For many companies May sales were up over April but still well below May 2008 sales. Ford sold more vehicles than Toyota in May while Chrysler slipped to fifth place behind Honda. Here are the May 2009 sales and year-to-date numbers in order of volume:
General Motors delivered 191,875 vehicles in May, it's best month of 2009, down 29.6 percent compared with a year ago. Year-to-date GM has sold 777,785 vehicles, down 41.9 percent from the first five months of 2008.
Ford, including Lincoln & Mercury, had sales of 155,954, its highest sales for any month since July 2008, down 24.3 percent from May 2008. Ford, Lincoln and Mercury market share grew to highest level since 2006. Year-to-date Ford sales are 597,599, down 36.6 percent from the first 5 months of 2008.
Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., including Lexus, reported May sales of 152,583 vehicles, a decrease of 38.4 percent from last May. Year-to-date Toyota has sold 638,795 vehicles down 38 percent from last year.
American Honda May vehicle sales of 98,344, was a decline of 39.2 percent compared to May 2008. Year-to-date Honda has sold 430,358, a drop of 33.3 percent from 2008.
Chrysler LLC reported May U.S. total sales of 79,010, down 30% from May 2008. Year-to-date Chrysler has sold 402,900 vehicles, a drop of 46 percent from 2008.
Nissan North America reported May sales of 67,489, a decrease of 33.1 percent from May 2008. Year-to-date Nissan sales are at 289,446, a drop of 35.2 percent from 2008.
Hyundai Motor America sales of 36,937 vehicles in May, was a 20 percent decline versus May 2008. Year-to-date Hyundai sales of 166,743, is a drop of just 7.9 percent from 2008.
Kia Motors America sold 26,060 vehicles in May, a decline of 16 percent from May last year and year-to-date Kia sales are at 120,559, down 6.8 percent from 2008.
Volkswagen of America had May 2009 sales of 19,568, a 12.4 percent decrease from May 2008. Year-to-date VW sales are at 77,981, down 15.5 percent from last year. Separately, Audi of America sold 7,503 units in May down 12.1 percent from May 2008 and year-to-date has sold 30,321, a 17.7 percent fall from 2008.
BMW Group in the U.S. (BMW and MINI combined) reported May sales of 22,993 vehicles, a decrease of 27.7 percent from the same month of 2008. Year-to-date BMW sales are 93,599, a fall of 29 percent from last year.
Subaru of America sold 17,505 all-wheel drive vehicles in May, just 5 percent less than May 2008 and year-to-date Subaru sales of 74,686 are down just 2 percent from 2008.
Mazda North American Operations reported May 2009 sales of 16,718, down 40.1 percent versus last year, and year-to-date sales of 86,652, down 32 percent.
Mercedes-Benz, including smart, had May sales of 16,303, a decline of 33.4 percent. smart USA sales were 1,169 in May. Year-to-date Mercedes' sales are at 69,933, down 29.9 percent from last year.
Mitsubishi Motors North America had May 2009 sales of 4,352.
American Suzuki May 2009 vehicles were 2,585, a 75 percent tumble from May 2008. Year-to-date Suzuki has sold 20,259 vehicles in the U.S. down 56 percent from 2008.
Porsche U.S. sales fell to 1,979, a 29 percent drop from May 2008.Year-to-date Porsche has sold 8,757, down 30 percent from the first five months of 2008.
Sales will be updated as manufacturers report.
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