Hyundai, Kia & Subaru bucked the downtrend with increased sales in January over the same month a year ago while GM, Ford and Chrysler slashed fleet sales. In order of most sales to least:
General Motors delivered 129,227 vehicles in January, down 49 percent compared with a year ago. GM says fleet sales fell 80 percent while retail sales were off 38 percent, but retail market share held steady compared with December.
Toyota Motor Sales reported January sales of 117,287 vehicles, a decrease of 34.4 percent from last January, on a daily selling rate basis.
Ford Motor Company, including the Ford, Lincoln and Volvo nameplates, sold 93,506 vehicles in January down 40.2 percent from January 2008. Fleet sales were 65 percent lower and retail sales to individuals were 27 percent lower. Volvo contributed 2,910 to that total, a drop of 63.8% from January a year ago.
American Honda posted January total vehicle sales of 71,031, a decline of 30.7 percent compared to January 2008.
Chrysler LLC reported total January 2009 U.S. sales of 62,157 units, down 55 percent versus the same month in 2008 (137,392 units), and down 31 percent from December 2008 (89,813 units). Fleet sales were down 81 percent for January compared to the same time last year while dealer retail sales were down 35 percent.
Nissan North America reported sales for January of 53,884 units versus 76,605 units a year ago, a decrease of 29.7 percent.
Hyundai Motor America announced sales of 24,512 for the month of January, up 14 percent versus 2008 and 2 percent over December.
Kia Motors America announced January sales of 22,096 units, an increase of 3.5 percent over January of 2008 and the second best January in the company's history.
Mazda North American Operations reported January 2009 sales of 15,420, down 27.3 percent versus last year.
Volkswagen of America had January 2009 sales of 12,744 units, a 11.6 percent decrease from January 2008. Separately, Audi sales for the month of January was 4,722 units, a 26.4 percent decrease from record January sales in 2008.
The BMW Group in the U.S. (BMW and MINI combined) reported January sales of 14,314 vehicles, a decrease of 15.5 percent from the same month of 2008.
Subaru of America had January 2009 sales of 12,194, an 8 percent sales increase for January 2009 over last year's January results.
Mercedes-Benz USA reported January sales of 10,433 vehicles, a 42.9 percent decrease compared to January 2008.
Mitsubishi Motors January 2009 sales of 4,730 was a decrease of 34.5 percent compared to January 2008 sales of 7,226.Suzuki sold 3,655 vehicles in January a 49% drop from January 2008.
Suzuki sold 3,655 vehicles in January a 49% drop from January 2008.
Porsche Cars North America January sales of 1,658 was a drop of 36 percent from the same month a year ago.
Updates will be posted as manufacturers report.
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