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AUTO & TRUCKS SALES * WORLDWIDE
* USA - Auto Sales Jumped in January
(Getty Images: Chrysler’s big sales gains helped boost the domestic auto industry last month)
Auburn Hills,MICH,USA -The WSJ -1 Feb 2012: -- Auto makers got off to a fast start in January as new-vehicle sales surged, with several manufacturers reporting big gains over the same month a year ago... Chrysler Group LLC led the way as its January U.S. sales leapt 44% to 101,149 cars and light trucks while General Motors Co., so far, was the only major auto maker to report a decline over a year ago... GM’s January sales fell 6%, reflecting deep discounts and new models that fueled sales gains a year ago. It has since cut back on incentives. GM’s profitable big pickups lost ground last month. Sales of the Chevy Silverado—GM’s top-selling vehicle—fell 4.7% and the GMC Sierra dropped 10.4%. Cadillac brand sales fell 29% from a year ago, with every model in the brand posting declines... The Auburn Hills, Mich.-based company estimated the U.S. industry selling rate, adjusted for seasonal selling patterns, would come in at 13.8 million, which would make it stronger than any month in 2011. Last year the rate was 12.6 million in January...* Japan - Auto Sales Notch Record Jump
Tokyo,Japan -The WSJ, by YOSHIO TAKAHASHI -Feb 1, 2012: -- Japan's auto sales kicked off 2012 with a bang in January, marking a record percentage increase for the month on the back of increased availability and coming government stimulus steps... Marking the fifth straight month of increase, sales totaled 263,267 vehicles in January, up 40.7% from 187,154 in the same month a year earlier, the Japan Automobile Dealers Association said Wednesday...
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