Not true at all. This was for total retail light vehicle sales. I am
the original poster.


Mike Hunter wrote:
> 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.
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> mike hunt
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> "John Horner" <jthorner@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:LUSEg.12882$Z1.2381@trnddc03...
>> grappletech wrote:
>>> Dave <daves1955@verizon.net> wrote in
>>> news:3XQEg.12845$Z1.11038@trnddc03:
>>>> Well there are two GM brands in the top ten! Not all your brands can
>>>> be top/volume sellers.
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>>> 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!).
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>> 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.
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>> If California is an indicator of things to come nationally then GM, Ford
>> and Chrysler remain in deep trouble.
>>
>> John
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