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Toyota reported an increase of 12.3 percent over May 2005. Scion reported 18,103 units sold. Lexus passenger cars posted an increase of 38.9 percent. Honda posted 141,810 Honda and Acura vehicle sales with brand up 16.6 percent, while Acura division sales were down 16.9 percent. Mitsubishi’s U.S. sales rose 3.9%, its strongest month in over a year. Nissan posted an 11 percent drop in sales with Nissan down 10.5 percent, and Infiniti down 15.2 percent. Subaru reported sales up 13 percent. Mazda sales were up 3 percent.

General Motors sales were down 16 percent. Total car sales were down 19 percent and truck sales were down 13 percent. Buick sales were down 25 percent, Cadillac was down 16.8 percent, Chevrolet was down 14.8 percent, GMC was down 19 percent, Pontiac was down 13.8 percent, Saab was down 24.2 percent, and Saturn was down 14.6 percent. Ford posted a sales decline of 1.9 percent. Ford Fusion posted an 18 percent increase. Combined sales for the company’s new mid-size sedans. Ford’s crossover (CUVs) were up 12 percent. Overall, Ford was down 2.7 percent, Mercury was up 0.5 percent, Lincoln was up 8.2 percent, Land Rover was up 38.6 percent, Volvo was down 6.2 percent, and Jaguar was down 12 percent.

BMW said May sales grew 5.3 percent from last year. Car sales, though, rose 10.7 percent while its sport utility vehicle sales declined 4.9 percent. Sales of Mini cars fell 5.3 percent. Mercedes-Benz saw an overall increase of 21.4 percent. Passenger car sales showed an increase of 6.4 percent with the strongest increase for the month was the flagship 2007 S-Class with sales of 2,526 units, an increase of 84.5 percent over last May. Other strong performers include the SL-Class and SLK-Class roadsters with combined sales of  
2,283, a 37.1 percent increase from 2005 and E-Class sedan and  
wagon sales of 4,070 for a 14 percent increase. Sales for Mercedes-Benz vehicles in the luxury light truck segment --  
M-Class, R-Class, GL-Class and G-Class -- continue to gain momentum  
as a group with an 84 percent increase over May 2005 and a 105.3  
percent increase over year-to-date 2005 (23,257 v. 11,328). In this  
group, the all-new 2007 GL-Class, the first European full-sized  
luxury SUV, recorded sales of 2,545 for its first full month on the  
market.  

Hi,

I came across your posting and found it interesting, and I'm reaching out to you in hopes of you being able to help or point me in the right direction.

I'm assembling a report on the Automotive Brand Loyalty w/in the USA.  I'm finding it very hard to located market share data for the United States and for each state.  I'm basically trying to find the breakdown of automotive cars for each state (primarily California) and the US as a whole.  I'm running into a lot of "pay sites" which can be costly, so I'm hoping someone may have a lead on this data.  

An example would look something like this (text and bar charts):

California:            
22% GM
19% Toyota
17% Honda
15% Ford
12% Daimler Chrysler
11% BMW
2%  Mazda
1%  Mitsubishi
1%  Misc (Porsche, Hyundai, Daweoo, Yugo, VW)

Michigan (2006):  (2005)  (2004)
25% GM
22% Ford
20% Daimler Chrysler
6%  Toyota
6%  Honda
5%  VW
5%  BMW
4%  Mazda
3%  Mitsubishi
3%  Nissan

So do you guys get a better understanding of what I'm looking for?  This data is not accessible nor is it easy to locate.  Any help or feedback would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!
Chris