U.S. light vehicle sales totaled 16.55 million in 2006, a decrease of 2.6% from 2005, reportsMorgan & Company, Inc. (West Olive, Mich.). Looking at sales
U.S. light vehicle sales totaled 16.55 million in 2006, a decrease of 2.6% from 2005, reports Morgan & Company, Inc. (West Olive, Mich.). Looking at sales growth, Suzuki made the biggest year over year leap, selling 23% more vehicles in 2006 for a total of 100,990. It was followed by Toyota, which sold 282,000 more vehicles last year, a 12.5% sales gain. Jaguar sales dropped by almost a third to 20,683 during the period.
Mark M. Cornelius of Morgan & Company says U.S. light vehicle will fall by 1.8% to 16.25 million units in 2007, the lowest level since 1998
2006 U.S. LIGHT VEHICLE SALES
2006
2005
% Change
General Motors
4,028,992
4,416,043
-8.80%
Ford Motor
2,716,383
2,953,197
-8.00%
Toyota/Lexus/Scion
2,542,525
2,260,296
12.50%
Chrysler Group
2,142,505
2,304,833
-7.00%
Honda/Acura
1,509,358
1,462,472
3.20%
Nissan/Infiniti
1,019,249
1,076,672
-5.30%
Hyundai
455,520
455,012
0.10%
Volkswagen/Audi
325,256
307,261
5.90%
BMW Group
313,603
307,020
2.10%
Kia
294,301
275,851
6.70%
Mazda
268,786
258,339
4.00%
Mercedes-Benz
248,080
224,421
10.50%
Subaru
200,699
196,002
2.40%
Mitsubishi
118,558
123,995
-4.40%
Volvo
115,807
123,587
-6.30%
Suzuki
100,990
82,101
23.00%
Land Rover
47,774
46,175
3.50%
Saab
36,349
38,343
-5.20%
Porsche
34,227
31,933
7.20%
Jaguar
20,683
30,424
-32.00%
Isuzu
8,614
12,177
-29.30%
U.S. Big 3 Total
8,887,880
9,674,073
-8.10%
Asian Nameplate Total
6,518,600
6,202,917
5.10%
European Nameplate Total
1,141,779
1,109,164
2.90%
Total Light Vehicles
16,548,259
16,986,154
-2.60%
Notes: Saab is a subsidiary of General Motors Corporation. Jaguar, Land Rover and Volvo are subsidiaries of Ford Motor Company. DaimlerChrysler is Mercedes-Benz and Chrysler Group.