January 09 US auto sales - quite bad as usual

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  1. cwerdna

    cwerdna Senior Member

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    By the Numbers - January 2009: Not So Happy New Year Edition - Autoblog

    Articles like FACTBOX-Key facts about U.S. January auto sales | Markets | Markets News | Reuters are interesting to me because they list the average amount of incentives per vehicle by manufacturer.

    I also like this summary http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idAFN0354021420090203?rpc=44. It's a bummer that "truck" (light trucks include minivans, some vans, SUVs and pickups) sales are exceeding car sales.
     
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    patsparks An Aussie perspective

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    Ouch!!
     
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    Auto sales are in a depression, it is going to take the country with it.
     
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    That, and the decade long Easy Credit Orgy that put us into this mess
     
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    nerfer A young senior member

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    Over at Green Car Congress, they have hybrid-specific numbers that show (among other things) hybrids have 2.35% of the overall vehicle market share, which continues the yearly increase in market share. So their numbers are down, but not as much as other vehicles.
     
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