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Oct 7, 2011

TRUCKS SALES * USA - September Sales at GM Soar 20%, at Chrysler Surge 27%

New York,NY,USA -123 Jump, by Mukesh Buch -October 05 2011:  --  U.S. auto sales increased 9.9% in September from a year ago as consumer took advantage of cheap financing from GM, Chrysler and Toyota. Sales at Chrysler soared 27% followed by GM with a rise of 20% and Ford with 9%. Toyota sales declined 17.5%...  The sales of automobiles increased in September helped with a slightly better consumer confidence, increased parts supplies from Japan and Labor Day weekend...  The total vehicles sales in the month jumped 9.9% from a year ago and three domestic makers increased their market share to 48% from 45% in the previous month. GM, Ford and Chrysler, the three domestic makers led the sales in the month as Toyota and Honda struggled with parts delivery after March 11 earth quake in Japan...  For the year so far, total light vehicle sales increased 10.4% to 9.52 million from 8.62 million, passenger car sales increased 8.7% to 4.73 million from 4.35 million and light truck sales increased 12.2% to 4.78 million from 4.26 million...  The monthly data are released by the industry research organization Autodata Corp based in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey...


* Michigan - Ford Sales Jump on Strong SUV, Truck Demand-

(Picture: Ford Pickup trucks are the world best in the categories of heavy duty class of 11,300 lb)
Dearborn,MICH,USA -Reuters/FOXBusiness, by Matt Egan -October 03, 2011: -- In the face of the sluggish U.S. economy, Ford said Monday it grew its domestic sales by nearly 9% in September amid demand for the No. 2 U.S. auto maker's SUVs and trucks... The company also sold 15% more trucks, including its best month of F-Series sales of the year at 54,410 units sold... SUV sales climbed 35%, posting their best month at Ford since 2004...


* Ohio - $128 million for Avon Lake; Plant to add medium-duty trucks to line up

(Photo from MORNING JOURNAL/JIM BOBEL: Two Ford Econolines sit on display in front of the Ohio Assembly Plant In Avon Lake)
Avon Lake,OH,USA -The Morning Journal, by Allison Strouse and Richard Payerchin -October 05, 2011: -- The Ohio Assembly Plant could get a $128 million investment as part of Ford Motor Co.’s new contract with United Auto Workers...  According to a UAW summary of the agreement, the Ohio Assembly Plant in Avon Lake will add a medium truck and the frame assembly from a Mexico facility and get a plant investment of $128 million...


* Texas - Pickups wage Texas tug-of-war

San Antonio,TXS,USA -Howard News Service, by RICHARD WILLIAMSON -6 Oct 2011: -- This is the time of year when Texas breaks out in trucks... With the State Fair in full swing, the Detroit Three, along with Toyota and Nissan bring their latest and greatest to Dallas in hopes of expanding their share of the nation's largest pickup market... When the fair folds its tent in mid-October, the truck makers move south to San Antonio for the Truck Rodeo, an annual event sponsored by the Texas Auto Writers Association that culminates in the naming of the "Truck of Texa." ... Last year's Truck Rodeo winner, the 2011 Ram Laramie Longhorn is taking its victory lap at the State Fair, which ranks as the largest auto show in the nation in terms of attendance...


* Japan - Should Honda Scrap the Ridgeline Truck?

(Photo from Honda Motor Co.: Honda designed the Sport version of the Ridgeline to raise the truck’s profile)
Japan -Japan Real Time, by Jonathan Welsh -7 Oct 2011: -- According to a recent industry rumor, Honda is planning to discontinue its poor-selling Ridgeline pickup truck. But the car maker says it isn’t so, and that it has plans for the vehicle that stretch beyond a mild freshening it received for the 2012 model year... But would the company be better-off letting the Ridgeline go? ...

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