Detroit's Brutal Month - USA - Toyota clips Ford as No. 2
Detroit,Mich,USA -The Detroit News, by Brett Clanton and Christine Tierney -August 02, 2006: -- Toyota Motor Corp. passed Ford Motor Co. for the first time to become the nation's No. 2 auto seller in July, a brutal month for Detroit's automakers, which saw their combined U.S. market share sink to an all-time low... Japan's top automaker beat Ford after posting a 12 percent gain in car and truck sales last month, a rise that coincided with a 35 percent plunge at the Dearborn automaker... In another stunning development, Honda Motor Co. nipped past Chrysler Group to take the No. 3 spot in the U.S. market. Honda's sales rose 6 percent, while sales at DaimlerChrysler AG's Auburn Hills unit slid 37 percent from prior year levels inflated by employee discount offers...
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