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The U.S. auto industry appears to be roaring based on sales figures for the month of September 2011. This, despite every other economic indicator wafting between stagnant growth for the economy and an outright plunge into another recession. Don’t tell the folks selling cars in these great United States, though, because people are buying despite the doom and gloom coming out of Wall Street.
Special note must be paid to Chrysler Group, whose brands not only all scored positive sales results on their own, but collectively gave the company the largest rise is sales volume last month versus the prior year. Enough units were even sold to push the Chrysler Group ahead of Toyota Motor Company in sales for September, making the top three sellers all domestics.
In fact, the only brands really hurting besides Saab (-61.93 percent) and an inexplicably bad showing by Mini (-18.12) were Toyota, Honda and their respective luxury brands. These two giants from Japan are still clawing their way back from the earthquake in Japan earlier this year and neither has their global production back up to full speed quite yet. That’s in stark contrast to their cross-island competitor, Nissan North America, which hasn’t been shy in letting U.S. customers know it’s inventory is fully stocked, and which posted a healthy sales gain by volume of 25.28% last month in the U.S.
Check out the rest of last month’s sales numbers in the table below.
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**Brand/Company**
**Vol. %**
**Sep-11**
**Sep-10**
**DSR %***
**Sep-11**
**Sep-10**
**Ram**
42.06
25,364
17,854
42.06
1,015
714
**Mazda**
37.36
25,521
18,580
37.36
1,021
743
**Chrysler**
35.80
23,559
17,348
35.80
942
694
**Volkswagen**
35.57
27,036
19,943
35.57
1,081
798
**Nissan**
28.20
84,485
65,900
28.20
3,379
2,636
**GMC**
27.69
33,194
25,995
27.69
1,328
1,040
**Jeep**
24.34
35,565
28,603
24.34
1,423
1,144
**Suzuki**
23.46
2,026
1,641
23.46
81
66
**Chevrolet**
21.51
147,611
121,479
21.51
5,904
4,859
**Volvo**
21.44
5,042
4,152
21.44
202
166
**BMW**
19.32
21,750
18,228
19.32
870
729
**Audi**
19.31
9,725
8,151
19.31
389
326
**Kia**
18.42
35,609
30,071
18.42
1,424
1,203
**Mitsubishi**
16.97
5,803
4,961
16.97
232
198
**Jaguar**
14.89
1,111
967
14.89
44
39
**Ford**
14.36
168,181
147,057
14.36
6,727
5,882
**Hyundai**
11.80
52,051
46,556
11.80
2,082
1,862
**Dodge**
10.48
40,073
36,272
10.48
1,603
1,451
**Porsche**
10.10
2,170
1,971
10.10
87
79
**Land Rover**
10.08
2,740
2,489
10.08
110
100
**Mercedes-Benz**
9.00
21,649
19,862
9.00
866
794
**Buick**
5.62
13,599
12,875
5.62
544
515
**Infiniti**
2.10
8,479
8,305
2.10
339
332
**Cadillac**
0.96
12,741
12,620
0.96
510
505
**Subaru**
-2.32
20,934
21,432
-2.32
837
857
**Lincoln**
-6.55
7,018
7,510
-6.55
281
300
**Acura**
-6.62
10,010
10,720
-6.62
400
429
**Honda**
-8.22
79,522
86,641
-8.22
3,181
3,466
**Lexus**
-11.52
14,995
16,948
-11.52
600
678
**Mini**
-18.12
3,999
4,884
-18.12
160
195
**Toyota**
-18.25
106,456
130,214
-18.25
4,258
5,209
**Saab**
-61.93
429
1,127
-61.93
17
45
**Fiat**
NA
2,773
0
NA
111
0
**COMPANIES**
**Chrysler Group**
27.24
127,334
100,077
27.24
5,093
4,003
**Nissan North America**
25.28
92,964
74,205
25.28
3,719
2,968
**General Motors**
19.76
207,145
172,969
19.76
8,286
6,919
**Jaguar Land Rover **
11.43
3,851
3,456
11.43
154
138
**BMW Group**
11.41
25,749
23,112
11.41
1,030
924
**Ford Mo Co**
8.91
175,199
160,873
8.91
7,008
6,435
**American Honda**
-8.04
89,532
97,361
-8.04
3,581
3,894
**Toyota Mo Co**
-17.47
121,451
147,162
-17.47
4,858
5,886
****Brands and companies are displayed in descending order according to their percentage change in volume sales. There were 25 selling days in September 2011 and September 2010, so the change in monthly sales volume is the same as the change in average daily sales rate (DSR) for each brand/company.
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