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Some automakers returned from trick or treating last night with pillowcases full of great sales numbers, and others wish they had stopped at a few more houses.
The biggest winner continues to be the Chrysler Group, which for the month of October 2011 posted a sales gain of 27 percent versus the same month last year. The Pentastar’s ghoulishly good numbers are due among other things to Jeep, which enjoyed positively trending sales across the board except for the [Grand Cherokee](http://www.autoblog.com/jeep/grand cherokee) and a stellar performance from the Chrysler 200/Dodge Avenger duo. The new 200 alone added 11,205 sales to replace the Sebring’s achievement of 2,221 sales last October.
As for the other domestics, Ford Motor Company put up a 6.25-percent increase with no thanks to Lincoln, which was down 10.83 percent. General Motors, meanwhile, barely eked out increased sales of 1.71 percent thanks to a strong enough showing by Chevrolet (6.04 percent) to balance out negative numbers from GMC, Buick and Cadillac.
Volkswagen continues to be a standout brand, backing up last month’s gains of 35.57 percent with an industry-leading 39.55 percent performance in October. Honda and Toyota, however, continue to quietly lose sales. Ostensibly, blame can at least be partially attributed to the continued effects on production issues stemming back to the natural disasters suffered by Japan earlier this year.
Check out the rest of last month’s sales numbers in the table below.
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**Brand/Company**
**Vol. %**
**Oct-11**
**Oct-10**
**DSR %***
**Oct-11**
**Oct-10**
**Volkswagen**
39.55
28,028
20,084
44.92
1,078
744
**Mini**
37.09
5,415
3,950
42.36
208
146
**Chrysler**
28.39
21,244
16,547
33.32
817
613
**Mercedes-Benz**
28.17
24,449
19,076
33.10
940
707
**Audi**
25.80
10,225
8,128
30.64
393
301
**Jeep**
25.47
35,733
28,480
30.29
1,374
1,055
**Dodge**
24.85
33,734
27,020
29.65
1,297
1,001
**Hyundai**
22.85
52,402
42,656
27.57
2,015
1,580
**Volvo**
22.60
4,899
3,996
27.31
188
148
**Nissan**
22.06
75,484
61,843
26.75
2,903
2,290
**Kia**
20.81
37,690
31,199
25.45
1,450
1,156
**Ram**
20.71
21,836
18,090
25.35
840
670
**BMW**
13.50
21,873
19,272
17.86
841
714
**Ford**
12.59
161,709
143,624
16.92
6,220
5,319
**Land Rover**
10.65
3,273
2,958
14.90
126
110
**Chevrolet**
6.04
131,804
124,294
10.12
5,069
4,603
**Jaguar**
2.47
1,327
1,295
6.41
51
48
**Mazda**
1.74
18,326
18,013
5.65
705
667
**Acura**
0.94
11,115
11,011
4.83
428
408
**Honda**
-0.66
87,218
87,800
3.16
3,355
3,252
**GMC**
-4.61
31,609
33,136
-0.94
1,216
1,227
**Toyota**
-6.78
115,954
124,383
-3.19
4,460
4,607
**Buick**
-7.02
11,687
12,569
-3.44
450
466
**Lincoln**
-10.83
6,094
6,834
-7.40
234
253
**Smart**
-10.90
327
367
-7.47
13
14
**Subaru**
-11.62
20,081
22,720
-8.22
772
841
**Cadillac**
-11.93
11,795
13,393
-8.54
454
496
**Infiniti**
-13.47
6,862
7,930
-10.14
264
294
**Lexus**
-14.22
18,092
21,091
-10.92
696
781
**Porsche**
-14.24
2,270
2,647
-10.94
87
98
**Mitsubishi**
-14.34
4,378
5,111
-11.05
168
189
**Fiat**
1,965
0
76
0
**Suzuki**
NA
1,641
61
**COMPANIES**
**Chrysler Group**
27.04
114,512
90,137
31.93
4,404
3,338
**Nissan NA**
18.02
82,346
69,773
22.56
3,167
2,584
**BMW Group**
17.51
27,288
23,222
22.03
1,050
860
**Ford Mo Co**
6.25
167,803
157,935
10.33
6,454
5,849
**General Motors**
1.71
186,895
183,759
5.62
7,188
6,806
**American Honda**
-0.48
98,333
98,811
3.34
3,782
3,660
**Toyota Mo Co**
-7.86
134,046
145,474
-4.31
5,156
5,388
*Brands and companies are displayed in descending order according to their percentage change in volume sales. There were 26 selling days in October 2011 and 27 selling days in October 2010, so the change in monthly sales volume will be different than the change in average daily sales rate (DSR) for each brand/company.October 2011: Pillowcases of Candy Edition originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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