Acording to the orgiantl poster the figures represented were for car sales,
not total vehicle sales. Around half of the vehicles sold in the US are
light trucks. GM, Ford and Chrysler sell far more light trucks than any
import.


mike hunt


"John Horner" <jthorner@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> grappletech wrote:
>> Dave <daves1955@verizon.net> wrote in
>> news:3XQEg.12845$Z1.11038@trnddc03:
>>> Well there are two GM brands in the top ten! Not all your brands can
>>> be top/volume sellers.
>>
>>
>>
>> Yeah, it's like splitting the votes. If you were to add up the
>> percentages from all of the GM divisions -- Chevy, Pontiac, Cadillac,
>> Buick, GMC, Saab, etc, then they will rank as good as Toyota or Honda.
>>
>
> Not really. Chevy got 8.2%. GMC got 2.6%. Buick, Pontiac, Saturn and
> Saab all clearly had lower numbers still. Let's be generous and guess
> that BPSS got 5% between themselves. 8.2 + 2.6 + 5 = 15.8%. Toyota is at
> 23.4. Toyota is so far ahead of the pack that there is no way GM comes
> even close even if GM's BPSS brands pulled in 10% share (HAH!).
>
> Also you would have to add Toyota + Lexus to be fair. Honda was at 12.4%
> without Acura. Maybe GM in total bested Honda + Acura, but if so it
> wasn't by much. As far as product and sales effort efficiency Honda has
> GM beaten by a wide margin in California. Honda has relatively few models
> and they are all strong sellers. GM has strong selling trucks and a
> passel of also-ran cars, minivans and crossovers.
>
>
> If California is an indicator of things to come nationally then GM, Ford
> and Chrysler remain in deep trouble.
>
> John