Automotive Industry Overview

Automotive Industry Overview
	Quantity	Unit	Date	Source
Sales
Global Unit Sales, Cars & Light Trucks	53.15	Mil.	2007	Scotiabank
GM	9.1	Mil.	2006	GM
Toyota	8.52	Mil.	2007*	Toyota
Ford	6.56	Mil.	2006	Ford
DaimlerChrysler1	4.44	Mil.	2006	DaimlerChrysler
Honda	3.65	Mil.	2007*	Honda
U.S. New Car & Truck Sales
Cars & Light Trucks Sold, U.S.	15.9	Mil.	2007	Scotiabank
Hybrids Sold, U.S.	254.5	Thous.	2006	R.L. Polk & Co.
Total Number of New-Car Dealerships, U.S., Jan. 1st	21.2	Thous.	2006	NADA
Total Revenue: New-Car & Light Truck Dealers, U.S.	675	Bil. US$	2006	NADA
General Motors Market Share	24.1	%	2006	Ford
Ford Market Share	17.1	%	2006	Ford
Toyota Market Share	14.9	%	2006	Ford
DaimlerChrysler Market Share	14.0	%	2006	Ford
All Others	29.9	%	2006	Ford
Passenger Cars Sold by Selected Country/Region, Projected
Western Europe	14.45	Mil.	2007	Scotiabank
Asia	13.78	Mil.	2007	Scotiabank
China	5.06	Mil.	2007	Scotiabank
Canada	1.65	Mil.	2007	Scotiabank
Russia	1.86	Mil.	2007	Scotiabank
India	1.13	Mil.	2007	Scotiabank
Operations and Transportation
Total Vehicles in Operation, Cars & Trucks, U.S.	244	Mil.	2006	NADA
Total Vehicles in Operation, Cars & Trucks, Global	806	Mil.	2007	PRE
Fuel used by Vehicles per Year, Global	260,000	Gallons	2007	PRE
Total Highway Miles Traveled, U.S.	300,000	Bil.	2007	PRE
* Fiscal year ending March 31.
NADA = National Automobile Dealers Association; PRE = Plunkett Research estimate.
Scotiabank = Projections by Scotia Economics, "Global Auto Report," July 2007
1 DaimlerChrysler AG split into two firms during 2007: Daimler AG and Chrysler LLC
Source: Plunkett Research, Ltd.
Plunkett's Automobile Industry Almanac 2008
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