131,952
11.33
5,876
5,278
**Mazda**
14.66
22,632
19,739
10.25
870
790
**Buick**
12.08
16,021
14,294
7.77
616
572
**Audi**
11.10
10,201
9,182
6.82
392
367
**Volkswagen**
10.40
25,232
22,855
6.15
970
914
**Land Rover**
10.34
2,807
2,544
6.09
108
102
**Suzuki**
9.33
2,132
1,950
5.13
82
78
**Hyundai**
9.15
58,505
53,603
4.95
2,250
2,144
**Porsche**
7.48
2,184
2,032
3.35
84
81
**Ram**
7.19
22,086
20,604
3.07
849
824
**BMW**
6.53
20,815
19,540
2.43
801
782
**Mercedes-Benz**
5.36
20,728
19,674
1.31
797
787
**Cadillac**
4.09
13,208
12,689
0.09
508
508
**Infiniti**
-4.29
9,024
9,428
-7.97
347
377
**Subaru**
-6.30
20,837
22,239
-9.91
801
890
**Lexus**
-7.00
18,103
19,465
-10.57
696
779
**Scion**
-9.05
3,649
4,012
-12.55
140
160
**Smart**
-9.60
405
448
-13.08
16
18
**Toyota**
-13.61
111,380
128,923
-16.93
4,284
5,157
**Acura**
-21.50
9,054
11,534
-24.52
348
461
**Honda**
-24.62
73,267
97,195
-27.52
2,818
3,888
**Mini**
-29.74
3,109
4,425
-32.44
120
177
**Jaguar**
-42.72
810
1,414
-44.92
31
57
**Fiat**
NA
3,106
0
NA
119
0
**COMPANIES**
**Chrysler Group**
30.63
130,119
99,611
25.60
5,005
3,984
**Nissan NA**
19.15
91,541
76,827
14.57
3,521
3,073
**GM**
18.15
218,479
184,921
13.60
8,403
7,397
**BMW Group**
-0.17
23,924
23,965
-4.01
920
959
**Jaguar Land Rover NA**
-8.62
3,617
3,958
-12.13
139
158
**Ford Mo Co**
11.39
175,220
157,303
7.11
6,739
6,292
**Toyota Mo Co**
-12.74
129,483
148,388
-16.10
4,980
5,936
**American Honda**
-24.29
82,321
108,729
-27.20
3,166
4,349
*Brands and companies are displayed in descending order according to their percentage change in volume sales. There were 26 selling days in August 2011 versus 25 selling days in August 2010, so the change in monthly sales volume will be different than the change in average daily sales rate (DSR) for each brand/company. Also, brands are combined and reported as companies only if their sales figures are released jointly.August 2011: Slow Recovery Edition originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 01 Sep 2011 18:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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